Over-excited, overweight and over here

LOL, if we are talking about stereotypes hmmmmmm…where to even begin with…

English people = Bad teeth, tiny shorts, beer bellies, drunks, pale as bird shit!

NEW HEADLINE:

Rotten Teeth, Speedos, Pot-bellies and flaunting it all!

I lived a few years in Australia, during the Rugby World Cup and it was awsome.

I hope Rugby becomes more popular eventually in the US, but Cricket on the other hand, is the worst sport alive. It actually is worse than baseball!

thats too bad…

i know a few americans who are in germany and they are big big soccer fans..also, the US fans support of the team in the game against Italy was impressive..

as has been noted above this woman had her mind made up on what she wanted to write before she was even given the assignment….

Posted from  United States

very funny article. the political b.s. is getting alittle old though. if youve been to a nascar race lately shes not to far off the mark to a degree. i guess thats gonna happen though, mixing sport and politics BUT they(u.s. team) brought a certain amount of that with them, staying at rammstein, challenging italy to a “war”. you just gotta believe that that rhetoric wont get you to the final in soccer…this isnt hockey!

Posted from  United States

Rhetoric is ALWAYS there in sports, games have always been referred to as battles and wars and so on. Saying that using the word “war” now is inflamatory just silly.

Posted from  United States

If the US and England were to develop into a serious rivalry, I don’t know what I’d do.

It’s too hard to pull for both teams at the same time.

(BTW, after seeing England v Sweden, I think that the US would have done very nicely in THAT group.)

It looks like maybe we could begin a rivalry with Italy. I could get behind that. I like the Italians, but not enough to want to see them win.

Posted from  United States

Yeah, a rivalry with Italy could be cool, but most rivalries are made in the knockout rounds.

Cricket seems confusing to me. Rugby seems cool, but only for about five minutes.

I think if i played either of the sports I would appreciate them much better and Im sure both require some skill and strength.

Posted from  Dominican Republic

When will Europe finally get it through their skulls that most Americans could not care less what Europeans think of us? I understand that the newspaper wants to sell papers, and that bashing the US probably does just that. OK, we get it. We just don’t care.

It goes back to the Cold War, really. While European nations were spending their peoples’ tax revenues on welfare state programs, the US was spending it on defense, which, of course, included the ‘umbrella’ that defended the same European nations that now routinely bash us. Most Americans accept that we used our own money to protect people who, by and large, ‘thanked’ us by spitting in our faces. Now that that war has been won, we’re content to chuckle at the ingratitude and move on with life. Bigger fish to fry.

LOL, this Guardian article is a bit extreme, but I have to testify that I experienced and witnessed these kind of dull comments from Americans while I was in the States… Well, every nations has its stupid people (thought the states may have a disproportionate one) but in the other hand, America has great intellectuals as well. All in all, it gets balanced.

john jon, i agree with you and before this world cup i woudnt of thought of his comment twice,BUT knowing the”american” menality, right or wrong, you just cant intimidate your way through to the final in this sport. you can talk all shit you want butif you aint got the goods to back up your game….well then. i mean he isnt lawrence taylor breathin like a bull across a line of scrimmage

Posted from  United States

What the heck was so offending in that article?

I can see more drunk at my neighborhood Irish bar right here in the Good Old USA.

Some of these EuroCentric America has no Class rags should realy think twice about publishing that crap.

While America might not be the most popular country in the world, one has to remember the World is still free (at least partially due to some real sacrifices made by many a young american).

Now I am Italian and I welcome a good old rivalry with the USA, that would mean that I could come out the Winner every time regardless of the result.

I hope USA and Italy come out on top of the group but it will be difficult.

Good luck in tomorrow’s match.

Posted from  United States

The whole (crappy) article would fit fine in almost any mayor European paper. Which is embarrassing enough, if you ask me.

“US keeper Kasey Keller’s mobile phone ringtone is the Tarzan roar”

Er, words fail me…

Posted from  Spain

Someone slap that bitch silent.
This is the world cup not politics. Go US. Hope we meet the limies down the road and really show them American might.

Posted from  United States

Pretty accurate for here in Germany.

And for back home in the US of A.

Denying it won’t make it untrue.

Remember: Know thyself.

Now, stop whining and start supporting!

Go USA!

U - S - A! U - S - A!!!

