[1rudeboy]

You didn’t quite answer my question, but I can see why. Presumably, you mean “playing soccer in a way that accomodates my short attention span.”

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Not a very good presumption, Rudeboy. Ironically humorous, though. A soccer fan mocking a sport's fan's attention span is like me laughing at the size of another man's unit. The one thing we learned from the '94 World Cup is that a soccer fan's attention span is exactly 90 minutes, plus the cutely mysterious injury time, and maybe a little overtime or whatever they call the period in which someone can score the Golden Goal. And that is it - you people have then bored of soccer.

Not like you should have - following the tourney was cool - I liked learning the various strategies and traditions of all the countries. But this sport, which is truly filled with intricacies, tough decisions (love the limited substitution) and subtle action, has been declared by your community as NOT the way to settle a soccer game. Instead you guys give away you charming little Cracker Jack toy of a trophy to whomever wins the Scissors, Paper, Stone contest y'all call "Penalty Kicks." Could you come up with a more "anti" anticlimax? Sorry we don't feel like playing Emperor's New Clothes with you; but until you develop the attention span to finish soccer tourney games by playing soccer, don't expect US fans to give a damn either.