Opening Touch

As you probably know, we're in the middle of the World Cup, that quadrennial soccer tournament that seems to get everybody excited. Everybody that is except for us — Americans and Canadians.

As you can probably gather, I'm not a big soccer fan. For whatever reason, I've never really taken to the game. Maybe it's because, like most folks living north of the Rio Grande, I don't know a goal kick from a corner kick.

But I do know one thing: Most Americans and Canadians don't care for soccer. It's not that we don't want to like it. It's just that it's so darn boring and confusing.