Yeah, I realize as a Korean I’m supposed to have World Cup Fever, but the fact is I’m an American also, I grew up in the U.S., and as a product of this culture, I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about soccer.
I especially don’t get how some of my fellow Korean Americans who otherwise don’t care about soccer or Korean nationalistic pride suddenly become the biggest Korean soccer fans whenever the World Cup rolls around. Some of my friends who fall into the above category tried to get me up at 4 AM to watch the recent South Korea-Greece match. Let me make this clear to anyone else thinking of making a similar request of me in the future—I will get up at 4 AM because you are paying me a lot of money to do a job or because Megan Fox is drunk and horny and under the mistaken impression that I’m the only man left on earth. However, I will not get up at 4 AM to watch a soccer game. Why?
‘Cause soccer is fucking boooring!
I’m sorry but any sport where you can play for three hours and score a total of one point and that’s considered normal is boring! Any sport where Asians are just as good or even sometimes better than blacks or Latinos is boring! And what’s with these rules like no touching the balls with your hands? That’s not a rule for a sport, that’s something your girlfriend threatens to do when she’s pissed off at you. Look, even the great David Beckham couldn’t make soccer interesting to Americans. In fact, he may have made things worse and left many fans angry and disappointed. After all, during his time playing for the Galaxy, he did to American soccer what he does to Victoria Beckham every night and that’s not right. Read more...