No idea why some people choose to find the sport itself so threatening.
...the sport itself is not threatening, it’s the gender/equity crowd that’s attempting to make it the national sport...soccer is the perfect wet dream for these harpies, in that with a few rule tweaks (girls getting within twenty yards of the net counts as a goal, for instance,) girls and boys could play the game against each other without the boys clobbering them by some outlandish margin, as in all other games...
...it’s also the perfect game for the ‘let’s not keep score’ ninnies...nobody scores anyhow, no need to even change the rules...
...as far as the game itself goes, the purpose of it appears to be to approach a ball at the center of a field, proceed to kick it out of bounds as quickly as possible, retrieve it, throw it back into play and proceed to immediately kick it out of bounds again...but I’m sure I’m missing something...