Why the US Sucks at Football

I feel like I’ve been an undercover agent researching this video my entire life. It’s the type of research video only someone that grew up living in both worlds could make. I have always felt like I was walking on a line between my home country and my chosen profession of talking about football / soccer, and this was a story I always wanted to tell. Who knows how this will all change in the future, but the development of soccer in the United States has been a unique process that everyone seems to be eagerly anticipating, like FIFA, but also dreading because the US will just be different. It didn’t grow up with everyone else, it grew soccer by itself, with all the problems that come with it. You’ll see what that all means in the video. Much Love, The Zealand Sources ►https://www.ussoccer.com/history/timeline ►PFRA Research https://www.profootballresearchers.com/articles/No_Christian_End.pdf ►’The History of Professional Soccer in England https://web.archive.org/web/20080222191207/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/NewEngland.html ►’College Football’s First decade’ https://theathletic.com/785887/2019/01/28/1870s-college-football-best-players-teams-games/ ►’USA at World Cup 1990’ https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67360749 ►Obituary for Gerritt Smith https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-obituary-for-gerrit-smi/106682398/ ►CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/football/england-usa-world-cup-1950-spt-intl/index.html#:~:text=Described%20as%20a%20%E2%80%9Creal%20bunch,up%20of%20semi%2Dprofessional%20players. ►https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/america-and-the-1863-football-association-code/ ►https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/11/archives/pele-signs-with-cosmos-soccer-has-arrived-here-pele-signs-cosmos.html ►’The Game of Their Lives’ Book https://archive.org/details/gameoftheirlives00geof ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McIlvenny ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v_England_(1950_FIFA_World_Cup) ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gaetjens ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team ►https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7F30sDMGJM ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_soccer_tournament ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_immigration_to_the_United_States ►https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/18/bert-patenaude-usa-world-cup-hat-trick ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup ►https://www.giltedgesoccer.com/most-watched-soccer-games-in-history/ ►https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/aug/01/england-victory-in-womens-euro-2022-final-draws-record-tv-audience-of-17m#:~:text=A%20peak%20TV%20audience%20of,TV%20event%20of%20the%20year. ►https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/football/soccer-popularity-us-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html ►https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10159704412185223 🎮 Zealand Playing: ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zeaiand ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCavSiAcURaXSWtfOtMonXXw 🎙️ Podcasts: ► 20 Good Minutes: https://spoti.fi/3CYz4iY ► The Zealand Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3KMMnl6 ► Armchair History: https://spoti.fi/3tJJw6O 📸 Zealand Stuff: ► FM Skin: https://zealand.gg/fmskin ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoldzealand/ ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/theoldzealand ► Discord: https://discord.gg/UfRpJVc ► Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOldZealand/ 🌟 Adler (Editor) ► Adler’s Website (it’s really cool): https://adlershannon.com/ 🌟 Isaiah (Researcher) ► Contact Isaiah: stavchanskyi@gmail.com 🙌 Thanks for watching & scrolling! #USA #Football #Soccer #Hashtags