As a sporting event called the “World Cup” is currently ongoing in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar, Americans will yet again be pressured by our moral superiors to pay attention to “football,” or as Americans call it, soccer, so as not to confuse it with, you know, football.
Today, Team USA played Wales, which has not been an independent country since 1535. The final score was (you guessed it) 1–1. If you’re on Twitter, you might be under the impression that most Americans care about soccer, but, as in so many other areas, Twitter is not real life. Soccer remains the “sport of the future,” as it has been for multiple generations in the U.S. A poll from earlier this year found that only 7 percent of Americans consider themselves avid soccer fans, which is the same percentage who say they are avid golf fans.
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