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It’s the World Cup, stupid

The navel-gazing is non-stop! What does all this euphoria over footy really truly mean?

David Whitley of FanHouse thinks you soccer nuts are getting carried away with yourselves, especially since it was Al-freaking-geria out there, and not Brazil:

“The last minute or so of Wednesday’s match was thrilling. The preceding 90 minutes were soccer.

“In their euphoria, the soccer-philes are making their quadrennial mistake. There is soccer. And there is the World Cup.

“Sure, there will be some residual bump in popularity. But it will be measured in kids who play, not adults who watch. Just as it’s always been.”