The USMNT Doesn't Deserve To Qualify For The World Cup
by Billy Haisley from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#31CEC)
For the majority of casual fans, international soccer is a game of tournaments. Outside of high-profile friendlies or marquee qualifying matches, this sort of ephemeral casual fandom more or less hibernates between the big tournaments, the beginnings of which reawaken rabid patriotism and communal passion in a large"