World Cup Fever
For whatever reason, I never really got into soccer too much. Sure, I played as a kid, but didn't everyone? I'm sure I wasn't very good...don't really remember too much about it. The only shot I ever remember taking got blocked, so no goals for 'lil Pete. Though I always did love Pele's Soccer on the Atari 2600....
But watching the world's best really does something...it's been very exciting. Not too many sports where you can say a 1-0 or 1-1 game is exciting, but you can say that about soccer. Even with the United States rather poor performance and early elimination, I still find myself watching the games. It's kind of interesting, because the TV at work doesn't get ESPN. So the break room TV has been turned to Univision, because that's the only over-the-air channel that is showing the games. I don't understand the announcers, but they sure do get excited. Much more so than the US announcers on ESPN and ABC. But that's too be expected. Even though soccer is the most popular sport in the world, it's far down the list of sports in the US, even behind such thrilling sports as golf and tennis.
Anyway, I guess my point is that I've really enjoyed watching the World Cup this year, and I'll definitely be watching the finals, no matter who is playing. But who to root for with the US gone? I like the underdogs, so I'll probably continue to root for Ghana, even though they beat the US. And I'll pull for the Aussies, too.
But watching the world's best really does something...it's been very exciting. Not too many sports where you can say a 1-0 or 1-1 game is exciting, but you can say that about soccer. Even with the United States rather poor performance and early elimination, I still find myself watching the games. It's kind of interesting, because the TV at work doesn't get ESPN. So the break room TV has been turned to Univision, because that's the only over-the-air channel that is showing the games. I don't understand the announcers, but they sure do get excited. Much more so than the US announcers on ESPN and ABC. But that's too be expected. Even though soccer is the most popular sport in the world, it's far down the list of sports in the US, even behind such thrilling sports as golf and tennis.
Anyway, I guess my point is that I've really enjoyed watching the World Cup this year, and I'll definitely be watching the finals, no matter who is playing. But who to root for with the US gone? I like the underdogs, so I'll probably continue to root for Ghana, even though they beat the US. And I'll pull for the Aussies, too.