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Soccer is the world’s most popular sport. The US likes dominating every sport.. it's just the way we are. The national men’s team is pretty ordinary but the women’s national team is extraordinary. I’d say there’s a lot of pride in the women’s soccer team because it dominates a world sport. And it doesn’t hurt that they’re all pretty hot.
The women's team has won 4 world cup titles whereas the men's team has won none. Additionally they've won 4 Olympic gold medals and 8 CONCACAF Gold Cups. When it comes to sports, winners create fans even from those who wouldn't normally bother following a team.
You mean it isn’t water polo? Has my whole life been a lie?
Because if you get quarantined for a length of time you might run out and be forced to use alternatives....
Well the thing about the US mens team is that, in the fifa world ranking, US are twentieth I believe, and for a country that doesn't even have soccer as the most popular sport, they do remarkably well.
No problem with the men’s team, not that there’s anything wrong with that...(((gratuitous Seinfeld reference)))Ah ...
makes sense.
... what is wrong with the US men's team in shorts? HAHAHAHAHAH
Well our most popular sport is what we call Football so in the end it’s all really the same.
Well that makes sense. But the US should definitely have pride for their men's team also, qualifying for World Cup's has never been as difficult as it has been recently, just so you know, the last time Scotland was at a major tournament was in 1998, and we are a country who loves football and it is by far the national sport, USA, bar the last World Cup, has been consistently good at getting to major tournaments, and I remember back in the day they even beat England.
Nah, water polo, isn't it?
What get's me about NFL is that most of the game is played with hands, not feet ...
Don't care what is going on, I'll never use Steve's books as toilet paper, I could be struck with the coronavirus ... ah well, gues the James Pattersons will have to do.
See, I am in no way a sports geek, but I do wonder why we call Football Soccer and our weird pigskin ball game Football
I'm going to find Speedy, flip into The Talisman world and just wait for this mess to blow over.
Proabably they just wanted to spite England!
Or India, or Brazil, or literally every other sports focused country for god knows what reasonProabably they just wanted to spite England!
Fans are fickle and soccer (not sure the US will ever be able to identify it as football) has had a hard time capturing the interest of Americans the way its other sports have. If the women's team had not been as successful as it has been, it wouldn't be getting the attention it has. As long as the men's team is overshadowed by the successes of the women's team, they'll have to learn what it's like to play second fiddle--you know, the way most women's teams in all sports are treated.
So people won't spare a square?
