| Football (soccer) is the red headed step child of sports in the US. There is virtually no promotion of it other than specific channels (Fox Soccer channel, Univision). It will never be big here until they can find a way to change the rules to allow time outs (football, basketball) so the advertisers can throw money at the sport. It's not even being shown on a standard cable station for fuck's sake. Espn Classic... fuck that.
Anyway, England 2-0. The US is incapable of keeping up with the speed of English play. The English players are also trying to forge a spot for themselves on Capello's World Cup side so I don't expect them to take this game lightly. |