Originally posted by Simon96SE:
You hypercritical a-hole! 
I bet you wouldn't say the same thing about Basketball or Baseball or "American" football now would you?? Oh, and why? just because football(soccer) is not an American pastime???? You have NO idea of what your talking about, the only ignorant and obnoxious people, are people like YOU!From the look of the Ciscoguys original post, he probably feels the same way about all sports, not just the world cup. I share some of his frustration. SOCCER gets very little coverage in the US because, in general, very few care. But at world cup time, all of the supposed fans start to pay attention. I will be glad to see if the US wins, but if they don't, I won't be heartbroken by any means. I'm a huge sports fan and this time of year is dissappointing because the only thing on TV is baseball. Being a Tigers fan doesn't give me anything compelling to watch. Which leaves me with Golf and Soccer right now. I think I may even prefer golf... I think the biggest problem I have found is that despite the players moving very quickly/sprinting a majority of the time, the field is so large that it seems they are moving in slow motion, which is the main complaint of most americans.
About the World series comment...I suppose that if it weren't for immigration, the Dominican Republic may be able to field a team or two, that could be above average on MLB. No other country's all star teams could win the world series.
BTW, weren't the current rules used in world cup soccer based on the USA's original football (soccer) rules? I know the origins of the game itself date back to Egypt, but I believe the soccer/futbal we know today is based on american rules. It's about time we take back OUR sport.
I read this recently, but I don't have the article or the backup to prove anything, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
One other comment is that if the US sports fans think they are the biggest sports fans, I would probably disagree. People rarely ever die here because they root for the wrong team, or disagree with a call on the field. It seems to be almost common place around the soccer world. Or in the case of one of Italy's club teams, their number 1 scorer was fired because he kicked the winning goal for the Korean soccer team against Italy.
