JorgeBlanco

1. Brand new World Cup 2010 Donovan/Dempsy/Altidore  Jersey -
   

   Maybe people will think i like that sport the English take seriously...

   After acquiring their Confederations Cup knowledge solely from SportsCenter’s Top-ten plays, narrated by equally ignorant “experts.” These fans found a shallow, yet to them, entirely affluent devotion to the sport of football (or soccer as they still refer to it). This admiration is merely an illusion, driven by the “Patriotic”, A.K.A Nationalist viewpoint, that Americans can and should dominate any sport in which they participate. The kicker here is that other than the limited coverage that these futbal fools have been exposed to, they know very little, if anything about the players for which they hold such superficial respect. Asking any one of these newfound “fans”, which clubs their stars play for? What positions they excel at? and why, will leave you with a blank stare, or at best an ill fated attempt to sound intelligible.

2. Referring to football as soccer well into the World Cup –

   After all, these fans have always considered Football to be a game played with more padding than any other sport in the world, excluding of fat-suit sumo wrestling, which in its own regards is still quite awesome. Yet I digress, it would seem the longstanding and seemingly obvious contradiction that a game named football, should be in some way be played with the foot , all the while utilizing a ball; Defined by Google as: “One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens. “… err, “An object with a spherical shape” Seems simple enough, I mean Baseball encompasses all that its name implies, without any tomfoolery or whatnot. As opposed to the classic American ideal of football whereas the “Ball” is some sort of oblong, egg shaped apparatus, far more apt to be thrown with the hand, then kicked with a foot. It’s confounding, preposterous and downright stupid.

3. The belief that the US can compete on the highest levels of international play consistently –

   Ask anyone whose devotion to “soccer” began with the Confederations cup, the U.S. qualifying campaign, or the World Cup, and you will find a truly ignorant ideal of the sport and America’s position therein. Yes we have defeated immaculate teams such as Spain, once… but as any football fan knows it’s a game of chances, opportunities and capitalization on the latter. Upsets in soccer are not unheard of, to be honest they are fairly common, but to assume that a victory over a superpower launches us into an equal realm of competitiveness is unfounded and foolish.

4. The belief that we currently have players of serious international caliber – Regardless of our superior facilities and population, the United States has only recently begun to implement youth programs that vaguely resemble those of top European clubs. Some of the best European clubs have been established for well over a century, giving them ample time to solidify their place in football. In Europe most if not all clubs have youth programs, whereas they seek out and hone the best talent in their country from a young age. The United States is eons behind these nations. The simple fact that there is only one league for the entirety of the United States (Population 307million - 2009.), Meanwhile the Brits across the lake (population of: 51.1 million- 2007) have multiple football leagues. Just one of them The Premier League contains a total of ninety-two club-teams over four different divisions. America simply does not currently have the necessary football infrastructure to produce players that can compete at the highest levels dominantly.

Extra: The belief that VuVuzelas are a normal part of soccer.

THEY ARE NOT