[Maple Leaf]

We won, and Sophia Smith was magnificent, but this kind of game discourages me from continuing to watch.  Vietnam's "bunker defense" style of play was truly ugly.  They did not contest 60% of the field at all.  It was as if they began the game conceding that they were going to lose, but wanted to keep it as close as possible by making it a boring, defensive struggle.  Fortunately, they were not nearly as good as the Americans so it wound up 3-0 rather than 1-0 or 0-0.

Games like that really make me wonder how this became the world's most popular sport.

How this became the world's most popular sport can be attributed to the following:

• Cost, does not take much $$$ to set up a soccer program compared to football, baseball, basketball, hockey or rugby.
  
• Thanks to the exploitation of many underdeveloped countries by the British Empire, and other European colonial powers soccer was spread around the world.
  
• With good physical health this sport can be played by various age groups.
  

[Maple Leaf]

We won, and Sophia Smith was magnificent, but this kind of game discourages me from continuing to watch.  Vietnam's "bunker defense" style of play was truly ugly.  They did not contest 60% of the field at all.  It was as if they began the game conceding that they were going to lose, but wanted to keep it as close as possible by making it a boring, defensive struggle.  Fortunately, they were not nearly as good as the Americans so it wound up 3-0 rather than 1-0 or 0-0.

Games like that really make me wonder how this became the world's most popular sport.

How this became the world's most popular sport can be attributed to the following:

• Cost, does not take much $$$ to set up a soccer program compared to football, baseball, basketball, hockey or rugby.
  
• Thanks to the exploitation of many underdeveloped countries by the British Empire, and other European colonial powers soccer was spread around the world.
  
• With good physical health this sport can be played by various age groups.