The 2006 soccer world cup (no, not football) has been over for a while now. It was possibly the lamest world cup I've seen. Far too many games were decided in penalty kicks, including the final. The winning team almost didn't make it to the final round. And of course, there's the Zidane incident.
The United States usually isn't considered a top contender, but we sucked unusually terribly this time. Our team played a game of youth soccer. The defense/goalkeeper would get the ball, kick it really far, and our men would run and chase after it. That is not soccer. In soccer you run the ball up the sidelines and make clean passes.
The results were horrendous. In the pooled round, we scored only one goal by ourselves. The only reason we tied Italy was a goal they scored on themselves. With such a lousy team, why bother watching.