USA only country in the world where life does not come to a halt when it's soccer team plays in WC
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Anonymous
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Sadly most people in the USA are not even aware the USA team has a game later today.
A game in the most popular sport in the entire world. Billions will be watching it around the world. Meanwhile in the USA most people will not be watching. Life goes on. Nobody cares. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, I don't care about the World Cup or any soccer, not even our women's team which is actually good. Not sure why that's sad - more room at the bar for you to watch it. |
Anonymous
| Sadly why? We as a country can prefer other sports, nothing wrong with that. Also, pretty tone deaf post given all the controversy about the host country. |
Anonymous
| People will likely perk up in 2026 when we (along with Canada and Mexico) host the World Cup. |
Anonymous
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There are plenty of places around DC hosting watch parties but the match is on at 2pm when most people have to work. Why would the country come to a standstill because of it? I don't think that would happen even if the Super Bowl was played in the middle of a work day.
And why does it matter to you how many are watching? Watch and enjoy it--or don't. |
Anonymous
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School should have been cancelled today.
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Anonymous
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Yeah I don't understand why this is sad. It's okay that Americans don't love the exact same sports as everyone else in the world.
I am far from a US apologist and there are lots of things about other countries I think we could stand to emulate (parliamentary politics, universal healthcare, better corporate oversight, more awareness of and efforts to do something about climate change), but I could care less whether Americans are into World Cup soccer. I personally prefer American football and baseball to soccer. I can admire the athleticism of soccer players but the game itself isn't that engaging to me. I also don't love hockey, which I think has a similar type of play, with lots of constantly shifting possessions and action but relatively few shots on goal and even fewer actual scores. It just doesn't hold my interest unless it's a very high stakes game. |
Anonymous
Do you think people in other countries do not have to work either? Yet they still find a way to watch. Bosses/management/HR allow it. |
Anonymous
Why? The rating are going to be garbage. Most of the country doesn't care. If you want to close school for a sport, it should be the Monday after the super bowl (the even that most people in the country actually watch). |
Anonymous
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I don't think this is sad at all. I don't know anyone who watches soccer as an adult.
America does come to a halt on Superbowl Sunday. And have you heard of March Madness? |
Anonymous
| It's not that sad. Clearly lots of Americans think soccer is boring AF. It kind of is. |
Anonymous
Why in the world should employees be allowed to take a day off to watch a sports game?? That's ridiculous, no matter what sport it is. |
Anonymous
Or the World Series. Or the Stanley Cup. Americans watch a variety of sports and different individuals and towns shut down over different sports season finale. The reason it's less noticeable is that the mania is spread over 4 sports (football, baseball, basketball, hockey) instead of one national sport. |
Anonymous
America population = 330 million World population = BILLIONS |
Anonymous
America population = 330 million World population = BILLIONS |