Good Lord, where do we start?
In South America futbol is the national pastime in most countries. Probably so in the E.U. and Asia. The players are much beloved but they are kinda nasty and declassee and they are not expected to be anybody's roll model. LOL! In the US it was attempted to be foisted upon us in the seventies along with the metric system, Title IX and yes soccer mom's. The dislike for soccer is just the American grassroots rising up against tyranny. Any soccer loving progressive would understand that. Finally, let me report that outside the US no woman would be caught dead playing soccer even the anglophile daughters of the oligarchic elite that imitate anything american. Then there's the poignant spectacle of the US soccer league purchasing the venerable, but long at the tooth Pele. The world's greatest and most beloved soccer star from Brazil gone to seed playing in New York City add insult to injury. Why don't you like the NFL?