Why do americans only watch made up over convoluted sports where only one country takes part?
452993
The U.S. is such a huge country that we're completely content to compete against each other.  California is practically a different country from Texas.  There's plenty of rivalry there.\n\nI'm a World Cup fan, but there is simply no way you can expect Americans to enjoy soccer the way it's enjoyed everywhere else.  Many, many, many have tried and failed.  It's just not going to happen... especially now that television has changed how we enjoy sports.  American football, baseball, basketball: these all have built-in spots to break away for commercials.  Soccer doesn't.  That hurts its chances of gaining significant telelvision time here in the States.
1026693
America has way to many choices.  The Major 4 American football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey.  Plus college level versions of the big four.  Then you have the other niche sports Golf, Auto Racing and xtream sports.  Just not enough room.
1130804
Nope.  Soccer doesn't fit in with the American mindset.  First of all, soccer is nationalistic, and the U.S. isn't.  We like to divide up and go at each other, not unite as one big team to play other countries.  Second, we're an insular nation.  Since the overwhelming number of Americans wouldn't be able to find a single World Cup participant on a map, it's unlikely they would enjoy the competition.  The rest of the world is a mystery to us.  Third, the U.S. has developed an "MTV/ADD" mindset.  Soccer is too slow for us to pay attention.  All sad, but all true.
1076455
Because of us...Americans. We generally confuse your football with our pigskin version of football.
1070212
How are American sports fans dumb if we follow a sport (football) which is much more technical than soccer could ever hope to be?
369290
Too many sports in this country and not enough media coverage.
1074776
I think it's because there's too much "American Pride".\nPeople are just excited by the big names and superstars of american football, basketball, baseball and hockey that they don't really care about the REAL passion of the game.\nHaven't you guys realized that soccer is not a boring game at all?\nBesides, can anyone name an american sport where no timeout is allowed beside FOOTBALL (soccer)?\nI personally think that the North americans are lazy to sit down and watch for 90mns straight without commercial (except at half-time). that's why they care more about sports where it's like commercials every 5mns.
123119
I'll probably not watch it at all.  Most of the coverage I'm just not interested in.  Skiing?  Nah.  Cross country?  Nah.  Now, the speed-skating is interesting and could hold my attention for a bit, but other than that... hockey would be the only one, as I like to watch hockey, but I'd probably end up doing other things.\n\nThat isn't to say that I wouldn't read about the Olympic coverage and root for Team USA!
1162469
nithiii, you need to watch yourself in talking about American's and Soccer.  In the USA, soccer isn't the most popular sport because we have many other sports that share time with it.  In other parts of the world, the other sports that are big in USA, aren't as big there (baseball, basketball, etc)  If soccer were the only major US sport, it would be huge here like in other parts of the world.\n\nI think the original question of why is soccer pointless is a stupid question.  As an American and a soccer coach and referee, I think the sport of soccer is highly entertaining and enjoyable.  Its one of the few sports that you know exactly when its going to end or at least close.  Its also one that can end in a draw and still be enjoyable.
349555
Because they have a problem or course.  Americans like the sports they invented and just for this reason they think US sports are the best.  But Football the original, not American football, has greater dimensions than any other sport, and that is why the whole world knows it's the best.
995523
Anything that happens only once every four years is worth getting excited about, especially when the best football players from ALL OVER THE WORLD are there to put up a hell of a show! Besides I got tired of watching the "world" baseball series, "world" NBA championships, "world" (american) football champions. How could they say they're world champions when they only play US teams?!? It's things like these that cause other countries to hate us so much.
1171462
football is a form of entretainment that surpases all american sports because of the global reach it has. Just like the Olympics, the world cup uses nationalism to make millions of dollars.. but the most important thing is with football countries dont have to fight a war or kill each other.. they can play this and the whole world can watch\n\nI only watch football when is this big.. I have a favorite club, but I feel a lot more compelled to watch a game for my country rather than my favorite club
455256
because it isn't a sport americans play as kids. at least not traditionally.\nbeing british i grew up with soccer and cricket. i hate baseball and basketball. the opposite is true for americans. no one is right or wrong, its just what you know.\n\nTo oran who posted a few below, america is ranked 5th in the world but you have to take into account that ranking is calculated by the teams they play (especially world cup qualifing). european teams play each other so teams like italy, spain, portugal, france, england all potential world cup winning teams have a difficult time ranking because there is no one great team. they are all fairly even. North American teams play each other, so the US plays teams like Canada, St Lucia, Kitts, Dominica etc. most of these teams are small islands whose main sport is cricket. Several of these countries only have part time players. It is widely regarded that the US is not the 5th best team and that the FIFA ranking system is  inherently wrong.
974482
the answer to your question is found in the TV ratings, that's the true measure of who's watching what. so according to the neilson ratings, football is by far the most popular sport in america. NASCAR is second, baseball 3rd, and basketball 4th. soccer isn't even a blip on the radar screen, in fact very few soccer games are on TV here. the pro leauge does not have a network TV contract, because we really don't care about soccer here.
995240
Wow same!  I'm American and this is the first year I've even watched a soccer match without just taking a glance and dismissing it with boredom.  I don't know what about this year caught me, but now I'm really into the WC.  However, I think once this dies down, I'm not sure if I'm going to continue sating my apetite for soccer w/ national games (mainly cause I'm a staunch supporter of European teams).  Too bad the rest of America is too intrigued by our own brutish version of football to care about soccer.  It's merely a reflection of us as a country I guess, and it fits well with our war-mongering image.
310180
Because the US cannot except anything that is not their own. Soccer was not created in the US, as opposed to basketball, baseball, and the fake American football. \n\nThey wouldn't know a good sport unless it was deep fried and wrapped in a hot dog bun.
1081355
YES! PLEASE let's move on!! Americans are mostlly fans of football, baseball and baksetball ( with hockey as the fourth sport ). Also, let's not bother and televise the boring World Cup proceedings on our television stations. The United States is unique in it's own way, and don't need other countries to shove their sports down our throats! If you want to follow the World Cup proceedings, please follow it on another nations' cable hook-up.