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FIFA has tried a thousand different ways to make Americans care about football soccer. Nothing has worked, not even when they let us host the World Cup in 1994, or the subsequent creation of the MLS. Well, it seems to us that the English Premier League has just stumbled on a new strategy. When this stray cat wandered onto the pitch in the middle of a match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, it certainly grabbed out attention. So, FIFA officials, why not make cats a regular part of soccer? Sure, you'd have to rewrite the laws of the game fairly drastically and almost certainly infuriate all the footie loyalists in every other nation in the world. But you say you want America's eyes and ...

If this can't get Americans interested in the most popular sport in the world, nothing can. ...

Here's a video of a soccer match that was interrupted when a dog ran onto the pitch. Now, two things for which Americans are notorious are (1) being really into their pets and (2) not caring about soccer. If FIFA is going to keep on whining and complaining that the world's superpower doesn't pay enough attention to the world's most popular sport, maybe they should see this incident as an opportunity instead of a random nuisance. ...

Franck Fife, AFP / Getty Images It's summertime, and everybody's got World Cup fever, even pets! This cute kitten apparently got a little overexcited during a pre-Cup exhibition soccer match -- oops, we mean association football match -- between Tunisia and France. Fortunately, player Yassine Mikari of the Tunisian team was quick enough on his feet to catch the furry feline and carry it to safety. ...