American World Cup Reporter Melanie Collins Is So Hot, You Might Watch Soccer

In America, soccer’s popularity dips and rises like the stock market. But if Melanie Collins remains a part of it, odds are, your closet is about to house a Clint Dempsey jersey.

Here’s sports’ worst-kept secret: Soccer can be boring. Like, “What’s the nearest utensil I can jam in my eye to get out of this ‘ole, ole, ole-ing’ hellhole before someone munches on my shoulder” boring.

And here’s mankind’s worst-kept secret: Attractive women turn smart guys into cavemen.

Yahoo Sports’ Collins, pictured below with miniature Minotaur Ndamukong Suh, could turn Elon Musk into Barney Rubble.

Loved hanging with this guy today! @NdamukongSuh @Nike @YahooSports #1N1T pic.twitter.com/piesxUjIHw

— Melanie Collins (@Melanie_Collins) June 21, 2014

Make no mistake, in the name of patriotism, I already planned to drape myself in a red, white and blue cape, blare Neil Diamond’s “America” and deep-fry anything with a filling today.

If Belgium bests the U.S. men’s national team now, though, and Collins is replaced by someone who looks prepped for a Cialis commercial, I’m hoarding every Belgian waffle from Sam’s Club and frisbee-ing them, one by one, into the nearest wood chipper.

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