And, ironically, it’s all of soccer’s perceived negatives (low scoring, can’t use hands, the offside rule) that make it so beautiful. It’s often called The Beautiful Game, and it really is the only sport that deserves such a title. I’ve loved it since the 1994 World Cup was held in the United States and suddenly it was all over the television. Personally I love soccer, even though I was born in America and have never lived abroad - and therefore have no excuse other than I just love watching it. One of them is going to bad mouth the other one faster and harder until everyone knows who looks better and gets all the attention. It’s like when two women wear the same dress to a party. And then of course you have the fact that in the rest of the world, it’s called football - except we already have a football here in America. There’s a built in prejudice for a large segment of the sports-watching public soccer is viewed as foreign, low scoring, and for some reason the offside rule is perceived as so alien that it renders the whole sport unwatchable. It is tough being a soccer fan in America.
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