In the new issue of ESPN The Magazine, on newsstands today, writer Jeff Bradley looks at soccer’s impact on South Africa in his cover story, featuring Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o, “This is Africa.” ESPN The Mag’s World Cup Preview provides a group-by-group breakdown of the 32 teams that will be battling it out for the World Cup trophy—predictions and analysis—in “World View;” and include an official ESPN The Magazine World Cup pull-out bracket.

Also in this issue of ESPN The Magazine two fans had their dreams actualized. Phill Harper of Myrtle Beach, S.C. was named the winner of the “Get me to The World Cup” contest and Brad Stevens of Charlotte, N.C. and his new fiancée Traci discuss his proposal to her in the last issue of The Mag “…She read the article while brushing her teeth. After she got to the end, she turned around, and I was on one knee, with the ring. She was caught so off guard I had to ask her four more times before she said yes.”