That seems unfair, they've made it out of two very difficult first rounds in both of the last world cups. They're not top tier, but they're certainly not terrible.

Not a chance that it will pass basketball anytime soon. It will have a difficult time even passing the popularity of sports like hockey, tennis, and golf. The best case scenario is that it might be the 4th largest sport in 20 years.

Because soccer sucks. There's almost no scoring hence at times I like calling it f0-0tball.

That world cup actually did a marvelous job of getting americans interested in football. Really, I think you can mark the beginning of true interest in the sport outside of children's and collegiate soccer with that World Cup, as popularity spiked and has not since gone down. Meanwhile, the first truly competent US men's teams began taking shape as the children of 1994 reached adulthood. I've seen and read many cite that world cup in the same manner many Europeans cite the 1992 Dream Team as fostering their interest in basketball.

I've no doubt hosting it again would further boost the sport's popularity, and I have even less doubt that we're better equipped to host it than Quatar.

You're right, I over-exaggerated a bit, terrible isn't the way to describe them. They're pretty good, but not the best in the world. 

Because soccer is the main sport of the british colonial power that colonized anerica and the americans fought against them for freedom and autonomie

Compared to European and South American countries it is not all that great. Like the best European guy isn't all that special at a Marathon or at Tabletennis for that

Teaming up for a few minor skirmishes seems to have helped, but what clearly mended the fences was the Beatles and Monty Python/Black Adder/Doctor Who :D

A pessimist, eh?

Times change fast.

Lets not head down that road man... Nothing is so guaranteed to lead to endless, pointless squabbling as debating which sport is "better". They're all different, and that's why it's great that there's so many of them.