Reason Number 1,324 Why Americans Don't Like Soccer

Every 4 years ESPN and ABC relentlessly promote the World Cup Soccer tournament. Every 4 years American sports fans are "coddled" and coaxed to tune into the World Cup...the most watched sporting event in the WORLD. Every 4 years Americans are told Team USA likely won't win the entire tournament but should do well and be competitive. Then every 4 years Team USA disappoints...but not this year... No, this year the American sports fans that are tuning into the World Cup got treated to something every sport is plagued with ... poor officiating.

Soccer is no different than the NBA ... when a player goes in for a layup and there is contact the ref just blows his whistle and calls a foul... no matter what. The same goes with soccer...players flop and make exaggerated gyrations and whether or not there was an actual infraction or not, a whistle is blown and a foul called. Of course Team USA got screwed on an offside call..which is kind of funny, there are so many angles of the play with images of at least 2 American players being held...which apparently isn't a foul?...and then the Americans, of course, no offsides at all.

So in four years when ESPN/ABC are trying to sell the World Cup to American viewers again, they can say "Remember Oh-Ten when America got screwed? They are back for revenge this time!" The end result, though, is the same... soccer is boring. Trying to sell Americans a boring sport and then throw in some shady officiating...yeah, that will catch on like wild-fire....NOT!