Yep.

I can tell you for a fact that I'm most fascinated by the international aspect of it; the act of the entire world coming together for a brief moment, with all of the different cultures mingling and laying aside their differences for a rather arbitrary reason... bouncing a ball off of anything other than your arms. I have the same fascination with the Olympics. My favorite moments might be when the cameras pan the crowd.

Hopefully, if the world cup gains stateside popularity, NBC won't pick up the coverage and shit all over it, as per Olympic coverage. For the world cup, I watch Univision anyway, 'cuz I'm half fluent in Spanish, they slow-mo replay every foul, and no one shouts "GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL" on ESPN.

It's pretty difficult to watch American Soccer League games on television. I don't pay for cable service, and unless it's the world cup, there damn sure aren't any bars devoting screens to futbol. I doubt that the level of play is the same either. Howard, America's goalie, plays in an English league because that's where the money is. I want to be wrong on this, so if there's anyone who really watches ASL games that will testify against me, please do so.

I'd personally love to see soccer gain traction in the U.S., I play in a little league sometimes myself. Not... "little league", but... yeah.

"Hahah, there's no way Portugal can tie us now, there's only 30 seconds left!" - My girlfriend. I scowled pretty hard 20 seconds later.