World Cup!!!

Sweden will beat England, that's my prediction. Keep in mind, last time I played soccer (as we americans call football, 'cause the other "football" is played with a pigskin, and we have to be different) was roughly ten years ago. I'm a swede, so I root for them. Don't ask me how I ended up in Southwest virginia.And hey, wouldn't you know it, the US actually played a good game--tying against Italy. I get the impression that's the best we've done, ever. SO that's cool. Now if we can just win the cup and shock everyone to hell.

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I'll tell you why--soccer (football) isn't that big a sport here. Not when compared to our football, baseball, basketball . . .The kids lose interest in it by the time they hit high school, and that might be because it's the "uncool" thing to do. Same holds true for why most quit the boy scouts in high school. But, as our football is the cool thing, or basketball (depending on where you live), everyone wants to play those sports.In other words, we just don't have any superstars. Yo'd think we would--after all, we've got 300 milllion people, and some are bound to be superstars, right? There's just not enough playing the game.

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All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences