Tomorrow, the whole world (almost) will be watching France face Italy in the 2006 World Cup Finals. Isn’t it funny how American kids grow up playing soccer, the roads are filled with soccer Moms, yet the US is virtually the only country that doesn’t care about the World Cup – the ultimate soccer match and one of the world’s greatest sporting events? I don’t watch or play any sports, yet every four years I find myself watching the last few World Cup matches. It’s actually fun to watch, as opposed to sports like football and baseball, which have so many time-outs and commercials that you’re stuck in front of the TV for 3 or 4 hours.

By the way, “les Bleus” refers to the French soccer team: French soccer vocabulary.