Well here we are at the beginning of another FIFA soccer game involving the US team. This one finds the US team in what I expect will be a tough contest with Belgium. We shall see. At least my spouse and I will see as we settle into comfortable seats to watch tonight's game. We have never considered ourselves particularly interested in sports be we are finding soccer oddly interesting, especially when the USA team is involved.
Personally, I have always enjoyed sports more when I feel strongly on the side of one team. I was never a cheerleader in highschool but I was part of the Pep Squad. We would cheer our team on at home games and (after long bus rides) at away games. These were always basketball games by the way. We didn't have a football team until my senior year and girls sports, aside from cheer leading, were simply not a thing in our small rural school.
My brother John (see yesterday's blog) played football his freshman year. He was 6'6" tall and broad shouldered and the coach was very happy to have him on the team. However, after one year John decided that football was not for him - too much chance of getting hurt, so he contented himself with being in the band. He played trombone.
The coach understood John's decision but complained that he couldn't find anyone to fill John's size 16 shoes. I guess they were part of the uniform and belonged to the school. But that's enough about high school sports, I have a soccer game to watch.
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