Soccer

As an American I still don’t understand the rest of the world’s love of soccer. To me it is mostly a boring game with less action than baseball… and that’s saying something.

I guess part of the reason we don’t get soccer is that we don’t understand the political message the game sends: Rich or poor, everyone can play soccer. It unites countries, even those with repressive governments.

Such nationalism comes easy for Americans. We rule the world with our military, McDonalds, Microsoft, Coke and the dollar. The soccer field is the place where relatively small countries can - and often do -kick our ass.

I find this video addicting. It’s sponsored by Coke and has most every country in the World Cup in it. The political message can’t be missed and - although I understand nothing she is singing - I love the Arabic singer’s voice.