US MEN'S SOCCER
One of the biggest soccer stereotype around the world is that the United states do not know anything about soccer. Popular stereotypes are "they will dribble with the soccer ball a little and then grab it with their hands and run." These stereotypes are definitely not true but globalizing it and using it have a big effect on the U.S national team.
The past world cup of 2014 was a great year for the U.S national team because of their breathtaking competition. The U.S team entered the tournament as the underdogs but ended it as heroes even though they did not bring the world cup trophy to the American soil. The U.S team worked extremely hard during the months leading to the FIFA world cup and used the stereotypes to motivate them and get themselves under the spotlight. The moral of this blog is that don’t think that using stereotypes to discourage people will always work sometimes the table turns.
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I agree that the stereotype is incorrect and I hope that the U.S does good
ReplyDeleteYou seem to forget that our womens team took home the world cup. They definitely proved Americans can play soccer.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to forget that our womens team took home the world cup. They definitely proved Americans can play soccer.
ReplyDeleteI don't think he overlooked that, the title of the post is US Men's Soccer. The post is supposed to be about the Men's team, he can probably write about the women's team in a different post.
ReplyDeleteI mean, Germany has a good team, but Murica has a team filled with good players ( I assume) and FIFA is a popular game in the US so people do know things about soccer in MURICA
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