I'm a huge USA fan and was at the USA vs Mexico game a couple weeks ago. The Rose Bowl is a great place to watch a game, loved the scenery and weather, but the lack of support for USA soccer sickens me. There were 93,000+ people at the game that day and probably 70,000+ were rooting for Mexico. I know most of the people in that stadium were not born, nor have they ever lived in Mexico. They were born in America, they should support USA. I hear ridiculous reasons why people do not support USA even though this is where they were born.
Reason 1: "I don't support USA because people in America don't care about soccer."
This has to be the most ridiculous of all the reasons. There are millions people in the United States that say the same thing and choose a foreign country to root for in soccer. All of you out there who believe this obviously care about soccer and you are American (can you see where I'm going with this) so if you supported USA we'd have the same following as every other country.
Reason 2:
Them:"I'm Mexican, I support Mexico"
Me: Weren't you born in [insert American city here]?
Them: "Well yeah, but I'm Mexican"
No, you're not Mexican. You have Mexican heritage, but you were born in America, you are American. The same goes for anybody else who has heritage from a foreign country. If you were born in the US and live in the US you are American and you should support your country.
Reason 3: "Team USA isn't even made up of Americans, they have names like Bocanegra and Ching"
Reason 3: "Team USA isn't even made up of Americans, they have names like Bocanegra and Ching"
NEWSFLASH: America is not just white people, it is an incredibly diverse country. Everybody knows that and as an American you should be proud of that diversity.
This are just the top three that come to mind, I'm sure there will be more I think of later. It just doesn't make sense not to support USA in sports when you are an American. People complain because Americans don't support their teams the way other countries do but what the complainers don't realize is THEY are the exact people they are complaining about.
