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I watched England vs. Argentina on ABC on Saturday afternoon, and it was pretty exciting. The first time I’ve ever watched soccer match all the way through. David Beckham rules!

And as for people who say soccer = boring, please remember that watching paint dry = golfing. Tiger Woods is tremendously talented, but just have him play the game, then report the scores back to us. Don’t make us watch.

I can't figure out why if golf is an American obsession that soccer can't also be one.

I watched the England vs. Argentina game and it did not live up to all of the hype. Before this game, Argentina was picked by many experts to win the World Cup. Argentina was very unimpressive and might not even get to the next round. England played hard. They won all of the 50/50 balls and tackled very hard. They had numbers back all game so Argentina didn't have a chance. Michael Owen for England was very impressive and dangerous every time he touched the ball. Keep watching him to see how he does in this World Cup. I am also very impressed with Klose from Germany. He already has 4 goals in 2 games. He can score at will in the air.

I think the games of the World Cup to watch will be US-Korea, Argentina-Sweden (Wed), Nigeria-England (Wed) even though the Nigerians are out of it, Denmark-France (Wed), Costa Rica-Brazil (Thurs), Cameroon-Germany (Tues), and Mexico-Italy (Thurs).

Adults play golf and buy Cadillacs, open accounts with Merrill Lynch, and vacation at posh resorts. Third-worlders and American children play soccer, and the latter group seems to grow out of it by their teenage years. This leads me to believe that the only way to make soccer a TV sport in this country is to run it at double-speed on Saturday mornings between cereal commercials.

I used to root against the US soccer team, but now I don't even think it matters if they win. Gotta go now, the new Ron Poleil infomercial is starting in 2 minutes.