Re: If America got to the World Cup final, how many Yanks would watch
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The fact of that matter is that soccer just isn't nearly as big over here. I'm sure there are various reasons why, but that's irrelevant. [Most] people don't grow up watching soccer dreaming of one day playing in the world cup. That doesn't mean the WC isn't the biggest single sporting event, because it obviously is.
The US is still a pretty good team. (as far as i know) I think that's pretty amazing because it really is a second-rate sport to us.
Now, if you want to write this off as arrogant Americanism, that's fine. But the US is a very large and athletically competitive country. If the sport was more popular, the team would be better. Perhaps not the best, but signifcantly better.
To help put things into perspective, my high school (ages 13-18) had a football(american), baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, tennis, crew, track, cross-county, volleyball, and even a BOWLING team, but did not have a soccer team. (although this probably isn't the norm)
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