Here are the upcoming World Cup soccer semifinals:
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Uruguay | vs. | Netherlands | ![]() |
- | Jul 6 11:30am (PT) on ESPN | |||||
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Germany | vs. | Spain | ![]() |
- | Jul 7 11:30am (PT) on ESPN |
Let me make a prediction: somehow, some way, some American soccerati pundits are going to cite this as Another Triumph of Diversity for soccer in contrast to xenophobic, nativist, redneck, racist American sports like football. I don`t know how they will do it, but they`ll do it.
(And if the Final turns out to be Netherlands v. Germany, then they`ll just redouble their efforts!)
Seriously, in today`s mental climate, it`s very hard for American soccer fans to notice and express, even in the privacy of their own minds, that soccer is a white-dominated sport.