Soccer isn’t popular in the United States for a reason.
It’s not because of the low scoring or the long matches, but because there is no need for it.
Our country has adopted sports that have violence and fast-paced action.
Soccer — or football, for my foreign friends — has neither of those.
Most Americans want to see the hard hit, the quick change of momentum and, of course, the hard hit (repeated for emphasis).
Don’t get me wrong. Playing soccer is fun, and it’s one of the most popular youth sports in America, but that doesn’t stop me from getting angry.
Why is there so much falling?
We watch athletes get smashed in between 300-pound men and get up, so why do these soccer players overemphasize contact by falling to the ground in “pain?’”
The flopping is a huge turnoff and will be the No. 1 obstacle in converting American fans during the World Cup.
Why do you think so many Americans hate Manu Ginobili?
I love playing soccer, but the sport has no tradition here, and it doesn’t put enough on the table to be one.
We already have a slow, sometimes boring, non-contact sport. Ain’t that right, baseball?