The US Women’s National Team’s victory over Brazil yesterday in the quarterfinals of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup was one of the most amazing sports feats I’ve ever seen. 

Here’s a brief yet compelling write-up about why Americans, if they don’t already, should care about soccer (er, “football” as the rest of the world calls it), especially our #1 in the world US Women’s National Team [via americanmccarver]:

It’s easy to joke that the only thing Americans care less about than soccer (translation for our non-U.S. readers: “the sport called ‘football’ that’s being ruined by Sepp Blatter, rather than the one being ruined by Roger Goodell”) is soccer when it’s played by women. Then again, the…

(Source: americanmccarver)