ozzieeagle

Whats going on guys ? I'm not gloating I'm actually concerned. Could this result be an indicator of the falling ability of Football in the UK as a whole ?

USA 5 - Scotland 1

Beaverstate

What is worse is that 98% of americans don't even care about the sport.

ozzieeagle

They had the largest away contingent in SAfrica.... So maybe it doesnt matter ... I wonder if they make the quarters or semi finals in Brazil on the same time zone might make erm sit up.

Wouldnt that figure be a lot higher in places like California though ?

Portland Timbers had the 4th largest home and away crowd in the world last year... 64,600 plus. Thats not exactly full of hispanics surely ?

I'm guessing that your figure could be slightly out these days Plus after the next WCup which is looking pretty tasty from a US point of view that those figures could increase again. After all it is a younger persons domain.

Beaverstate

Yes, I was exagerating at 98%. With the large influx of Latinos and some growing popularity I would unscientifically guess 70-75%

JoeBloggs80

What do you mean what's happened? Aside from a couple of freak results (archie gemmil, etc) - Scotland have always been rubbish!

ozzieeagle

There has always been a few great Scottish household names, particuarly in the UK. Whats happened to the Lou Marcaris and Dennis Laws ?

I can also recall when that home international was a close run thing... Plus Scotland qualifying for the World Cup and England missing out.

So currently at present I'd say things are a lot worse.

eddie007

The scotland football team have a bad day at the office and suddenly the entire nations state of the game is called into question....

you should try supporting Colchester Utd some time.....

bingobob777

Why wouldn't USA be better than scotland at football?

They have 300million inhabitants, even if only 10% play that's 6 times the population of Scotland.

Scotland overperformed for much of the 80s' and 90's, qualifying for tournaments when countries such as England, Spain and France didn't.

And the reason they don't qualify now is that there are more european countries playing for less european places at the world cup.

1982 - 33 teams played for 14 euro spots
1998 - 50 teams played for 15 euro spots
2010 - 53 teams played for 13 euro spots

DeadVim

As far as I can tell, from afar, England and Scotland are both still shit but the difference is just relative, globally.

I am a lapsed season ticket holder at the mighty, mighty Gillingham FC so this may have affected my judgement ...

Scottish goalkeepers are, and will always be, the pits though, I'll give you that

eddie007

I knew the other season ticket holder... Nice old bloke called Dave... His daught used to babysit me.... Remember me to him when you see him next... Little kid, blonde hair.. Wouldnt shut up.... Well that describes me as I was then...

fish.01

Not sure how accurate the FIFA rankings are but the USA (19) has an average ranking more than twice as good as Scotland (40) when averaged over the last few decades.

DeadVim

I had been in Oz all of 3 months and, being a geek, one of the first things I did was to join the library so I head off to our local wearing a Gillingham top (as you do when you're fresh off the plane or just the typical British expat who visits the Logan Hyperdome regularly ... What IS it with that place and soccer tops? I know I mentioned this before but really! ) and the guy behind the counter says 'My mate is a huge Gillingham fan!'.

Cue much 'the world is a small place' hilarity ...

Well, mild curiosity ...

Disinterest, maybe ...

Apathy, actually.

It was kind of real anyway ...

eddie007

Bloke who owns a local IGA is a col U fan.... Same conversation had with HIM

ozzieeagle

I spose letting in 5 isn't too bad for a team that plays without goalkeepers.

Tramps_mate

When were Scotland actually any good?