I understand Americans' love for football. It's incredibly amazing.

But like many Africans, and particularly Nigerians, my love is for a different sport; soccer (we call it football, not the American kind of football). When I write football, I mean soccer.

During break periods back in school, after school, on weekends, in fact, at an opportune time, football kept us busy. We would makeshift goalposts anywhere on the street. I would rather play football than eat.

We had this modified format we called "monkey post". We will play until Mama called.

When did I become a football fan?
I think it was 1993 during the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia which Nigerian won. It was amazing. Then the exploits of the Super Eagles at USA 1994! Aha.

Soccer (football) and I have in deed come a long way.