<< just dont get why a lot of Americans dont like soccer, people say they score only once or twice which makes it boring. To me, this is the best part of the game, it builds up the anticipation and also because this is a highly skilled sport, its awfully hard to score. so you appreciate a lot more of a soccer goal than say 2 points from a basket. >>
In our version of football, you get to beat the hell out of your opponents. Legally make hard physical contact, not sneaking in some contact or only tripping them up, but rather, the whole point is to knock them on their @ss. As someone said before, "Football, not baseball, should be 'America's Pasttime'. What could be more American than beating someone down and taking their territory by force, all while wearing funny looking pants?"