| The United States has one of the most formidable | | | | in one of the better-priced packages. |
| sports cultures on the planet. We give our schools | | | | Fox Soccer Channel stands out as one of the most |
| access to some excellent facilities, and we promote | | | | comprehensive ventures into the soccer-viewing |
| sporting in general in a variety of ways in our society; | | | | market: with live games or at least highlights from |
| with a country the size of ours, it's hard not to | | | | just about every major competition in global soccer, |
| understand why we are so athletic. Yet, if there's | | | | you're sure to be able to stay up to date on all your |
| one sport that hasn't taken root in our country (at | | | | favorite teams. Like the name says, this channel is |
| least to the level which many would like to see) it | | | | dedicated to soccer, all day, every day. If only more |
| would have to be soccer (that's football to the rest | | | | people could learn to appreciate the brilliance of this |
| of the world). | | | | gift; but, alas, it is the easily kept secret of a few |
| Since professional soccer is still relatively nascent in | | | | fanatics. Also available is GolTV, which has the rights |
| the US, the possibilities of being able to catch a | | | | to different competitions than Fox Soccer Channel, |
| soccer game on the fly-your local bar, a street | | | | so there's luckily even more for the picking. |
| corner, at the station-are significantly slimmer than in | | | | Now, with luck, in a few years local fans will have |
| other countries. And, since uninvitedly changing the | | | | learned to support their MLS team more, more cities |
| channel at your local sports dive from the NFL | | | | will actually have an MLS team in the first place, and |
| Sunday Ticket to some European or Latin American | | | | soccer culture will take its place rightful place within |
| soccer final would probably cause a bar fight (with | | | | national sports culture. If this were to happen, then |
| me as the sole victim of aggression), soccer nuts | | | | perhaps it will get easier to catch a moment or two |
| usually don't have a way to change the status quo, | | | | on the fly of that game you needed to watch but |
| much less satisfy their hunger for some live game | | | | couldn't cut out the time for; and no, you won't get |
| time. | | | | evil glares from the fellow patrons of your local |
| Fortunately, there are one or two options for | | | | sports dive for merely suggesting to change from |
| die-hard soccer fans looking to quench their thirst, | | | | football to soccer-just don't expect that they'll be |
| though most cable and satellite TV customers would | | | | willing to do the favor yet. Maybe, just maybe, if the |
| have no clue about it. Availability used to be relatively | | | | US were ever to win a World Cup title, then perhaps |
| limited, but nowadays it is possible to get a channel | | | | they'll do the favor. Till then, our national team will |
| that plays some local and international soccer included | | | | have to keep training harder and harder. |