1. They sh*t the bed against Czech Republic
2. Their countrymen could give a sh*t
3. Every other darn country actually cares
4. Their coach looks like your landscape guy
5. The U.S. defied world opinion in launching the most disastrous international adventure in imperial memory: Iraq: and should suffer the consequences in world opinion sweepstakes, the World Cup
6. Terrell Owens chose to play football
7. Allen Iverson chose to play basketball
8. Roger Clemens chose to play baseball
9. Ronaldinho chose to play soccer
Give me a little while, I’ll come up with the other reasons…