Last time I poked a little fun at soccer, all heck broke loose and some of the posters were quite offended that I poked fun at their sport.
Enquirer colunmist Paul Daugherty had this to say about soccer fans in his 6/25/09 blog.
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I know if I dont mention this, I'll get a few people telling me what a dope I am, so here it is: The American futbol team beat top-rated Spain in something called the Confederations Cup yesterday, in South Africa, which is just very, very far away. Evidently, it was a huge upset along the lines of the Miracle on Ice. If we loved soccer as much as the soccer nuts suggest we should, today would be a national holiday. Incredibly, it's not.
Look, congrats to our side for what to some was the thrill of a lifetime. And bully for soccer, the World's Game. I might even watch it
more, especially during the World Cup, were it not for the raging snobbery of Soccer Fan. It is possible to dislike other sports in this
country without being told how stupid you are. If you're not a soccer fan, Soccer Fan declares you a moron and an Ugly American. You have no appreciation
for the beauty of sport. Basically, you don't deserve to live.
I did a story at Hap's Irish Pub in Oakley once, during the World Cup. Hap's is a hangout for Euros working here. During the Cup,
Hap's stays open all hours, TV on, to accommodate the passionate who can't live without the live, 4 am broadcast of Poland vs. Chile. I asked some of
these blokes what they loved about the Beautiful Game. Tell me what I'm missing. I wrote what they said. Period. Nothing more, nothing less.
I was banned from Hap's after that. It took an intervention on my behalf by the late Skip Prosser to get me back in. I was told they'd
blown up my mug shot and put it on the dart board. Oh, well.
