[OldPossum]

I, too, dislike soccer, thinking it's a dull, uninteresting game. But here's what I have never understood: nations that live and die for soccer. I happen to only like baseball but I don't live for it, I just find it to be a skillful, interesting game. What is this odd attraction to soccer on the part of those in other countries other than their team winning? It makes no sense.

[1rudeboy]

It's called "nationalism." No one cheers for the Houston Astros thinking that they are cheering for the USA. And when MLB tries to create a world competition (whatever the heck it was called), we don't even send our best players.

So when the USA sends its best players to play against another nation's best, things are a little different.

[Kaslin]

Understanding The Game of Soccer