I never cared for soccer. How ever my people emigrated here from Ireland and settled in northeastern New Jersey where Scot, Irish and Italian immigrants have been playing soccer for generations.
My grandfather, father and two older brothers all played.
Soccer first started getting popular among young people in America starting in the 80’s. Now there are youth teams that travel to other countries to play in tournaments.
I’d expect the USA to become stronger in this sport now that the kids who grew up in the 2000’s and 2010’s are now adults.
Soccer is great fun to play but still bores me to tears to watch. 2 total goals in an entire game is nothing I can get too excited about.
Congrats to Team USA for the back to back victories and here is hoping they can upset the favorites but all y’all will have to watch those games for me.
The funny thing is, I have no problem watching a 1-0 pitchers duel in baseball, but than that is not the typical score. And I have no problem watching a 3-0 defensive NFL war in football, but that is not the typical score.
I mean, the average soccer game is 3 goals. 8 goals is considered a blisteringly high scoring game.
IMHO, they need to widen the entire goal by 2 feet. Double digit scores should be the rule rather than the exception. Watching soccer wins 1-0 is like watching paint dry.
Fun fun game to play, however.