I expected to open the magazine and find a huge headline that said, "Of course not, you idiots." Instead there was, like, a whole story.

I think by now we all get it: Many Americans love to play soccer, especially as kids. An increasing number like to watch it, especially at World Cup time. And soccer is not close to being one of our core spectator sports.

I don't know how many stories like this that I have seen during the years, but if I had to guess, I'd say 1,456,832. Why are people so eager to make soccer a big American pastime? Europeans don't play much baseball, and I've never lost sleep over that. Not every country has to like the same sports. Is this really such a big deal?