At best, I’m a casual soccer fan. I played soccer for in 4th grade and ended my career with an amazing stat line of 0 goals. And no, I wasn’t the goalie.
I can name about 5 players on the US team. I can pronounce about half of the last names of guys on the US team. I know who Henry (France), Messi (Argentina), Rooney (England), Kaka (Brazil), and Ronaldo (Portugal) are, and I know that the vuvuzela is annoying! However, that’s about the extent of my soccer knowledge. I can’t tell you a thing about the MLS and I still know David Beckham as the husband of one of the Spice Girls (okay…maybe that’s an exaggeration).
However, when the World Cup comes around, I really get into it. It doesn’t matter who’s playing, I love sitting down and watching the games. In a way, it’s similar to the Olympics for me. While I care nothing about men’s figure skating, mix in the Olympics and Evan Lysacek and I’m hooked.
Am I a “once every 4 years” bandwagon fan? Yeah probably. But I still enjoy it.
What about you? Do you care about the World Cup?
(Btw, in case you missed the USA vs England game, you can watch a recap above…with Legos!)