10. Staying up until the wee hours of the night to watch matches, and sleeping the following day at work.
Since this year's Cup is being played in Germany, the matches are mostly starting live at times between 1 AM and 6 AM. This makes for long nights, and even longer work days, but sleeping through the day can actually make it go by faster
9. Players have much better names than US sports.
In no other sport do are so many players known by a single name, the Brazil roster alone sports a handful, Cafu, Dida, Gilberto, Adriano, Ronaldo, Ronaldihno, and Kaka. Plus, it's fun to try and figure out where some players come from just by their names. In fact, here's a little quiz, match the player with his country…
Akira Kaji Angola
Cocu Argentina
Dwight Yorke Australia
Eric Abidal Brazil
Ferydoon Zandi England
Fred France
Hipolito Mario Germany
Inzaghi Iran
Jared Borgetti Italy
Jermaine Jenas Japan
Josip Skoko Mexico
Luis Boa Morte Netherlands
Messi Portugal
Oguchi Onyewu Sweden
Robert Huth Trinidad & Tobago
Zlatan Ibrahimovic USA8. It's the largest, most watched sporting event in the world.
Americans can believe whatever they want about the Superbowl, but 1.1 BILLION households across the planet watched the 2002 World Cup Final. And that's not counting pubs, bars, restaurants, etc. where many more were, pushing the final total to and estimated 2 billion viewers. Get over your nationalistic pride and join in. Everybody's doin' it!
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In answer to your juvenile quotation of a Simpson's episode, the cheese will direct you to the post illuminating three reasons why Americans don't like football.
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