The World Cup kicks off at Soccer City

On 11 June 2010 the first football World Cup on African soil opened at Soccer City to the drone of thousands of vuvuzelas. In the 55th minute Siphiwe Tshabalala ran onto a pass from Teko Modise and drove the ball into the top corner for the first goal of the tournament. Rafael Márquez equalised for Mexico eleven minutes from time and it finished 1–1, but the goal is the moment most South Africans remember.