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Well, first, I believe I said I was mostly kidding. My irritation with soccer, aside from the fact that I find the game mind-numbingly boring, is that I am expected to "like" it. I don't seem to be given a choice.

This morning on Fox News Channel, some anchor was setting up the topics for the what was next after the commercial, and he said; "and, what about those people who don't like soccer". Well, what about us? I don't like watching basketball or golf. Yet, most people would say, so what. Not with soccer. For some reason, I MUST watch soccer, not only that, I MUST like soccer.

This to me is the reaction that Conservatives get when disagreeing with the Left. We cannot agree to disagree, we MUST agree. And we MUST agree with the left-wing angle of whatever topic. The Left has been pushing soccer on us since I was a lot (I mean a LOT) younger, it has been decades of how we need to play soccer 'cause Europe does. Ya know, Europe being so much more sophisticated than us rubes. I don't know how old you are; but, if you hang around long enough you remember this stuff. So, this push for soccer has been going on for a long, long time and it has mostly been left-wingers who have been doing the pushing. If it was an interesting game that people liked, you wouldn't need non-stop pushing of it; but, it isn't, so we are constantly told how exciting it is; but, when we watch we keep waiting for the excitement to start.

Also, ties? I believe Americans tend to like definitive endings. Someone wins. Even if it takes extra innings. To sit and watch for 3 hours and not have a definitive win is frustrating to say the least.

So, there is my rant about soccer.

The fact that some of those pushing the game in the US are of the left hardly makes it communist. Separate the sport from the fans. After all, I am sure that committed neo-nazis enjoy it as much as Jews.

As a sport, in fact, its the most capitalist of sports. In fact its YOUR sports that are set up in a socialist fashion: drafts, no relegation, salary caps. North American sport is designed to equal everybody out, with NO punishment for mediocre play.

BTW, I love soccer, and I think its a great game, not boring at all. I can take you to game here in Scotland and I assure you youd be gripped. Far more exciting than baseball. Which sorry I find a 4hr bore. Gridiron I enjoy actually, really into the CFL these days. Even so, I find the sport too long, but am used to it after 30+yrs of watching.

Sorry, I will take soccer and rugby anyday. Perhaps you might enjoy the latter more than soccer?. 80m, brutal, more suited to someone who watches the NFL. Which after all is rugby’s American child.