USA football spectacular

I can hardly believe it. A day after the USA football team [that's the one that plays the game that uses feet most - 'football' that's mostly about throwing and carrying a ball doesn't merit the name] played Italy and I still haven't come across an appreciation for the fluid and beautiful game they largely played. Okay, they didn't beat Italy, but they didn't lose either and given that Italy are a legacy great football side the USA boys did well. In fact they deserved to win. Especially as an overzealous referee robbed them of a player and they ended up playing with one man less and still gave the Italians a run around. Your guys played good, flowing, gutsy football, nearly won and your press seems to be silent. ...

Why do I care? Because I want the USA to join the rest of the world. This national downgrading of 'soccer' is like US foreign policy; tending to isolationism. The talking up of merely local games it 'world series' etc smacks of hubris. Come on USA, you can do this game well, give it your support.
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