Of all the things to loathe in sports, there’s one that American fans hate as much as anything. It still happens in games the people love, but the act itself blows past distasteful, past disdainful, straight to disgusting.
Flopping. It can ruin a sport, even a beautiful one, one that otherwise is worthy of attention and respect.
And because of that, soccer has a problem. And because of that problem, many sports fanatics in this country will have trouble embracing it.
Players, some of the best on the planet, at times fall to the ground in the mix as though they had taken direct fire from an M1 Abrams.