[Obadiah]

So is Clint Dempsey along with many soccer superstars such as Neymar, Kaka (who will soon be playing in the MLS). There are a lot of Christian soccer players. That's why I laugh at all the soccer haters who reflexively think that soccer's rise in popularity is somehow due to mass immigration in the US. Actually, it's a pretty conservative-based sport.

[dfwgator]

Very true.

[dead]

There are a lot of Christian soccer players.

Who would ever think otherwise, given the sport's popularity in latin America alone?

[JimSEA]

Welcome to the age of “ad hominem” attacks. “If you like soccer, you must be a collectivist, girlie-man.” “Vote for disrespecting Reagan and for honoring Tim Howard.”

All of which is just bloviating to the herd. What began this train of illogical attacks: “If you don’t like Obamacare, you must be racist.”

[C. Edmund Wright]

No, it’s not a conservative sport…..the culture, and by that, the fans, the little leagues, etc, is a soccer mom liberal culture by and large. It’s great to see that Dempsey and Howard are Christians, but it’s a liberal sport over all.

Besides, the offsides rule is a socialist rule in a lot of ways.

[Jabba the Nutt]

I’ve watched almost all the games and have noticed the number of players, who cross themselves coming into the game as a substitution and after scoring a goal. Liberals probably believe all this Christ stuff is American as burning crosses and lynchings.