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Like many a Yank before me, I have tried to explain to European friends that Americans actually know soccer quite well, that many of us played it in school and college, but that, well, we just don't find it quite as exciting as, say, what we call football.

American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The Settlers want to move the line of scrimmage Westward, the Native Americans want to move it East.

The game is just, everybody talks about baseball, but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.

English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.

I mean the game is just, everybody talks about baseball but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.

Football is a bit like chess: it's not just the piece being moved that matters; it's also the effect that move has on all the other pieces.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

Television is making sports universal; for the same reason, big-time soccer is growing more popular in the United States.

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.