WORLD CUP FEVER GRIPS SEATTLE!!!

The kick-off the worlds greatest sporting event has got more attention this year than at any other time in the sports history. One only has to look past the under-5's little league section of the Seattle Times alternative sports supplement to find news about this international extravaganza. Buses stopped and traffic came to a standstill as die-hard soccer mom's peered in through unsuspecting living rooms to catch glimpses of the opening ceremony. Yes indeed this is an event of biblical proportions here in the land of the free, the worlds role model extraordinaire. So much so that when I asked a local if they are intent on watching 'U.S.A.' play the Czech Republic this coming monday they looked at me like I had three heads and said "...Hockey season over!"