Below is a link to a funny-but-true perspective on how we Americans view soccer.

I have to say that the World Cup has been entertaining to watch and I will credit ESPN for their efforts to cover the games.  They have done a really good job.  The TV guys are good, the breakdown is good, the features are good, and the camera’s are great.

The poorest showing of International Soccer (mainly FIFA) is the failure to accept technology and video replays.  It’s an old school (inside-baseball-boys-club) mentality that needs to find a progressive path.  It’s not just the bad off-side call against the US.  England got robbed of a goal too.  There are many others to count.

There is hypocrisy in the stance against “use of technology”… the refs use headsets where they get voices telling them to “watch out for…elbows, etc.”.

Why soccer is not more popular in the United States | Guyism.