First and foremost, its great to be back on Bleacher Report writing about sports again. With all this emphasis on baseball and Brett Favre, I find myself trying to find something interesting and thought provoking to write about.
Problem is, baseball is hardly interesting and I can think of nothing more thoughtless than a debate about whether or not Brett Favre is going to come out of retirement for the 93rd time.
I would write about Michael Vick's reinstatement... but I already shared my thoughts on that five months ago, which leaves me with something entirely different to talk about which is for me the biggest question I have found myself asking recently:
Why does nobody in the United States appreciate the World's game... Soccer!?
Standing out for the sake of being different is not something that typically characterizes the USA. To be honest that is more of a French thing.
So that being said, I think it is time for the United States and the millions of sports fans in this country to stop hating on a great sport like soccer simply because we are not the best at it.
In fact, there is really no legitimate reason for us to be so resentful of this game as I will now explain.
First, our international team, despite being obliterated by Mexico last weekend, has become quite a competitor on the global level where we currently stand among the top 15 teams in the world.
Second, there are no commercials in a soccer game or TV timeouts to deal with so it is far easier to enjoy and appreciate the game.
Third, it is a game that more often than not stays competitive from start to finish.
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