History Main / SoccerHatingAmericans

** No, not really. Someone who bothers to actually read the article will see that Coulter alleged that the US' (supposedly) increasing appreciation of soccer is due to moral decay combined with ethnic/cultural shift, not some weird conspiracy.

* '''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' has a couple radio adverts for the Los Santos soccer team practically begging American audiences to watch their games, and providing several reasons why they should. None of those reasons have anything at all to do with the actual game, instead focusing on how American crowd chants are boring compared to elaborate and intricate European-style chants, and how the "sophisticated" Europeans can tear up entire cities "in support of their team" while American fans are "too tame" in comparison.

For a long time one major exception to this was [[{{Eagleland}} the United States]], who only loved the traditional American team sports of UsefulNotes/{{baseball}}, UsefulNotes/{{basketball}}, hockey (of the ''[[UsefulNotes/IceHockey ice]]'' kind, to nearly everywhere else), and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball their own game called football]]. However, since [[TheSeventies the 1970s]], numerous attempts have been made to make the sport more popular in the States, and it has slowly made some major inroads: America has [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer a fairly successful domestic league]]; the ''VideoGame/{{FIFA|Soccer}}'' video game series is incredibly popular; their women's national soccer team has won three [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA Women's World Cups]] (with their most recent win in 2015); and many children, particularly girls[[note]]The U.S. has more girls (under 18) registered as players than ''all other countries combined''.[[/note]], grow up playing it. However, soccer still lags well behind other sports in America, and comes nowhere near the religious fervor it has in other countries.

** No, not really. Someone who bothers to actually read the article will see that Coulter alleged that the US' (supposedly) increasing appreciation of soccer is due to moral decay combined with ethnic/cultural shift, not some weird conspiracy. Meanwhile she asserts that it is liked by American Liberals because it is "European" to them, not that there is some conspiracy to force it on the US.

** Someone who bothers to actually read the article will see that Coulter alleged that the US' (supposedly) increasing appreciation of soccer is due to moral decay and cultural shift, not some weird conspiracy.

The Beautiful Game of UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball is the world's game. Nearly every major country loves it.

For a long time one major exception to this was [[{{Eagleland}} the United States]], who only loved the traditional American team sports of UsefulNotes/{{baseball}}, UsefulNotes/{{basketball}}, hockey (of the ''[[UsefulNotes/IceHockey ice]]'' kind, to nearly everywhere else), and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball their own game called football]]. Since [[TheSeventies the 1970s]], numerous attempts have been made to make the sport more popular in the States, and it has slowly made some major inroads: America has [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer a fairly successful domestic league]]; the ''VideoGame/{{FIFA|Soccer}}'' video game series is incredibly popular; their women's national soccer team has won three [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA Women's World Cups]] (with their most recent win in 2015); and many children, particularly girls[[note]]The U.S. has more girls (under 18) registered as players than ''all other countries combined''.[[/note]], grow up playing it. However, soccer still lags well behind other sports in America, and comes nowhere near the religious fervor it has in other countries.

And this is reflected in popular media. Many Americans just plain don't like the sport - considering it boring, hard to follow, and just plain confusing. This is because American sports are all about individual plays (and enemy contact), whereas soccer is a game more about flow and the dynamic as a whole.

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Cornhusker Vortex", where Leonard is trying to learn about football so he can spend time with Penny, Sheldon is revealed to know all about the sport, and his explanation comes complete with an Ann Coulter-esque (see below) dig at soccer:

* ''Film/TheBigGreen'': When an English teacher tries to get the kids to play soccer, they are initially confused and disinterested.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', when Ferb's cousins from England suggest to play football, Buford mistakenly believes they should use a rugby ball.

For a long time one major exception to this was [[{{Eagleland}} the United States]], who only loved the traditional American team sports of UsefulNotes/{{baseball}}, UsefulNotes/{{basketball}}, hockey (of the ''[[UsefulNotes/IceHockey ice]]'' kind, to nearly everywhere else), and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball their own game called football]]. Since [[TheSeventies the 1970s]], numerous attempts have been made to make the sport more popular in the States, and it has slowly made some major inroads: America has [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer a fairly successful domestic league]]; the ''VideoGame/{{FIFA|Soccer}}'' video game series is incredibly popular; their women's national soccer team has won three [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA Women's World Cups]] (with their most recent win in 2015); and many children, particularly girls, grow up playing it. However, soccer still lags well behind other sports in America, and comes nowhere near the religious fervor it has in other countries.

And this is reflected in popular media. Many Americans just plain don't like the sport - considering it boring, hard to follow, and just plain confusing. This is because American sports are all about individual plays, whereas soccer is a game more about flow and the dynamic as a whole.

For a long time one major exception to this was [[{{Eagleland}} the United States]], who only loved the traditional American team sports of UsefulNotes/{{baseball}}, UsefulNotes/{{basketball}}, hockey (of the ''[[UsefulNotes/IceHockey ice]]'' kind, to nearly everywhere else), and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball their own game called football]]. Since [[TheSeventies the 1970s]], numerous attempts have been made to make the sport more popular in the States, and it has slowly made some major inroads: America has [[Usefulnotes/MajorLeagueSoccer a fairly successful domestic league]]; the ''VideoGame/{{FIFA|Soccer}}'' video game series is incredibly popular; their women's national soccer team has won three [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA Women's World Cups]] (with their most recent win in 2015); and many children, particularly girls, grow up playing it. However, soccer still lags well behind other sports in America, and comes nowhere near the religious fervor it has in other countries.

TheBeautifulGame is the world's game. Nearly every major country loves it.

For a long time one major exception to this was [[{{Eagleland}} the United States]], who only loved the traditional American sports of baseball, football, hockey (of the ''ice'' kind, to nearly everywhere else), and basketball. Since [[TheSeventies the '70s]], numerous attempts have been made to make the sport more popular in the States, and it has slowly made some major inroads: America has a fairly successful domestic league; the FIFA video game series is incredibly popular; and many children, particularly girls, grow up playing it. However, soccer still lags well behind other sports in America, and comes nowhere near the religious fervor it has in other countries.

** In 2015, when several FIFA members were prosecuted by FBI investigators, John noted how interesting it was that a country which cared so little about soccer was so instrumental in saving it from corruption.

-->'''Lasso:''' ''{screaming at ref}'' Will you explain to me how that was offside?! ...No, I'm asking you seriously, explain offside to me.

-->'''Lasso:''' ''{screaming at ref}'' Will you explain to me how that was offside?! ...No, I'm asking you, explain offside to me.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Hank disapproves of Bobby's switch from football to soccer, and eventually convinces him to switch back.

* In ''PhineasAndFerb'', when Ferb's cousins from England suggest to play football, Buford mistakenly believes they should use a rugby ball.