I am the guy that watched the USA-Mexico soccer match on Wednesday. Make jokes now. The game was pretty uneventful (I already said it was a soccer game - zing!) but it did bring up something that may get you in trouble, fired from your job, or even killed. The next day at the proverbial water cooler I discussed the match with a co-worker when our secretary walked in mortified. It was only at that point that I realized how our conversation was sounding. There were too many "F-ing Mexico" and "those weasly Mexicans" to count. Not good. You really have to be careful when talking bad about a country's team that it doesn't spill into country hate. You never know who might be listening.
So be careful in speaking about international competitions. Always add the sport to the country and use as many sport-specific words as possible and you should be free and clear because saying "We can't stop those Mexicans from getting on our side!" is way way worse than saying "We can't stop the Mexican soccer players from getting into our zone."
On a slightly related subject, it's really weird to get annihilated by a team for 90 minutes who are on the verge of scoring every 30 seconds. In 97 minutes (with stoppage time) the US took ONE shot! It is even weirder when by some combination of skill and luck and paying refs the United States TIES and everyone is super psyched. Soccer may be the rare sport where getting a tie or barley losing is considered a win. Any other sport that does not go over well - Kentucky barley loses to Alabama in football and 15 seconds after the game it's another loss. No one cares how close you came, people even get made fun of for bragging about almost winning. Man up soccer.
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| "Don't mess with US or we will tie your fucking faces off." |
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