For a long time I forgot why I hated profesional soccer. With the world cup being back in full swing I remeber why. Soccer is a game where everyone fakes any kind of injury, it is lamentable. Someone will be hit in the leg fall over in seetning pain, like their career has just been ruined, then seconds after a penealty is called they will be running faster than the flash on a crystal jag.The one redeeming thing about soccer is the fact that it makes me feel better. I always cheer for the African teams, I feel like I am doing my part to help that part of the world by cheering for them. It gives me a sense moral superiority, that I am not some xenophobic chauvanisitc prick, that I can cheer for the greater good. Cheer away, aids, starvation and whatever other mortifying problems they have over there, without actually donating money or really thinking about it.
