Dan Shaughnessy finally gets soccer.

[coachdoc]

A really good story from the Boston Globe reporer who takes great delight in putting down soccer, and excoriating Americans who waste their time watching it.

Soccer's finally OK by me.

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The game was terrible, but that didn’t matter. What mattered was the notion that we were all there for the same thing: We were celebrating a world event.

That pretty much sums it up for me regarding the World Cup.

As for the game of soccer itself, I grew up playing lacrosse, so I've always had a respect for a sport that requires near constant running for a majority of the game.

[RickW]

It's a crazy game of fitness. And yes, it's worldwide.