It's gotten very quiet out there. We started with 32 and now we're down to 8 but now that USA and England are out it feels like no-one is interested anymore. I find this sad.
Now for the USA, football (yes I said football as you play with your feet and not your hands) is a relatively new sport to your country. It is the fastest growing sport and if you could just sort out the MLS you really will be a contender. You did exceptionally well in this tournament. You did well in 2006 as well. I am Scottish - we have a rich heritage of football, it is our national sport, it is all we know, yet we can't qualify. We used to, we always used to be at the World Cup but even then, we have never made it passed the first round. Seriously, have a look Scotland National Football Team. But that doesn't stop me watching it the tournament when we're not there. The support the USA had is this tournament was great to see, you took the largest support to South Africa and from what I saw, it seemed to actually capture some imaginations and get a fair bit of coverage. Keep watching and just see how good this sport can be. Who knows you might enjoy it. You have been stuck watching sports that you play against yourselves for too long.
As for you England, you have stopped watching since you went out, why? You know better - you were dire in this tournament and you know it. I said in a previous post why you were not going to do well and I stand by it but at least watch the teams that are doing it right and learn from them (team unity).
On Friday Holland play Brazil and even better on Saturday Argentina play Germany - How can you not be excited by that? These are exciting games. This is when the best of the best come up against each other and show the rest of the world how it is done.
Just because your team is no longer there does not mean it's no longer worth watching. Trust me.
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