Let's Settle This: No, Soccer Is Not Un-American2007-10-20 03:38:00
Yes, this again. Culture of Soccer had to go there. I don't know why, especially seeing as they base their arguments on a book that came out 12 years ago. Actually, check that: they don't really take a stand on this issue, choosing instead to just introduce these decade-old views and leave it to us to decide. Fair enough. So let's decide then. Ready? Here goes:There is absolutely nothing about soccer that is un-American. In fact, the sport is in many ways more American than games invented in the U.S. and considered quintessentially American, especially baseball. Yes, baseball. More on that in a minute. Let's first look at some of these soccer-is-un-American myths, as presented by Culture of Soccer:1. Soccer is un-American because unlike baseball, basketball and (American) football, it wasn't invented in the U.S. First of all, I don't know if anybody "invented" soccer per se. Yes, the rules of the modern game were codified in England, presumably by Englishmen. The Magna Carta was also w