Well the USA is gone (huge surprise).
True story: I was flying from Chicago to Seattle yesterday. I was listening to my MP3 player when the guy next to me (who looked and sounded just like Mr. Bean) got my attention and asked " so, do you know the latest score of the USA/Ghana game?" I think he thought I was listening to radio. By that time, though, we had to put away our electronics, so I couldn't check.
Even though I had watched the 1st half, it didn't even occur to me to check on the score.
He and I agreed that anywhere else in the world, especially England, the pilot and/or flight crew would have been providing status reports evey few minutes.
Soccer will probably never catch on in the US. We watch the world cup (a little bit), but there is no way that any local teams will be that good.
"Never" is admittedly a long time, but afterwards you can check me if I am wrong.
I knew some kids from Mexico when I was younger. They would make soccer balls out of old socks bundled together. Then they would get rubber bands, from somewhere, the bigger the better. Then they would put Duck Tape, from their father's tool box, around this big soft creation that they had made. Then they would play soccer.
In the USA, football, baseball and basketball for a High Schooler can be very expensive. I mountain bike, my dream bike would be a $2500 Elsworth.