I really don’t care what the Brits think about our fan support.

Winston Churchill was a great leader, Shakespeare was a great writer, but other than that they have nothing. Especially now that Owen’s ACL is blown and Sven made the dumbest striker selection decision in the history of the World Cup!

What will the Guardian say when the US plays a helluva match tomorrow against Ghana?!

GO YANKS!

Posted from  Dominican Republic

Etucker,

Your argument about England is a great proof of how ignorant you are.

Funny article; these kinds of articles are common in the British press (meaning Scotland, etc. too). Where’s your sense of humour? Makes my day;

re: “Because if al-Qaida fears anything, it’s a frat-boy with a keg.”

Posted from  United States

This article is hits at the core of the fear that motivated that english jerk to malign our fans.

Our fans have done a tremendous job!
http://www.soccer365.com/_365_Features/page_121_122418.shtml

Posted from  United States

lol — been in the U.S. now for 13 years. I have to say — some of the stereoytpes in the article have firm basis in reality - especially the steretype of Americans being ignorant about geography! very very very true! ask the average american to name five countries in south america (thier fellow american continent) — and they won’t know what to say after they say Brazil and Argentina (if they know that much).

Having said that — i’ve lived in just about every continent in the world and i have to say that Americans are amongst the most big-hearted and generous people i’ve ever met.

Posted from  United States

Yawn. So what? I agree with the poster that said this type of article becomes more and more irrelevant. soccer is getting more and more popular in the US - witness higher and higher TV share ratings for games - which doesn’t even count the people that pack the bars. Sure, you’ve got ignoramuses every country and every sport — so called experts who wil be off their couch to scream “penalty” in basket ball or “That was inside” in baseball.

Of course, we have plenty of our own jingositic, yellow journalists here in the US. Just tune in to right wing radio and hear the vieled and not so vieled slams against the French, Germans, etc.

Catch as catch can.

Go USA! Beat Ghana! Go Italy!

Posted from  United States

Send this bitch to Guantanamo Bay.

Posted from  United States

Calm down boys…I am so proud of our guys! They deserve a lot of credit for their hard work and passion for a sport that isn’t popular here in the U.S. And I just feel sorry for that reporter, this article shows she is just as close-minded as the people she criticizes. I cant stand when people spread stereotypes about Americans, let alone anyone from anywhere. Note to the Brits and any one else who is a hater: Many of us Americans DO exerice, didnt vote for Bush, and are very aware of the state of the world and rules of soccer…Spread the love, Stop the BUllSHit…

Posted from  United States

Sorry about that typo …we DO exercise…The last thing I need is a post about Americans who can’t spell “exercise”
By the way: The guy who said we Americans were in denial is an ass. I love my country from the New Yorkers to the Hippies to the Ballers! We’re all so different and we still believe in pur country even if we have a tool in office for the meantime.

Posted from  United States

I for one do care what europe thinks of us especially the brits. With that being said I know that there isn’t really anything short of releasing all military forces and having a brit as president that we could do to change it. The article obviously is extreme and points to the obvious downfalls we americans already are aware of in our society. However, Im proud to be an American and the majority of our countrymen are not ignorant idiots as portrayed in the article. I for one am extremely proud of the way our boys have shown heart and the fantastic support our fans over there have given them. plus so what if they dont like our foreign policy on iraq and afghanistan, a majority of americans wanted him back. When this journalist has her relatives killed along with 3000 countrymen she then has a right to address our policy with the terrorists. But all that political bs is besides the point, shes supposed to be reporting on the world cup,the purest of all sports on the grandest stage, where countries come together and compete every four years to let out some aggression in a truly spectacular way. Im personally rooting for the brits, americans, and austrailans and would hope for the same support from them.

Typical Yank bashing. If that’s the best the Guardian has to offer I’d be embarrassed.I can’t say that I would take offense it’s to be expected in the overheated tabloids. I would like to say hats off to ESPN and ABC for finding a way to show the World Cup in it’s entirety live while sacrificing all the commercials that infest US sports coverage. Ever go to a US footbal game and watch the players standing around waiting for a TV timeout to end? The lack of advertising and hence airtime is a major factor affecting exposure of soccer to fans in the US. Maybe we should lobby MLS and EPL to negotiate with Public Broadcasting in the US?

Posted from  United States