I was once like many of you in regard to the World Cup: lost, lonely, looking for love in all the wrong places. Scorning, ridiculing. Mocking soccer for being effete.
I was reminded of this when Portugal coach Fernando Santos benched superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for a round-of-16 match and then again for much of the next match. He had expressed frustration with Ronaldo’s attitude. Now, I ask all the tough guys and gals out there: What coach in the four major professional American sports leagues would bench his most important player during one of the most important stretches of the year?
