Quote:World Cup easily in my opinion, simply because there is a Champions League winner every year. The World Cup only comes around one in four. Plus there is the small matter of national pride. Some people would say club football is more important though.


On the subject of USAs performance last night, I wouldn't get too down on the team. I don't think Ghana are as good as they were four years ago but they are still pretty handy going forward. What your side did show was great defensive organisation and ultimately the ability to grind out a win. I don't know what your commentators were saying about the match, but the English ones were full of praise for the US performance and quite critical of Ghana's wastefulness and poor decision making. You won't win the tournament but an average side can go a long way if it is well organised - look at Italy in the 2006 World Cup or Greece in the 2004 European Championships.

 

Thanks for the kind words. I'm really hoping Bradley gets his stuff together so we can see some of the attacking soccer the USA is capable of.

 

Quote:Well, I know the Champions League is the highest level of soccer competition because of the amount of money poured in each year, but what about the players themselves? Which of the two tournament do they think is more important?


What about Tue hardcore fans, do they see club soccer more portant than world cup?

 

Like most fan opinions it varies. A lot of people in England care more about the clubs probably because they have the best overall league in the world and haven't had as much success with their national team. In countries without the best leagues but with strong national teams (like us and Brazil), the national team is usually more followed. Fans are fans the world over, they root for geography, but they mostly pay attention and root for the successful teams.

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