The best soccer games ever are every four years.  I love the World Cup.  The best players in the world, smaller countries pulling upsets, and especially the sportsmanship.  These men are playing for the love of the game and for their country.  There are some real high emotions and very hard play out on the pitch.  However, you see guys get tackled hard and get hurt, but the opposing player or team is almost always there to help him up or just slap his hand and everything is cool.  You see Ronaldinho runnin' around with a mile on his face...guys clapping for great efforts from both sides.  It is truly refreshing to see a sport that is so loved and empasioned by the fans...hooligans everyhwere, and they men playing in the game don't let it take over the game or their emotions.  The sportsmanship is what is making this great.  you don't see this in too many American sports.  Football players late hit and stand their and taunt...baseball players show up opposing pitchers when they crush one...NBA players run a defender over and just go the other way...you don't see alot of that in the World Cup...in fact in the games I've seen, and I've see alot, you hardly ever see it.  It's the reason I love the World Cup