| There is a question that every mother
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| | unpronounceable foreign names are hard to
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| finds herself asking her child at some
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| | talk about in sound bites and at the
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| point in their lives. "If all of your
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| | water cooler. While a few foreign players
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| friends jumped off a bridge, would you do
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| | have made it in the American sports they
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| it too?" The answer of course is "no" but
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| | are generally the exception and not the
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| the question serves to illustrate our
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| | rule, and you'll find the American media
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| potential as human beings for enacting
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| | has given them nicknames to help the
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| popular behavior. If you ask a citizen of
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| | country manage the challenge of different
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| the United States, "If everyone in the
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| | languages. The national tendency towards
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| world watched a certain sport, would
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| | isolationism works against Americans ever
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| you?" The answer, if the sport were
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| | becoming a part of the global soccer
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| soccer, would be "no". Popular or not,
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| | movement.
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| Americans simply don't get soccer.
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| | No history
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| Low scores
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| | While there are some fans, largely people
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| One of the major complaints Americans
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| | who played soccer in college, within the
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| have about professional soccer, or
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| | United States the country as a whole has
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| football as it's known in the rest of the
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| | no real history with the sport or its
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| world, is that it is so low-scoring. It
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| | concepts. While some may argue that human
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| is not uncommon for a game to go through
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| | beings have been kicking the ball as a
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| an entire course of play and end up with
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| | form of sport since time began, soccer's
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| a score of 2 to 1. To the American
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| | progress as an organized game has simply
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| mindset, fed by basketball, football and
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| | not permeated American history or
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| even hockey a score of 2 to 1 means
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| | consciousness. Americans grow up with
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| nothing happened for an hour. The reason
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| | baseball, spend every fall watching
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| for the low scores is the slow play,
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| | football -- the kind played with the oval
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| another minus to the American
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| | brown ball -- and have developed a
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| productivity mindset. Passing the ball
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| | burgeoning interest in basketball. All
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| back and forth from the wing to the
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| | three sports play to America's strengths
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| fullback seems less like strategy and
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| | as an individualistic, capitalistic
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| more like repetition. The final scoring
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| | society. Entering into any professional
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| issue for Americans offends the national
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| | sport as a fan requires a certain amount
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| sense of capitalism and achievement --
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| | of desire an effort to learn players,
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| ending in a tie. American professional
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| | rules, and standards. For soccer to
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| sports go to great lengths to find ways
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| | become a part of the American mindset
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| to break ties and ensure at the end of
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| | would require too much effort for too
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| the game, someone will win. Ending in a
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| | little gain.
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| tie is simply un-American.
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| | The good news for professional soccer is
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| Unknown names
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| | it doesn't need America. Soccer is
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| While soccer enjoys the largest worldwide
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| | statistically unchallenged in its
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| audience of any international sport, the
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| | dominance over the rest of the world.
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| stars and players of this amazing game
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| | With a viewing audience twice the size of
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| are relatively unknown in America. Part
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| | the Olympics, soccer will continue to
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| of the reason Americans have a hard time
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| | forge ahead without the help of that big
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| investing in soccer, is the international
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| | country in the west.
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| specter of the game. Athletes with
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