Why Americans hate soccer

While I've been down here, I can't watch any NFL or college football games which has driven me almost nuts. Strangely though, I have begun to like cricket. But before you call me a wuss, let me continue. On Sunday, to try and quench the thirst of watching a big time game, I went downtown to watch the Manchester United v. Chelsea match, which was billed as a slightly bigger event than 10 Super Bowls combined.

And of course it ended in a 1-1 tie.

That's why Americans hate soccer and we always will. There's nothing worse than sitting around for 2 hours, fully aware that what you're watching will end in a tie, and then asking youself, "Why in the hell did I just watch that?" Hey, the last Super Bowl sucked, but at least someone won it. Man U v. Chelsea was more hyped than anything I can remember in recent memory - and you didn't even get the satisfaction of seeing someone win. In the US, we have sports that produce something called a WINNER, which most normal sports fans I think appreciate. Although football can produce a tie, it almost never does, and hockey caught on now as well, forcing penalty shootouts in regular season games.

I hate ties, and so should every one who likes sports, but that isn't the case down here at all. After the Currie Cup final (South Africa's rugby Super Bowl) ended in a 38-38 tie, people weren't pissed off in the least. Can you imagine if the Super Bowl ended in a tie? I think the US might go up in flames.

Whatever, I gotta get out of here and get back home, where I can watch sports where at least I know someone is going to win.