Why Football-Soccer Fans Are Crazy

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Soccer fans have a reputation for being passionate about their sport. In fact, passionate may even be an understatement. The sense of national identity that is coupled with this international sport is important, and becomes even more so during tournaments such as the World Cup. Fans defend their countries' teams fiercely, and even tend to mock stereotypes about their native land. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com speaks with soccer writer and enthusiast John Doyle, author of The World is a Ball, who tells us more about what makes soccer such a worldwide phenomenon, and why the sport's fans act so crazy.

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