An Open Letter To All Americans

[Strike For The South]

As some of you know (some of you may not) There is a sport called soccer. In this sport you're only allowed to use your feet unless you are the man in a different color shirt gaurding a rather large net. In which case you use oven mitts to save the ball from going in said net.

Soccer tends to be boring. there is very little scoring and no cracking of pads. There are no cheeleaders and there is no tailgating.

In this sport there is a great get together known as the world cup. I can only assume they stole that from our World Series! This "world cup" happends every 4 years and is watched by many people for a reason I really can't figure out.

At any rate The United States Of America drew england. That's right boys, england. The same country that we beat in the revolutionary war, war of 1812, civil war, Spanish-American war, WWI, WWII, Vietnam and desert storm.

They apparntley are back for more and its time to put them back in the place.

I urge all true Americans to start following soccer and BEAT THE LIMEY'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sasaki Kojiro]

AWESOME. When do we play?

....

next...summer?

[Strike For The South]

AWESOME. When do we play?

....

next...summer?

I can keep this up for 6 months

[Veho Nex]

Lets do it strike! We'll take em on! BRING IT!

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

I holeheartedly wish you Americans all the best.

Are there any Texans in team USA?

[Whacker]

You have our gwatitude.

I eagerly await the ensuing euroweenie "It's FOOTBALL not soccer!" rage posts and condescendingly smug posts. They are delicious candy to me.

[Beirut]

[Beskar]

Don't you mean football?

[Strike For The South]

I holeheartedly wish you Americans all the best.

Are there any Texans in team USA?

There are 8 Texans in our player pool including Dempsy.

[Samurai Waki]

Just change the name to 'Modified Kick Ball' and more Americans would start watching.

[Snite]

Oh man kickball is awesome!!

Uh.. oh yeah... quoted for truth.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Don't you mean football?

The germans call american football "Football" and soccer "Fußball"

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

There are 8 Texans in our player pool including Dempsy.

That's more than a third of the total number. Where's your Texan self consciousness? Just find a way to oust the Americans from the team to not be hindered by them (especially if it's a goal keeper). Better with 8 Texans than with 11 Americans, no?

Go and teach them foul-teethed Tommies a lesson. Normally we Germans do it, but I guess it's fair enough to step back this time and leave the honour to Texas alone.

[Megas Methuselah]

That OP was freakin awesome!

[Louis VI the Fat]

The germans call american football "Football" and soccer "Fußball"

Out of sheer reverence for the beauty of England's gift to the world, the French Academie exceptionally allows the French language to honour England for it by not renaming association football with a French term. It is 'le Football' in French.

I don't think there's even a name for Yank padded football.


(But 'soccer' inquébécois. )

[Sarmatian]

That's the proper way to stir football passion in the US - rivalry with England. Actually, that's probably the only way

Since I always root for the underdog, I'll cheer for the US.

[Ferret]

we'll breeze the group

[Hax]

These are the countries I favour:

[Mooks]

I seriosly hope we win this, just smear it in europe's face that we can beat them in anything -even a sport most of us dont give a damn about-.

[Strike For The South]

That's more than a third of the total number. Where's your Texan self consciousness? Just find a way to oust the Americans from the team to not be hindered by them (especially if it's a goal keeper). Better with 8 Texans than with 11 Americans, no?

Go and teach them foul-teethed Tommies a lesson. Normally we Germans do it, but I guess it's fair enough to step back this time and leave the honour to Texas alone.

In the pool. I think the pool comprises of 40 not 24.

Either way, this is a time where we must stand as one

[miotas]

I seriosly hope we win this, just smear it in europe's face that we can beat them in anything -even a sport most of us dont give a damn about-.

Hey, what about cricket huh? I doubt even the English could lose to you at cricket.

[pevergreen]

This time, italy, you'll be OUR

[Louis VI the Fat]

Ozzie ozzie ozzie! Oi oi oi!

[naut]

España para el Euro. España para la Taza de Mundo.

Looking forward to beating you Americans. Probably the best opposition we could have hoped for, similar style to us (strong, physical players with little technique). Anyone continental or South American and we would have been in big, big trouble.

[Sarmatian]

I seriosly hope we win this, just smear it in europe's face that we can beat them in anything -even a sport most of us dont give a damn about-.

That's right, I mean, you're the best in the world in baseball and American football

[Sasaki Kojiro]

That's right, I mean, you're the best in the world in baseball and American football

Serbia:
Gold medals: 0
Silver medals: 2
Bronze medals: 0
Total: 2

USA:
Gold medals: 1008
Silver medals: 810
Bronze medals: 696
Total: 2514

Kiss the medals baby

[Andres]

Belgium didn't even qualify, again...

Mexico '86, will those days ever come back?

[naut]

Serbia:
Gold medals: 0
Silver medals: 2
Bronze medals: 0
Total: 2

USA:
Gold medals: 1008
Silver medals: 810
Bronze medals: 696
Total: 2514

Kiss the medals baby

It'd be a better comparison if you did medals per capita.

[Sarmatian]

Serbia:
Gold medals: 0
Silver medals: 2
Bronze medals: 0
Total: 2

USA:
Gold medals: 1008
Silver medals: 810
Bronze medals: 696
Total: 2514

Kiss the medals baby

It'd be a better comparison if you did medals per capita.

Or maybe per GDP, or perhaps by how many sport players who won those medals were actually born in the country, ie. are not naturalized... Or, I don't know, not use a country that exists 5 years as a basis for comparison and at least take into account medals won by Yugoslavia?

Even though, I've got another statistics for you, read it and weep. To be fair on you, I picked basketball, a sport you Americans invented.

World Championships:
USA
Gold medals: 3
Silver medals: 3
Bronze medals: 4

Serbia/Yugoslavia
Gold medals: 5
Silver medals: 3
Bronze medals: 2

Point proven, case closed

[Fragony]

Beating England, where's the fun it that