Thank God the World Cup only comes along every four years. Thankfully, Americans have alternatives in Football, Basketball and Baseball. Throw in Hockey and there shouldn't be an inkling of ever turning on a soccer match, unless one is in desperate need of a sleeping pill.
For 90 minutes, at least without commercial breaks. a soccer ball gets kicked back and forth between an official FIFA regulation soccer field that measures between 100-130 yards long and 50-100 yards wide. It's a game played by extraordinary athletic men, followed faithfully by legions of religiously rabid fans where many times games end by the score of Zero - Zero.
Toss in the constant flopping around on the turf, faking what would appear to be life threatening injuries like an acting award are in their future further adds to this gimmick of a game.
Finally, I get the so called soccer hooligans. You have to be totally bombed out of your mind to sit through 90 minutes without being self medicated. And if and when the ball somehow finds the back of the net, these lunatic fans loose their minds.
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