@heterodoxan As its hosting the World Cup this year....
Europeans see Americans take on NATO as them complaining that their favourite Quarterback isn't playing for the USA Soccer team.
@BallinFFB Because the world cup is every 4 years (if you qualify) it's not a regular fixture. Usually played at the end of a long European season.
Don't get too moist over it.
@kjmac111 The host country having a leader that's either jnvaded, attacked, insulted, pissed off or threatened just about every country entering hasn't helped.
I don't think anyone wants it to fail, they're just expecting it to be less than overwhelming for a myriad of reasons
@cowboyshiesty96@Watson_SLdn What does that even mean? Our 'local sport' is a globally played one. You're banging on about your stadiums used for a sport nobody else cares about.
It's the World Cup, the NFL etc are irrelevant.
@MrJ9_FFC England alone (smaller than Florida) has about 100 full time professional clubs (probably more) across the 5 top leagues.
They'll never understand. It was amusing at first but is getting incredibly tedious now.
@oxfjack Mine too. They think they're outwitting everyone else when really they're as thick as mince and totally fail to understand what the game means outside of the US.
A yanks take on footy is like them thinking they're eating healthily because there's a bit of lettuce in their burger