Over the years I found out that it never hurts to know a little about soccer when faced with a bunch of male colleagues at lunch. Or if you're stuck with a male EMT in a car for an entire day. (In Germany the emergency doctors come to the patients, that was a job I had for six months.) If you know which team the local, ever losing soccer club has to face next and how badly they lost the last time, that can get you some kind of respect. And make life just a bit easier. Sometimes it also helps cheering up patients.
I'm not a fan, though.
But if you want to enjoy football, I strongly recommend the movie "Wildcats" with Goldie Hawn. That should make you smile.
