06-27-2014, 09:47 AM
World Cup. This is the first time I've really seen a LOT of press about the World Cup. It seems the US is catching up to the rest of the world on this sport? There are advertisements, news stories and nearly every comedy stand up show has a thing on the world cup. Despite that fact that it seems to be increasing in popularity, each (entertainment) show I've seen has only done a piece on how boring soccer is or how mundane and silly it is. It's kind of funny, or strange to me. Like a phobia or something. Maybe it's grown so much because the US team (S) has been really doing well in the last years or because football celebs have given it a wider scope. Culturally it's interesting to me. The most popular sport internationally, and the US has seemed to dig in it's heels to not embrace it, but that seems to be changing.