The Zidane Incident

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

There is an arrogance from Americans when it comes to soccer. Not sure why, but the casual fan will never embrace it the way they embrace other sports. I'm a fan of sports in general, so watching soccer is just another reason to sit for a few hours and watch a highly competitive match.

As I've stated, I don't think the arrogance is from Americans. We cheered for curling in the Olympics last winter to root for our own! We'll accept any sport that is entertaining, from speed skating to boxing. That's soccer's problem...it's NOT entertaining.

All of the arrogance is from the people trying to make soccer popular in the USA and have been failing for decades. They're getting frustrated and are now trying to tell us we're less civilized because we don't "understand" the game. I've heard these people say the players are "beautiful like a ballet". Yeah....that sold me.