Originally Posted by
FD1971
Oh Boy, Americans and Soccer is like... Emirates and making money from ops...
Just a small hint, you should take a look at the proposed dates during the election process, not the amended dates after everybody told them that there idea is, how can I put it objectively, the most stupid idea in the history of sports ever...
Um, the US national team is second only to Germany in the most recent Women's rankings, and one of the favorites to win the World Cup in Canada next month. Or does women playing soccer not count? Drew 1-1 with Germany in the Men's World Cup last summer. Made the second round (from the "group of death"!), which was better than some European stalwarts like England, Spain and Portugal, so again your soccer analogy don't quite work for your case. All it shows is that you have certain pre-conceived notions (like Americans don't know soccer/ Emirates doesn't make money from ops) and you will go to lengths to defend your set ideas and biases.
And indeed, the summer dates in Qatar would have been madness. Good thing better sense has prevailed. But that has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.