Sunday, June 18, 2006

They say Football, we say Soccer

One thing's for sure, there isn't a lot of talk around the office about the World Cup of Soccer. I'm not much of a soccer fan but when a sport takes on the world stage the drama of competition really kicks in (pun intended). Ian watches some of the games when he's around the house. I've watched a little here and there. Yesterday I checked in on the USA vs Italy game often. Today I actually watched the entire Brazil vs Australia game (Brazil, 2-0). Just wondering, when news coverage of the World Cup began, did you need the talking heads to explain to you that outside of the USA people call it "football" instead of "soccer". Tedious. Rugby isn't burdened by such problems, when is that Rugby World Cup? GO ALL BLACKS!" (look it up).

No comments: