Americans call it soccer. The rest of the world calls it football. In 2009, the Wall Street Journal identified this word choice with American Exceptionalism. We’re stubborn and exceptional, damn it, and we’ll show it through arbitrary sport names! But what hasn’t been so exceptional is the size of soccer’s American fan base. Taking a back seat to American football and basketball and probably even hockey, soccer failed to catch on. But that started to change when we hosted the 1994 World Cup, when Brandi Chastain took off her shirt, and when David Beckham came to our shores. This year, South Africa is hosting the World Cup, but as your arbiters of all events boozeworthy (i.e., everything), New Times has designated these three... More >>>