The United States was knocked out when they lost against Ghana in the round of 16. They had a great and easy path to the semi-finals, but instead they lost and the story was over. Now the world cup continues. Still on ESPN an American network. With no team that many Americans cheer for left. Yet the world cup fever does not seem to be over the United States. People are still watching the world cup and want to see who wins. What is the cause of this? Probably the fact that now you don't have to search all over your tv package to find the games, instead anyone with cable gets to see the games on ESPN. People are forced to watch and then they get interested and start cheering for a team. And then when that team isn't playing they find another team. The thing is people in America like to join the bandwagon. Cheer for the best team. So this gives us a chance to do that with a sport that not many people in America thinks matters. It is one person's little getaway. So now the world cup has actually become respectable in the USA.
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