I not backing a team that feel they should win the cup just because. As far as I see USA ain't deserve to win nuttin until they love football for the love of football. They are arrogant and disrespectful to the culture of the sport and other countries consistently. In addition, they use to much hype over their players and in my opinion ruin them....Donovan and Demsey included. They are good players and a good team but they does market themselves as if they are football geniuses. scheuuups...Let USA loose. And let footballing nations win the cup.
You ask a Brazilian fan and a USA fan why should their team win the cup and listen to their answers.
When I was growing up I was thought to humble myself even when you were better than your opponent and respect them. I was thought that "football is life." How u approach the team and the game says alot about ur character and the game could change your character.
All I see from these guys is arrogance they don't respect you once they feel they could beat you. Their players and commentators have no diplomacy they always saying dumb stuff. Not even Brazil does say the non-sense these guys does be saying. When they finally started to beat Mex. Dem start talking bout Mex as if is St. Vincent.
Go GHANA!!!!! Long LIVE FOOTBALL
You have a choice to pick whatever team. I would just like to point out a few things here about your post.
EVERY team has a chance to win the world cup if they qualify, to say a team is not worthy of winning because it is a third rated sport will not count when the united states play Ghana. What will make the difference is obvious, the ref, the players, the coaching staff as well as the dictatorship of the fans included.
USA have changed since the 90s, I think many Americans are taunted by Mexicans etc about their football in the past so they are reserved for occasions when the team brings success. Nothing wrong with that. If USA lorse against Ghana, live goes on and many people don't like that.
It is no flops that USA were in the finals of the Confeds, some can say they were "lucky" against the English, but what about Slovenia and Algeria a side that beat African champs Egypt to get there on home soil. Dempsey made it to the Europa CUP finals with Fulham, you can't say he is not a star after what he did against Ghana, Spain, Brazil and many big big teams. Never the less international football and club football is not the same and you cant expect the same performance from a player from club to country, good eg is Anelka, Rooney so far, Messi too he cant score. Milito jus to name a few.
And even if the US dont have "stars" who cares? they have enough on the flag itself, the main objective is to play as a team and get results. The US have shown there is life after football and you can not be a football country to compete with the "Worlds best" asking questions, staying solid and never giving up. I didn't jus randomly picked an underdog side.. I was very careful in whom i choose to support, Holland and Argentina are all behind the US in my list of teams to beat, Brazil made #2, if US let in 3 soft goals after the Samba boys were well outplayed in the first half, something they are not known for.
Why should a team win a world cup? The answer is simple, watch the finals, only "they" the teams can decide their destiny not no Brazilian fan.. what stupid shit..
Oh please when have you ever hear an American boasting about the win against us in 89... if anything they were sorry for us and feel our pain because they dont care about soccer... so what if they win the right to celebrate... okay then Barcelona.. dont turn the sprinklers on us nah
Any country that's not a footballing nation don't deserve to lift That Trophy.
WTF...
Guess what partner, USA is the top team in our region along with Mexico, THEY ARE THE FOOTBALL NATION of our region... sheesh kid where you been on the moon? They beat some real big heavy weights convincingly too like Spain, Egypt and drew with Italy in 06 when they Italians were crowned champions.. Yeah.. sheesh dude you hate for the wrong reasons. Guess when ur an idiot it doesnt matter.
In essence they love themselves more than the game.
Maybe its not a requirement.
Any player that's been through their system knows that they purposely kill everything that's not American about your game.
Actually American football is very tactical, and notice they have an American coach? Yea USA is team tactical, something Brazil is trying to adopt or convert into since stylism isn't getting them the results they want.. do I have to spell everything out...
Football elevates the nation not the other way around. Truth is they don't love football. They're in love with the idea of them dominating world football.
USA might not lift the cup this year or next, but soon enough they will, rest assured of that. They have always improved everytime they qualify and at this moment they are very enjoyable to watch and I must say that they have made us very proud.