[Griff]

I'm coaching soccer instead of baseball this spring. My older daughter would prefer baseball but there is an assumption that she should be playing softball, a game dominated by um... unusually shaped females, ya know, fireplugs. There are good baseball coaches around here but baseball is heavily endowed with meatheads so if she goes back to it next spring she's gonna have to play the stoic Jackie Robinson. My younger daughter hated tee-ball but loves futbol, so she'll stick with it. The older girl is a wonderful athlete so she'll be successful either way, I'm hoping she goes with soccer but it'll be her call.

Soccer may never be very successful in the States, like Syc says its a scoring issue. The strange thing to me is that Americans will watch golf or gascar and then call soccer boring. MLB is on the edge of destoying baseball with their juiced ball, hoping to keep the ADHD American fan in his seat. I don't want to see outdoor soccer changed significantly with scoring in mind. I hope to catch an MLS game this summer but its a huge drive to DC or New England.