text: Yes, I do watch soccer whenever I can, I think soccer is the best sport that was ever invented. In the 2002 world cup over 28 billion TV viewers, in 213 countries, watched the cup games. FIFA has 204 national associations, more members than the U.N. There are 250 million active players, and 30 million women players, which beats football, baseball and basketball together! The first mention dates back 2,000 years! Soccer will never die, it is the game of the people! To bad soccer is widely ignored in the US media, no soccer fever here! It should be way more often televised. Having only antenna TV, makes me watch soccer on Mexican TV stations every week end. It would be great if the US team would get in to the final round in the 2006 World Cup, that would change the interest quota for sure.