^ not to mention all the south american/ african kids who play it and gather around one tv to watch a game.

soccer can be played anywhere at anytime. if your some poor kid from argentina you just get a couple of friends and make a ball out of some cheap shit like rubberbands or w/e. then you use 2 stones for posts then u have a game!

in grade 8 i used to play soccer in teh winter on falteend snow and ice with my friends at recess.

We played kickball.  In freshman (high school) gym class we played soccer for maybe a week at the most.  Noone knew what they were doing (except for one asian kid who could fly all over the place with that ball). 

In my neighborhood that I grew up in I can think of only two guys who liked soccer: Matt (white) and Alex (Mexican)

At the church that I grew up in only one person I knew off liked soccer; he was from Checkloslavakia.

Soccer was just not present in our school systems while I was growing up (I am 32).  I did begin to become more present once I finished high school though.  And I think that that school district has soccer games now.

*On a side note:  Out of the four sports (basketball, baseball, football, and soccer)  Soccer seems to be the only sport were parents at kids leagues don't behave like spoiled, immature, big-mouthed, brats.

Becaue American' are signifficantly less intelligent than Euopean. It's a well known fact, American education is an abomination.

Close the door on your way out.

 Hockey is more popular in North Carolina than college football, if that says anything.

Funny. I wonder how many B.As are shared by players on a given national soccer team versus the Indianapolis Colts or New England Patriots.

And aside from that, what about countries like Japan where soccer isn't at a fevor pitch like Europe and such?

Maybe it's me, but I like my diversity in sports: I'd rather not have people rioting over soccer, and prefer a more diversified group of sports.

 lol. if your so smart, why cant you spell *Because* and Americans right?

your and embarassment to Europeans.

Im Canadian what does that make me? 

The shot clock is probably the best invention in the history of basketball.  It is hard to imagine a game where the score was 19-18 Pistons vs Laker, but that happened in the 50's.

 Fights are popular in every county.  What is really sad is the decline of boxing.  There isn't much talent in any of the divisions and most of the bouts are decided before the men enter the ring.  I worry that the UFC will eventually go that route, but that is another story.   

In general, Americans love violence.  It doesn't even have to be real violence as Wrestling is still popular. 

^ you know soccer has some of the nastiest injuries \?

look at beckham and rooney. there metatarsels got fucked up badly.

in soccer u get kicked all over your legs and sometimes nasty players (i do this at times as well) even dig into your thighs with their cleates.

One thing that people fail to consider, American sports (generally) are inflated when it comes to the amount of action.

For instance a touch down is worth 7 (really only 6 but if you consider a chip shot from 20 yards action a hard task...) a field goal in basketball (why in basketball is a shot considered a field goal?) is worth 2 (excluding 3 pointers.)

so if a football game ends 14-7 it was really only 2-1.
basketball in a game that 100-80 is really only (about) 90 total scores.

i know the math isn't perfect but when people say that football is high scoring...not really. sure it can be 28-7, which is really only 4-1, but is that high scoring? 5 goals in the span of 3-4 hours...yet in soccer in an 1 1/2 hours you can have the same about of points, give or take.

basketball is high scoring, but generally american sports are inflated by fictitious point scale. (except for baseball)

just something to consider.