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In reply to the discussion: The World Cup has won me over. [View all]FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)34. And 'the beautiful game' welcomes you! The youth league in our town has 1700 kids and
growing strong. I volunteer coached for over ten years and loved (almost) every hour of it. It really is a terrific sport for kids because it requires teamwork, because it's basically simple, but loaded with complexity, because it's great exercise (one of the U.S. players ran TEN miles in ONE game at the World Cup), because it doesn't cost more then the price of a ball, because the rest of the world plays it, you will learn about other cultures, because, because, because, so many more reasons...
Sure, basketball, and some other sports have those qualities too, but right now, during World Cup, it's futbol!
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Germany and Brazil have both appeared in the Final Four on numerous occasions
Art_from_Ark
Jul 2014
#17
I still think it's stupid to pay grown folks gobs of money to put on costumes and play kids' games.
X_Digger
Jul 2014
#7
You know Barca and Green Bay Packers are the only two sports teams in the world
malaise
Jul 2014
#46
If you have any local pro, semi-pro, or college soccer teams nearby--support them as well.
Crowman1979
Jul 2014
#29
exactly! Leaderless prima donnas, no matter how talented each one clearly is.
ChairmanAgnostic
Jul 2014
#40
Then what explains the fact that they have five world cup wins from seven finals
malaise
Jul 2014
#49
And 'the beautiful game' welcomes you! The youth league in our town has 1700 kids and
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2014
#34