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28 Jul 2007 10:38 am
Why Americans Don't Get Soccer
A Brit explains what it looks like from the other side of the pond:
It is an undisputed fact that most Americans don't really like football. This failure to ‘get’ football is often interpreted by Brits as a sign of American insularity and philistinism. Exhibit A, m'lud, is that the Yanks don’t like draws. They want to see a winner. They want shoot-outs to settle games. Exhibit B is that Americans don't like low-scoring games. The only thing that Americans hate more than 0-0 draws is Osama bin Laden. So short is the average American's concentration span that, unless there’s a goal every two minutes, they’re trotting off to the catering stall to buy another chilli dog. Exhibit C is the fact that they insist on calling it ‘soccer’. M’lud, I rest my case.
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