Why Grandpas Who 'Don't Get Soccer' Keep Ending Up on the Couch Anyway

A quiet generational heist is happening in American living rooms.

<p>He said he'd watch 'a few minutes.' That was three matches ago, and now he has opinions about formations.</p>

<p>The gateway is always the same: a grandkid explains one rule, grandpa asks one question, and pride does the rest.</p>

<p>A home-continent tournament, on at dinnertime instead of dawn, removed every excuse. The couch was right there. The remote was in his hand.</p>

<p>By the knockout rounds he'll claim he always liked soccer. Let him. That's how fandom has always worked.</p>