Are you ready for the madness?

The world is about to fall into a state of madness. Countries are going to be battling each other relentlessly, and rivalries and old hatreds will be renewed. Everywhere around the world, people will be watching their televisions wondering who will come out ahead in this battle. Everywhere but in America. The biggest sport in the world is not the biggest sport in America. It’s not even the second biggest sport. On the list of popularity in America, this sport ranks somewhere around the same place as hockey. The sport is of course, Soccer, or Football everywhere else in the world. The battle going on is, of course, the World Cup.
America doesn’t much care for Soccer, or Football. They even changed the name from Football to Soccer. I don’t have a problem with this at all. America has a popular football sport and it would be foolish to try to distinguish from American Football and Football. So Soccer is what we have in America. It is very popular among young children who play it in recreational leagues across the country. Then once the child turns a certain age, the interest is forced upon him to Football. The interest in Soccer then dies. This is unfortunate.
Soccer is a great sport. People love to play it. Not everyone likes to watch it. People offer up reasons that it is low scoring and not a lot of action. Yet people continue to watch baseball, and it is often low scoring with very little action. Soccer has a lot of actions, more so than many other sports.
America is, however, starting to like soccer. The MLS is doing well and many people are following it. We are finding more soccer on television. I spoke with a man from England once, and he told me that he was scared of American Soccer. Not right now, but of the future of American Soccer. When America gets behind something, we do everything we can to be the absolute best at it. America is getting better at soccer and in the future will be able to win the World Cup and will be a contender in every Cup.
I am excited for this World Cup and plan to watch as much as I can. I will be routing for my team, the U.S.A. But if the U.S. happens to fall out in the first round, I still plan to watch it through to the end.
Go America!