Is Soccer an un-American Game?

It is quite interesting to observe the search terms that bring visitors to this blog (Thanks Google Analytics). And lately I have been receiving World Cup related inquires. Those searches vary from the normal: looking for details related to the games (sorry no help on this one – go to the experts for that: Yazeed’s blog), to the bizarre: World Cup porn (quite specific in their demands aren’t they?) However, I was surprised to discover that many are searching for an answer to the question: “Is soccer an un-American game?”

I am not an American, therefore, I don’t know if Soccer qualifies as un-American. However, I do know that the driving force behind this game is passion and dedication, both are key for its global following.

“If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer, of all sports, is surely his game.... In a world haunted by the hydrogen and napalm bomb, the football field is a place where sanity and hope are still left unmolested.” 

~Stanley Rous, 1952

“To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.”  ~J.B. Priestley, The Good Companions, 1928

Comments

[Yazeed]

I agree with ur last theory, its the ads! :P

[Aya]

the ads?

[Yazeed]

didnt u come up with the ads theory? :P
i forgot, i should have read ur comments before posting here (i still didnt)
well all american sports feature small breaks for ads, like tv shows, with "soccer" u have 45 minutes (atleast) of non-stop ad free actions, which might prove a little too much for some americans.

[Branden]

love you blog, I think that soccer has not yet captured the North American Audience. Canadians too are not the largest of soccer fans althought world cup certainly captures the attention of the ethnic portions of Canada. With a growing ethnic background in both countries in North America this should certainly increase the interest in Soccer.

Branden,
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