World Cup/Bieber Fever!

For those of you who don't have a TV, a brain, or live in a cave, the World Cup started yesterday. (P.S. if you live in a cave and you're still reading this blog, marry me. I'm hoping that this applies to you, Hayley Williams!)

Anyway, the World Cup started yesterday. I know this will shock some of you, but I found most of the games to be boring. I know, somebody thinking a soccer game is boring? WHOA!

But this is kind of a big deal. I usually really enjoy the World Cup, especially when the United States is involved. Now, I don't consider myself to be Uncle Sam's protégé or anything, but I love my country, most of the time. But during the U.S.-Canada hockey game that recently occurred, I was very excited. I'm also not really a hockey fan, but my love for the good ol' U.S.A. pushed me through that game.

With that being said, I found the U.S.-England soccer game to be quite dull.

This may be because I'm not a soccer aficionado by any stretch of the imagination, but I just felt like both teams were sloppy, missed many opportunities, and the result was a less-than-par game, which does not help soccer's popularity in the United States.

What this game needed was a fist-fight, a buzzer-beating goal, another fist-fight, some more things that involve hyphens, and a riot! (Paramore reference ftw)

The defense, for the U.S. at least, was pretty bad, except for the goalkeeper, Tim Howard (new Ryan Miller?) Both teams had the ball in front of the goal, with a great scoring opportunity, multiple times. There wasn't really a whole lot of action, even for a soccer game.

My boredom may have been multiplied by by lack of sleep the night before, since I was watching Hancock for the first time in my life until about 3:30 in the morning. However, I feel like I wouldn't have been helped even if I wasn't tired.

So earlier today, I was trying to figure out why I don't really like soccer all that much. I thought that I should; it's pretty similar to baseball, if you really think about it. Teams can score at any opportunity, there's a lot of suspense throughout the game as a result. Then, it hit me.

There are very few aggressive defenses in soccer.

During the U.S.-England game, whenever the ball got in front of the goal, the team on defense would just kick the ball out of bounds. I don't like that. I like defenses that are always trying to get the ball back to the other end of the field, giving their team an opportunity to score.

I know that's not how soccer is played, but I think it would be more interesting to me if defense in soccer was played like, say, defense in hockey. Hockey defenders seem like they're much more aggressive than defenders in many other sports.

Then again, hockey players are also insane. So there's that.

I think of today as a success. I finally decided why I don't like soccer, so I'm not one of those lame-os who just screams about how 'nobody ever scores in soccer, so it's boring!' I hate people like that. Because the NBA games where the final score is 245-189 (that never happened) are the most exciting games ever! Shut up.

With all that being said, I still look forward to the United States' next game. Boiler up!

Oh, and with regards to the title, I know I don't reference Justin Bieber at all (except for this sentence) but Sum 41 once tweeted about how they had "Bieber-fever and the Cyrus-virus" and I just laughed and laughed. I thought it would work, since many people are ill from WORLD CUP FEVER!

Peace out. Holla! Oh, and I'll most likely have a post about religion pretty soon. Stay tuned!

Now playing -- What's My Age Again?, Blink-182 (one of my two or three favorite music videos of all time)