Are you ready for some futbol?

Another year is quickly coming to an end. The trees are starting to change, and soon in place of Halloween costumes you will start to see Christmas trees popping up all over stores. With a new year, will Americans come any closer to accepting soccer as a major sport, or will it continue to be ignored like vegatables even on an over weight childs plate.

I have heard the excuses, yet I still remain puzzled as to why soccer has yet to catch on. It is the biggest sport world wide, yet it remains burried deep in the bowels of American sports culture. Some people say there is not enough scoring. However a match that ends 3-1 would be the equivalent of a 21-7 football game.

Others say it is too slow paced, but the action is far more continuous than a baseball game where the pitcher takes 10 seconds to get a sign, and the batter takes an additional 5 seconds to adjust his cup, another 3 seconds to spit, and then 6 more seconds to go through his routine that involves tapping the plate with his bat, adjusting the straps on his batting gloves, and occasionally giving his own nipples a quick pinch just for the fun of it.

Others complain about how the players flop and act just to get calls. Have you seen an NBA game recently? Those players are even worse as far as acting. Some Futbol stars are worthy of an Oscar nomination in comparison.

More youth in America play soccer growing up than any other organized youth sport, but somehow interest is lost after a certain point. I will remain baffled by these things until soccer gets a just showing in America.

Now if you think the fans of the Raiders are insain, or cringe thinking of getting a battery thrown at your head in Philly, or you think Red Sox Nation has the greatest following (by the way, how come you didn't hear about something called red sox nation prior to them winning a championship), they all pale in comparison to the groups that follow their futbol club religiously.

Can we try to open our minds and give soccer in America a fair chance. I mean after all we embraced hockey as a national sport and we have more open grassy fields than we do frozen ponds.

But then again, what does Scrappy know?