Too bad the US isn't more excited about the World Cup. I think most the people in my office don't even know a game is happening right now between Germany and Costa Rica. That's very strange, considering the rest of the planet is going crazy over the game. And sure -- it's just game, but for the most part, it's a global game, and you'd think that you'd have more people from the US excited about it.

I'm not sure where it starts... does the media not push the World Cup because it fears loss of revenue due to America's general lack of interest in the sport, or do Americans not get excited about the sport because it isn't plastered all over television?

Wheeler (whom I hope will eventually get an actual blog up and running) suggests that the general media is to blame, because American media is short sighted. They only put stuff out that they assume will make them money today. I guess that makes sense -- instead of building up a lot of momentum and turning the World Cup into a cash-cow for advertisers, they'd rather make safe bets on the home grown stuff.

It's odd, really. Culturally, America has really isolated itself from the rest of the world. The world has Indy racing; America has Nascar. The world has soccer; America has football. The world uses the metric system; America uses inches, gallons, and pounds.

Is it arrogance? Is it stubbornness? I dunno. It is weird that my citizenship resides in a nation that really isn't that interested in the events that are going on in the rest of the world.

UPDATE: Germany beat Costa Rica - 4:2