Interesting. I attribute the intense dislike for soccer to a general backlash against the incessant squealing by liberals, demanding America to like soccer.
I'm sure a lot of the dislike for soccer is because of how the Euro-trash worshipping section of liberalism always says America's lack of fondness for the sport is an intense character flaw (interesting these are the same people who tend to decry ALL American sports watching and probably never watch soccer either). But the blind slamming of a sport just because it's being discussed is not unique to soccer, some folks just have to share their taste no matter what.
Dislike for soccer here is just part of the ignorant eurobashing.
Click on any thread about Airbus and you will see what I mean.
Soccer is great!
Actually, Drew Carey, a pretty conservative/libertarian is a huge soccer fan, and he has a tv series on now about world cup and his travels with the US team.
Equating soccer to liberalism is just stupid, and typically xenophobic.