With as a big as a sport soccer (or for those of you who live outside the USA - Football), I’m really surprised the USA doesn’t focus more on this sport. It is considered the “world’s sport”. I think I might know why it’s not so popular in America. Money.
When you think about the big money sports in America, Soccer really isn’t one of them. Why? How can America make money off of soccer, especially the world cup when it only happens every 4 years? What advantage does America have by focusing on a winning team? A cup? What benefits does a cup have for America. Most American’s don’t really care about a cup. So I ask then, why would someone or some people, pay $250 million for a well known soccer player to come to America? This being Beckham. And, why of all reasons wasn’t he playing in this world cup? Would he even play for America or would he play for England, because as cocky as the English are about their soccer team, they suck too.
Even though I was disappointed in the USA this year and the previous years it’s not like they didn’t play their hearts out. They gave it all they had and I’m surprised they even made it past the first round. It’s not like they’re bad, they’re just inexperienced. The coaching, just like most coaching in America, lacks proper decisions and has little risk taking. I don’t blame the team. I blame our country. American’s really get pumped up when the world cup does happen, but when it happens it’s like we have our second squad out there. Is this really the best we have I asked myself numerous times while watching America in the world cup this year??? For a country of our size and our power and all our money, is this really the best we have? I’m so surprised we let Ghana, a country the size of Oregon, beat us, again. History repeated itself and we didn’t learn anything from the previous world cup, played pretty much the same, no changes, it’s like we don’t care about doing anything to improve our world cup team. Come out there with the same expectations, same energy, and same lack of experience. It’s embarrassing. Especially for a country that spends so much money on Basketball, Football, and Baseball - and the same exact thing happens every year with those boring sports. Maybe if the world cup was every year we would spend more money on having a more successful team.