How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love MLS
du Nord, May 27, 2008
Graham Fox is a freelance soccer writer from Manhattan, Kansas. He is a KC Wizards fan, a du Nord regular, and an advocate for fun. Find him at grahamfox@gmail.com Do you know that:Eurosnobs look down on you for watching MLS? Low attendance is your fault? The level of play in MLS could be higher if you would have eaten one less pickled egg last night?You made your grandma cry when you told her the latest Columbus attend numbers? Many MLS fans worry so much about attendance and what people think about MLS that they contemplate harai-kari when they read the latest Kansas City attendance numbers. As a fellow du Nord and MLS fan I’ve composed this small guide to stop you from doing anything drastic.In Which I Start Watching SoccerI started following soccer the way most Americans do. I shelled out money for Fox Soccer Channel and started watching English Premier League games. I become addicted and started a ritual that many males my age in the US take part in: Waking up at 5am on Saturday mornings to catch the da