OOC Thst's interesting, Al. I always seem to like team sports myself, albeit some more than others, ahead of individual sports. That might just be an existential way of looking at things.<br/>I never really think of Israel  as a football hotbed, although I know there are some popular teams there. I have played and watched basketball (I am tall, which helps) and have watched ice hockey, here in England, but I think the culture around football, which I am sure you get for ice hockey in Canada, helps draw me in.