I watched the FIFA World Cup with the rest of the Americans who were skeptical, and maybe a little curious, about soccer. I got into the whole tournament concept, the competition, and even the athleticism of the players and the referees as well. In my humble opinion, fans are fans in any sport with a few subtle traditional differences in the revelry. We have a favorite team in a game and we root them on, (at least they got rid of those obnoxious large plastic horn noise makers).  As one who really didn’t grow up with soccer, much of it is rather new to me as a serious spectator. I have to admit I enjoyed myself, overall. There were some frustrations with the low scoring and the backwards time keeping and the “extra time” feature etc. By the time I started to grasp the rules in a general way, the tournament had ended. What I did notice was the words and phrases the commentators use in describing the play by play and the analysis of what just happened. In...(Read Full Post)