So what's with that Portugal team star (Christiano Ronaldinho or whatever, there are so many Ronald McDonalds in the national soccer teams that I always get them mixed up) refusing to shake hands with the Iceland team players because Portugal didn't win and the match was a tie?

I think Portugal should be ousted from Europe for that!

Spoilt brat syndrome. There is only one short break in which to shove adverts down peoples throats, hence it hasn't taken off there. Could you imagine a game that takes several days to play, kick ball 10mins of adverts for shit you gotta buy for a dollar - kick ball - repeat ad infinitum.

The soccer here is much lower quality here compared to the premier league or higher level leagues in europe. I watch those games when I can. High level play is entertaining, not the stuff you get in the U.S.

Once Aug/Sep rolls around, it's football season. Every Fri (high school), Sat (college), and Sun (pro) filled with nothing but football until Jan.

I can enjoy watching a good soccer match (I can't call it football even though the rest of the world does) and I don't care about low scoring or ties in regular season competition but I can't take a sport seriously that decides championships with shootouts. Really? It's like a basketball championship being decided by a free throw shooting contest. You play until someone scores. Period. If you're going to have a shootout, you might as well save some time and just have a coin flip decide who wins.