As sports go its so light weight its the worlds lowest common denominator
Exactly.
'Soccer'... An ideal sport for third-world mutant Morlock survivors of a thermonuclear holocaust. (at which point they'll revert to the use of a severed human head...)
Americans demand those more refined sports which require that the fans bring an IQ greater than a slice of buttered toast to the table.
'Soccer'...
Two thumbs down.