Okay, so I sort of follow World Cup Soccer, but kind of don't. I don't have a favourite team, but I'll cheer on the teams that others are cheering for.
For instance, I have a German friend, and thus I will cheer for the German team (they're playing pretty good so far). I have a Scots co-worker who cheers on the England team, and so I will cheer for the England team.
I'm just more of a curious observer - wanting to know who is winning, but not investing my time and energy into loyally cheering on and wearing the team's colours or even making an effort to actually watch the matches. I'll just read about it and catch the highlights...
World Cup Soccer is truly a World sport - so many countries have their own national teams. And there seems to be a lot of comraderie amongst Soccer fans. For some reason I'm enjoying following soccer, more than when I was following the Olympics. There is only one sport for this World Cup, and most of us know the rules and skill involved, unlike curling, louge, etc.. I have no true understanding of those types of sports... but soccer?? I used to like to play it in Elementary school - it was one of my favourite PE activities. I stopped playing in highschool because it wasn't really a "major" part of PE, and also, I realized that the only skill that I had with a soccer ball was kicking it in the desired general direction.
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Well done. At least you are gathering info. about the most popular sport in the world. Glad to see that you want all of your foreign friends teams to do well. But wait Scots cherring for England... they should be shot.
Anyways I have a rant. Why do North Americans call it "Soccer"?
I mean this is a game called "Football" everywhere else in the world cuz' it's played, all the time, with your feet.
Obvisously the answer is cuz' Americans have their own game called football but it's played about what 10-15% of the time with your feet. Now that is stupid. Whoever came up with the name "Football" for the american game is and idiot. The same type of moron who wanted to name the national bird of the US a Turkey. A f**king animal that will drown in the rain if it looks up during a storm. Well done Ben Franklin. At least this was changed even though with the way the US is run right now a turkey seems appropriate. haha I love "US" football but I will always admit the name of the game is brutal.
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