Enrique Castro González, a...

...Spanish soccer player, died at age 68.

I had never heard of Mr. González, and like many (most?) Americans don't really know much or even care about the sport. (My dad used to say half-jokingly that soccer was some sort of Communist conspiracy to distract Americans from real sports such as baseball, basketball and football.) And I have to say, that picture above from González's obit in the Times today just isn't helping the sport's image at all. Why does it seem like soccer players always look so dorky when photographed playing the sport?