Like all American soccer fans, we have mixed feelings about that little isle across the water. We know all of their players from following the Premier League, and we’ve traveled across the pond three times to watch matches. Still, they are like our big, annoying brother, always acting superior. “Awww, look at those cute American football fans. It’s funny that they think they know something about OUR sport.”
Sure, we beat them during that crazy World Cup game in 1950, but usually, they just stomp us.
So when the two teams meet Saturday, nothing would make U.S. soccer fans happier than showing big brother that we do know something about their football.
Why we love England!
• ENGLISH BREAKFAST: Who doesn’t love some bangers and mash?!?
• DAVID BECKHAM: Amy loves him so much that she buys Robert cologne so he’ll smell like the English superstar.
• CRAVEN COTTAGE: This quaint soccer stadium that sits on the Thames in southwest London has always welcomed us. Plus, it’s home to our favorite club team: Fulham. (There’s even a cute cottage in one corner!)
• THE PREMIER LEAGUE: Almost every game in the world’s most interesting league is broadcast live to our TV every Saturday morning. (Just in time for our English breakfast.)
• BIG BEN, PARLIAMENT: Ask Chevy Chase.
Why we hate England!
• THE SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT: Just because they invented the sport doesn’t mean they own it. They’ve only won a single World Cup yet are always SHOCKED when they don’t lift the trophy.
• THAT ENGLISH DUDE: On a train to Nuremberg during the 2006 World Cup, this Brit made fun of us because we -- gasp -- called a soccer goalkeeper a GOALIE!
• RAIN: England’s a great place to visit -- if you bring an umbrella and galoshes.
• HOOLIGANISM: In Germany, the only fight we saw was English fans beating on EACH OTHER!
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