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Kudos to the US team (or should I say "side"?) for its victory over España the other day to gain the Confederation Cup's final Sunday against Brazil.

Apparently, the US's victory has generated a tempest in a teapot. Viz.,

some Americans—mainly, it must be said, on the right—... decry the baleful influence of soccer upon the American ideals of manly sporting excellence.

I didn't know that such enmity existed, but I'm always interested in knowing what scab the wingnuts are picking this week. Sigh.