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Originally Posted by memyselfI
Bandwaggoner fans should be welcome unless they jump off after the tourney is over. Really, right now the US stands to make lots of new fans and convert some non-believers. If people want to pretend like they've been one of us all along then let them. Let's see if they stay when it's over.
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This. Who cares if people are suddenly paying attention? Its exciting, isn’t it? The bars are full of people watching the games and going crazy, right? If they like what they see, they may become one of the converted, and 4 or 8 years be bitching like a senile old man about all the NEW bandwagon fans.
Suddenly liking something does not make you a bandwagon fan. Suddenly disliking it because its not as good anymore makes you a bandwagon fan.
And with the response casual soccer fan get from “die-hard” soccer fan, its no wonder no one latches onto the sport.