thrill wrote: ↑November 30 22, 4:20 pm
womp womp
Who cares if you don't like a sport.
I disagree with the sentiment, if I’m picking it up correctly.
This is a high water mark for US soccer, so I think hearing that people tried and failed to appreciate it is notable.
It’s hard to acquire a new appreciation for anything as an adult. I’m glad people are trying.
I think I’m at the tail end of generations of Americans for whom soccer was for playing but not watching, simply because it wasn’t on tv at all. I came online living overseas and watching EPL in the late 00s. More than half the kids (probably, nothing scientific here) I played with could give half a [expletive] about soccer.
I don’t see this much anymore, and I don’t believe anyone here is guilty. But it’s fascinating to revisit the snobby soccer fan talking about sophistication and the surly American who demands three minutes of light beer ads between each seven second increment of sport.