Well, getting rid of the offside rules would be retarded. But hey, at least USA seems to have a better goalkeeper than England.

No we dont.  One this thread used the word soccer in the title.  We more go around being worried about offending you based on the word soccer.  The truth of the matter is us yanks for the most part dont give a rats ass about what you call Football and we call Soccer.  I for one like the game, but dont care for the World Cup and the fans that think that they need to compare Football to American Football.  You might as well be comparing Baseball to cycling. They are different games.  Get over that and then maybe you can understand some of the reasons we are not as crazy about Football as you are. I have said my reasons why.  You (in the Football fan sense) choose to complain abou the name we use for the game and insult a game we love.  Tell you what if you convince us to hate American Football doesnt mean we will love your Football.

Well, getting rid of the offside rules would be retarded. But hey, at least USA seems to have a better goalkeeper than England.

Soccer is boring to most Americans.  Why?  Because we don't watch the game; we don't understand what's going on, on the field; and any sport you don't understand is essentially boring because you can't follow the story of the action.  It's a self-sustaining cycle--if we watched it, we'd come to understand more and thereby enjoy it.  It's unfortunate it's so hard to change, but there it is.

It's the same thing with my father and baseball: he's followed it all his life and he understands the nuances.  I don't.  I find baseball boring, but that's more on account of my understanding of it than the game itself.

On naming, it all seems so dumb to me.  Why should I care what people in Germany call the sport that I've known all my life as soccer?  And why should they care what I call it?  I mean, it's not like I refer to their country as Deutschland; different cultures, different languages, different traditions, etc.  So long as we can communicate (which we can), I guess we can deal with the fact that we call our different games by the same name w/o pretending like it's some sort of "arrogance" on Americans' parts to call soccer, "soccer."

i would go with americans suck at football. that's why they copied rugby and named it football but were too scared so all handegg players have so much safety gear on them you can hardly know that there's a human under all of it. seriously american football players are pussies

that's how you play rugby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcGNfG6oawI

when FIFA will demand 50 pounds of safety gear than football will be popular in US ;)

So funny. Nobody is proving your point, because you don't have one. How about you try coming up with an argument that isn't an insult. Nobody cares whether you and your insignificant country doesn't like us. We don't like soccer. It must be because we're ignorant. Hilarious. I wasn't aware that all Americans claim to have relatives from where you are from? What exactly is that supposed to mean? Before you make insults up try making a coherent argument that is not all encompassing.

All I see in all your posts is America > everyone. Your an idiot. I never said my country was significant, I just said a lot of Americans claim Irish roots so why would I be jealous of America when most Americans want Irish roots even if it was 10 generations ago which no one really cares about. And it's not just one country. It's the majority of countries. I personally have a few American friends but you just give them a bad image. I'm done arguing with a wall now. Not even gonna read your next reply because I know it's gonna be how America is better than everyone.

Oh yes you do. Are you seriously trying to say you are worried about upsetting us by using the word soccer?  If so why use the word in the first place?

It seems you yanks are more upset as you use soccer and refuse to acknowledge football as its real name. As for getting over the fact baseball isn't cycling. Well I'm over that.
Cycling is a great sport. I would never soil its name by associating it with baseball so your point is lost on me. They are different. Have different names and people don't compare the two.

I haven't insulted handegg? Where as the yanks have been insulting football left right and centre and you haven't said anything about that. Wonder why?

I couldn't care if you hate hand egg or not. I don't care and haven't said anything against the sport whereas Yanks have been slagging off football the entire time. Yet you haven't commented on that. I wonder why?

If it wasn't for americans disrespectful attitude to a game loved the word over nobody would say anything about hanbdegg. You bring it on yourselves. Can't you use the right name when asking questions about it? I wouldn't start a thread saying "why doesn't the world like handegg?" as it would be rude. i would use the words American football. Its simple.