That makes no sense. :confused:

It's because football is inherently American and your silly European nonsense is a distraction.

You made it sound like a Latin American team wouldn't win until 2038. I apologize if I misinterpreted. Not trying to pick a fight, honest. :)

Well considering we are only the 13th country to participate in the finals, and the first since 1962 and Czechoslovakia that has less than 10 million people, it kind of does work like that. Americans have very little culture or general interest in football, that's why they're not very successful.

And I really wouldn't compare football from 70 years ago with modern football.
Let's not try to downplay what's happening here please...;)

Soccer never really caught on in the States, not men's soccer anyway (the Women won their cup the last time around). We have a professional soccer league but it doesn't get the fan base that the other sports do.

So, what do you think, Adidass? Another shootout win for Croatia? (I hope they win in regulation this time).

:laughing: I really hope not, but I'll take it anyway. :)

It doesn't. Of the top 20 most populated countries in the world only two of them have won a World Cup.

Northern Ireland and Scotland have qualified since 1962, NI twice and Scotland six times and their populations are way less than 10m people so that's still wrong.

Forgot Trinidad and Tobago qualified in 2006, 1.3m
Iceland this year, just 350k
Costa Rica qualified for the last two, 4.8m

Spoken like a true lunkhead American. Your country has only been around for less than 250 years. The Romans were playing football with heads back before the birth of Jesus Christ. Get back in your box. It's about as inherently American as chariot races and crucifixions.

And while we're at it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_football