Tie game
The reason why Americans hate football (soccer) because every other freakin' sport over hear (even golf for christs sake!) has some sort of tie breaker. In a football match where guys will kick a ball around for an hour and a half and do NOTHING, they will slump off the field in a 0-0 tie. Who the hell wants to watch that? No one! We Americans happen to have very short attention spans (hell, that's why we invented tivo) we want to see ACTION. Which is why we like basketball, american football, and lacrosse. Don't get me wrong, soccer is a great game to play and watch, but it does get very dull in a tie game. :P