Why do Americans say they don't watch Football (soccer) because it is boring and yet they The Golf Channel?
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AMERICANS ARE GOOD AT GOLF BUT SUCK AT SOCCER SO THEY ONLY DO WHAT THERE GOOD AT
310180
Because the US cannot except anything that is not their own. Soccer was not created in the US, as opposed to basketball, baseball, and the fake American football. \n\nThey wouldn't know a good sport unless it was deep fried and wrapped in a hot dog bun.
307405
To Watch....Football (The Real One American!) Not soccer! \n\nTo Play.....Baseball
1181746
Oh, come on...  Let's stop with the derogatory answers about the US and soccer.  I, for one, absolutely love it.  I've had a great time watching the World Cup.  My roommates (both Americans) and I have recently spent our afternoons watching the games.  I'd also really like to play, but I'm pretty bad at sports so I don't know how that would go over.  \n\nHowever, not everyone in the US loves soccer.  I think this has something to do with the fact that soccer is televised without commercial breaks.  This makes the major television companies less likely to carry it (even though there is a Fox soccer channel you can subscribe to) because they make a lot of their money on advertisements, which sports like (American) football allow for.  Still, soccer is a popular sport in American high schools, and I hope to see its popularity increasing as people become more drawn into the World Cup this year.
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A lot of people in the US care about the world cup because most Americans are immagrants from europe and south and central americas. \n\nHowever it is hard to get excited when the games are on at 5am in the morning or midnight in 2002.\n\nIt does not get media coverage though.
1130804
Nope.  Soccer doesn't fit in with the American mindset.  First of all, soccer is nationalistic, and the U.S. isn't.  We like to divide up and go at each other, not unite as one big team to play other countries.  Second, we're an insular nation.  Since the overwhelming number of Americans wouldn't be able to find a single World Cup participant on a map, it's unlikely they would enjoy the competition.  The rest of the world is a mystery to us.  Third, the U.S. has developed an "MTV/ADD" mindset.  Soccer is too slow for us to pay attention.  All sad, but all true.
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No.  Soccer is not very important nor popular in this country like other countries.  You watch like a two hour game and only see like one or two goals.  Very slow and boring game to watch on TV.  Might be more exciting if you could be at the game itself though as the people are very entertaining and it would be cool to see some fights.
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It's just tradition, and there are sports on, so why not watch them?
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Soccer didn't pick up in the US becouse our history tried to issolate ourselve from Europe, we tried to remove Europrian culture and influince in the US. We have begun to reverce our views and join Europe, but it's a slow process. The key reason is there is little Major leage Soccer attation, outside the World Cup, people know little about US professianl soccer. We have Football or "American Soccer" as europe would call it translated, we have Baseball while they have Rugby and Cricket.
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The U.S. is such a huge country that we're completely content to compete against each other.  California is practically a different country from Texas.  There's plenty of rivalry there.\n\nI'm a World Cup fan, but there is simply no way you can expect Americans to enjoy soccer the way it's enjoyed everywhere else.  Many, many, many have tried and failed.  It's just not going to happen... especially now that television has changed how we enjoy sports.  American football, baseball, basketball: these all have built-in spots to break away for commercials.  Soccer doesn't.  That hurts its chances of gaining significant telelvision time here in the States.
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soccer is only broadcasted on TV when the americans play or when the local MLS team plays. if people want americans to become more supportive of soccer on scale close to or equal to the NFL, MLB, NBA, even the NHL, and college sports (football and basketball) they need to broadcast more games particularly the european league games. occasionally i'll find a Manchester United or Chelesea game on but never Arsenal or Juventes. "short term soccer fans" are only exposed to soccer when it is pretty much the only thing on during the WC and they need to be exposed to more soccer even if it means going to local high school or college games to learn how amazing this sport is. I'm a die hard soccer fan and always will be b/c i respect the game and love it with a passion only shared with non-short term soccer fans.\n\nGO USA SOCCER!!
1165095
sometimes espn, or fox soccer if you get it in your area. otherwise is not really televised because Americans are the only country that dont have a passion for soccer... I do though
1163662
Soccer (football) isn't popular in the US because it's boring.  There are better athletes and more money in other sports.  We don't grow up saying, "If I could only be David Beckham and play in the World Cup."  We say, "If I could only throw the winning touchdown pass in the Super Bowl."  Soccer players are glorified cross country runners with coordination.  On top of all that, we suck miserably at the sport because our best athletes go elsewhere.
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Oh that's normal for those who follow sports they can't understand why anyone wouldn't want to watch and cheer. But there are more that don't watch, than watch, which is truism for most events.\nI for one, couldn't care less about it.
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I assume you mean, for us Americans, soccer.  If you were American, you'd know how very few outside America play American "football," and you'd say soccer.  You can't possibly be so arrogant an Amerrican (of course they are many) to think that American football matters elsewhere.  For all of the rest of the world, without exception and without a doubt, and I've lived all over, football, or per American English, soccer is the main sport.  People may play basketball, cricket, or tennis, but nothing occupies the sports scene like football.  It's the world national pastime.  Every kid in the world, boy and girl, with or without the right numbers of players or a stadium has kicked a ball trying to score, growing up.  Every country wants the World Cup.  Billions watch it.  The main sport on earth...
1144976
In the US, but only watch soccer during the World Cup. Could care less otherwise
1122356
I must say with 100% blind patriotism. USA!!.....Because they had hart, people hart!!!.Let me explane,  okay yeah yeah..your  going to jump allover me a say...why? If you guys couldn't even win a game...Well things here in America regarding football are very diffrent than Europe! First of all football isn't even called football it's called soccer. We have no real regional teams or national leauge. I'd venture to guess aprox. 90% of americans couldn't name one player on the team. Soccer is never on major tv networks..and rarely on "sports" net works.  That's why all us yanks keep asking  where we can find internet streams and vids. Even though we made it to the world cup, none of the networks talked about us going or even coverd or talked about the matches or scores. Also if you think about it we have very few fans actualy there. As if to add insult to injury, Nike, ran addson tv featuring the Brazilian team here in America  So regarding DESERVING the cup...I think the USA desreves something for spirt and hart. To go and do there best even though they went in behind! Also many of our senior team members are retiring...as is the team captian! Many of whom have played for years on the team.Oh yeah and the fact that our players make practaly nothing for pay. They have no posters,no one buys USA soccer merch! Hart  people it's called hart!