I just read an article about how the US soccer team should get more respect, both at home and on the world stage. The author argued that soccer has deep ties in the US, there are leagues and tournaments all over the country. Our team is ranked 14th in the world. Who knew, right? That's probably higher than the rankings of our literacy or infant mortality rates. We're number 14!
Of course there may be a core reason the US soccer team is not taken seriously. Unlike everyone else in the world, we call the sport "soccer." Say, for instance, the US played in a world baseball tournament and their opponent was, perhaps, Ghana. Now consider the possibility that baseball was not called "baseball" in Ghana and was instead called, "track." My guess is that no one would expect the Ghanian "track" batters to be hitting many home runs.
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Perhaps the US can't take Ghana in futbol, but I pretty sure we could beat them in NASCAR, professional wrestling and snowmobiling. Snowmobiling for sure.
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