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Originally Posted by Revenge Tour
Consider yourself blessed. I like a lot of sports and can watch fútbol all day. I know it's huge in South America. I watch South American or European teams play when I can. I don't know much about the teams or players but I DO get the excitement from the crowd. We have Major League Soccer in the States and it's cool, I guess. But the passion of fútbol fans overseas is second-to-none.
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Argentina's and Brazil's leagues are the best here, not surprisingly. The Chilean league is kind of crap. MLS' attendance, stadiums and uniforms are much better than here, but some athletes and sports commentators still look down on MLS. I mainly watch my Brazilian team (Grêmio) and Argentine team (River Plate). We also watch some Premier League and Bundesliga in Europe.
We've gotten into rugby, so we also watch both European leagues and international tournaments like the World Cup and Six Nations. It's hard to watch the games from New Zealand due to the time difference. Sometimes we watch the repetitions.
I find the streaming service a bit weird. There are a lot of random sports on it - NCAA lacrosse, padel, field hockey, cricket. I don't know who is interested in cricket in this part of the world. How many people watch those sports here? I guess field hockey makes the most sense because Argentina is very good.
And, of course, the most important is that Michigan won. It was late here, but we managed to stay awake and my husband could finally see them champions after the last few disappointments. I texted a bit with my dad during the game. My brother and sister weren't to interested, but they were really young when we lived there and didn't get to go to the games.