My father-in-law is obsessed with soccer. I am too, but not even close to the same level. I can't compete. His home town team is in the highest division of professional soccer in Italy, the Serie A. My home town team belongs to the MLS, the lowest form of professional soccer on the planet, and wasn't even created until after I left that home town for college. Almost everyone he knows plays and/or loves soccer. I ended up a soccer player because I was a girl and couldn't play football.
I asked my father-in-law a couple of questions on Sunday as we were watching a great match between two of the best teams in Italy's Serie A, Roma vs. Juventus. I wanted to learn more about Italian soccer. He said after today there are six games left in their 36 game season. The top six teams each season get to play for the European Championship. The game we were watching was an important matchup because Roma is in sixth place and Juventus is in seventh place.
At halftime of the soccer game, I saw the commercial for the new reality TV show called, "Football's Next Star". I had seen this commercial once before. I was encouraged by the fact that the show does say "football" and not "soccer" and it appears to be filmed in England. We'll see.
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