Quote:The last Olympics were really the first time I watched Soccer (with interest in the sport, not just the USA). I only started watching because so many on this board seemed so deeply intersted, and I wanted to see why. The more I understood, the more interesting, and enjoyable it was to me.

 

I also watched (of all things) Women's Water Polo ... Don't tell anyone, but I even DVRed a few matches that I really wanted to make sure I didn't miss.

I watched the Olympics too, and even I found the Soccer games more interesting then just about everything else. I actually hope Team USA can make it back to the World Cup and finally field a championship team. As strange as this might sound, I am predicting that within the next few decades, there might be a chance that Soccer could be America's #1 Sport and we could be talking about Football, much like we are Baseball right now.

 

 

I also believe that Rugby is going to see an increase in popularity as well and we all might be seeing it played more in Schools and in other sporting events.

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