
Originally Posted by
jimmyscoular
You, of course, are the mirror image of the many Americans who complain that soccer is boring, with its "endless passing, stupid offside rule and low, low, low scoring." It does little good to point out that peoples as culturally diverse as the English, Brazilians, Germans, Ecuadorians, Koreans and Turks find it gripping. They just don't get it.
Here's the truth: If your parents had emigrated to Kansas City, and you had been born and raised there, chances are you would be absolutely on fire for today's game. It's what you know and where you're from.
Bit like language, really. Germans may sound guttural and rough, but to them it's all poetry.