Tim Weah, the comet in cleats, spoke for his American teammates after the great win.
"I always say it's us against the world," he said, on FOX Sports, from the World Cup in Qatar. "Because no one believed that the U.S. could play good football."
Much has been made of late, thanks to a current ad campaign, of the debate regarding soccer vs. football. The celebrity-sprinkled commercials make it out like it's a matter of linguistics. But if we're doing this, it's really a matter of status. Essentially, football refers to the beautiful and sophisticated game played internationally, while soccer refers to the game played inferiorly by Americans, notably the high school athletes who didn't go out for the actual football team.
