I don't think the premise of this article is true at all. Brazilian-Americans I know take Brazil's national team far more seriously than most people take any sports I've experienced here. And jesus, have you ever read the obituary of the goalkeeper who allowed Uruguay's winning goal in 1950?

I think one thing Americans need to remember is that the nature of a World Cup is different from almost all other sports events. You lose like that, there is no next year, there is no way to bounce back and to defend your reputation. This is it, for 4 years when you mention the Brazilian team this is what will be…

That was a very interesting piece, I was curious as to what your final assessment of what happened yesterday would be. There's more to the story though, if you look at the whole background of how CBF works and how sloppily this team was put together. There are also glaring differences between the work done by Germany…

Nothing is worse than having to explain as well- and thoroughly-argued a piece as this to some dingus who's pretending not to get it, but: Brazil lost because they made soccer mistakes they wouldn't ordinarily make, because the guys they've trained for countless hours to depend upon weren't there to be depended upon,…