World Cup Becoming YMCAish

It is kind of odd that the World Cup in 2014 was awarded to Brazil.  Brazil is not in an economically good place, which has worsened and led to violent protests against the government spending money to build soccer stadiums.  They are also a little soccer crazy making some sort of riot inevitable whether Brazil wins or loses.  Another reason it is not the best place for soccer is the weather.  Brazil is hot.  And they have jungles.  When the stadium locations were revealed, a soccer reporter who covers a team in the jungle even asked why they were playing games there in the early afternoon because the local teams won't even do that because it is so hot.

Most people in America don't know this because we don't watch soccer, but it is played outdoors.  Soccer fanatics will hold up soccer's constant action and tell you soccer players are better athletes than other sports because they never stop.  That is true, until now.  Taking a page out of the YMCA eight year old league's playbook, the high temperature/humidity matches will have designated water breaks.  They even named them "cooling breaks".  Soccer has no chance in the U.S. with things like this.  At least call it a time out.  Next thing you know the designated team mom will start handing out orange slices at halftime.  Get it together, soccer.

"Really soccer, really!?!"