Kicky ball, tight shirts

I used to play soccer a lot when I was a kid. Just a plastic ball and a couple of bricks to set up the goal and we'd play for hours. In terms of accessibility, yeah it's pretty easy to play it. It's also very entertaining. Since I enjoyed playing it, I was naturally drawn to watching football matches. [Yeah, You read it right! It's FOOTBALL not soccer!]

I think everyone else hit on it, it's extremely accessible - I saw dudes on a warehouse floor take some plastic wrap, roll it into a ball and there was an impromptu match

I think it's because it is very easy to get into/self explanatory, not to mention the massive community built around this, the world comes together during the world cup, few events seem to bring global "unity" as much as this sport does. The sport embodies the easy to learn, hard to master mentality many people are drawn to.

It’s been called “universally positive” and has always brought people together from around the world. It’s not about the equipment but the community it creates. There’s nothing baffling about that. Google it. It’s not that difficult to comprehend.

Sports in general... I get why you’d want to play... but watch? Build your whole identity around watching a team play? Don’t get it.

Yes, just kick something around with someone else and you're technically playing football soccer

It's the green

What's so baffling about that lol