Watching soccer?

Who is watching Honduras v. USA in the CONCACAF Gold Cup?

I’m watching, on WUTF, one of Boston’s Spanish language networks, catching the starting minutes of the game.

Its not always fun watching the USMNT menos Landycakes, Altidore, Dempsey, etc…Yet i find myself spending my precious free time following an often amateurish match AND its not even in English. This is the burden of the American soccer fan.

It is not enough for us to follow Barcelona and Manchester United’s Champions League runs. Nor is it enough to get hopeful every 4 years as the World Cup comes and goes. For soccer to really take off in the States, soccer fandom must get to a point where we support local teams even if the level of play is not the best. We must do more than sign our children up for youth teams and soccer camps. We must attend professional games, and watch even the B team take on Honduras on a Wednesday evening on Spanish TV.

PMIII writes,

“…soccer isn’t “traditional” in the US. Every kid plays soccer from ages 5-7, yet we didn’t grow up with the sport. We don’t sit with our fathers and watch on TV. People don’t talk about it. It’s just not a tradition.

Shit, I barely like baseball nowadays, but I enjoy the experience. I enjoy going to the ballpark, getting peanuts, and caring about that one game. I like going to baseball games now primarily because I used to like it when I was a kid. I remember eating peanuts at Fenway with my dad, watching baseball games. Americans are all about nostalgia and tradition. Until soccer becomes ingratiated into some sort of tradition, it’ll play second fiddle to every sport here.”

And Los Estado Unidos goes ahead 1-0 on a Clarence Goodson header in the 45′. Go USA!

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