First off, to answer someone\'s question on why American Football is called football. It was named that way cuz the pigskin is exactly one foot in length. That\'s it.
And about Americans not really being into soccer much, well, I didn\'t really like soccer at all when I was in the states, but after having moved to Japan, I find myself keeping track of soccer(football) a lot, and I sit there and actually watch the games with interest. Funny, cuz now I can name a few significant players, whom I would\'ve never known had I stayed in the states. It all has to do with the media, and how they take up the sport. If the American media took up soccer like they do here in japan, and showed all the intriguing things about the sport, then I\'d grant a lot of people would find themselves interested in the sport. Same goes with American Football. If it was covered in detail in Europe, then I\'m pretty sure there\'d be a lot of people interested in the sport. Its just a matter of media coverage, and how in depth those coverage goes. If the media doesnt explain the small details, and show the parts of soccer that makes soccer interesting, then no one in the states are gonna actually want to watch soccer. They just won\'t get the significance of the sport.. that\'s it.
