You really need to grow up. Just because you do not understand soccer doesn't make it exceedingly boring. I'm someone who grew up here with baseball. I was there when Mays made The Catch. I was there when the Mets won their first World Series. I saw Lew Burdette pitch a no-hitter. But the bottom line is that baseball is usually a pretty dull game. In fact most games are real snoozers. And soccer is too, if all you care about are goals. But all those people in the third-world, like in Germany and in Italy, know that it is about the fact that most games can change with what happens in the next 15 seconds, at least until there is a two goal differential. When played at a high level it is almost always a beautiful game.
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When FC Barcelona's passing game is clicking, it is something to watch.
I also get tired of the anti-soccer drivel I read on this site. No one has to like soccer, but it’s a legitimate sport with a worldwide following, including millions in the US. Many people find baseball boring, NASCAR boring, football stupid, and so forth. To each his own.
One curious feature of soccer is that it's probably the only sport I can think of that actually gets less exciting to watch as the age of the participants increases from childhood to adulthood. At its highest level, a well-played soccer game is likely to end in a 0-0 tie.
“When played at a high level it is almost always a beautiful game.”
That is a critical distinction; much of the MLS is too slow, and the talent level is often lagging far behind the European leagues’. The recent MLS final was definitely worth watching, and any World Cup game (even if it is San Marino vs. Malta) is worth watching. To all the soccer-haters: 2 COMMERCIAL-FREE 45 minute halves...the game will usually be over within 2 hours of starting (unlike NFL games, where you spend 3 and 1/2 hours watching 4 fifteen minute quarters)...
TAKE COVER!