Interesting that soccer should come up in this thread, because like soccer Horns or planers, stats, etc. are a matter of taste. Trying to convince someone who does not like horns that they should like horns is like trying to convince someone who does not like soccer that they should like soccer...a tough sell to say the least. And like the many other sports that we all have available to us, so too do we have other types of speakers.
3 things I learned about soccer during this year's World Cup:
1. It's a lot of fun to watch, and we in the US are fools not to join the party, at least once every 4 years (I don't mean participating with a team, I mean fans paying attention. For every minute of WC news coverage, there's 10 minutes of where will Lebron James end up).
2. The stereotype of the soccer player taking a dive and pretending he's injured is not true. It's way worse than that.
3. I hated instant replay, particularly in American football because it stops the game and destroys momentum looking at every play under a microscope. If what I've seen during the World Cup is the alternative, bring on the microscope!