Andy, one reader is not pleased:

A whole lot of Americans are going to be watching USA vs. England tomorrow, and soccer (or football, as it’s more properly called, given that the players actually control the ball with their feet) is gaining ground fast in the US. Seattle’s MLS club averages over 34,000 a game and other clubs are improving along those lines in soccer-specific stadiums. Visiting big clubs from Europe regularly draw full or near full houses in big stadiums. There was a time when Costa’s remark would have drawn resigned nods of agreement from the members of the US soccer community. Not any more. Soccer still has a aways to go, but the idea that Americans in general are disinterested is about as up to date and in touch as a game of basketball without the 3-point line, or baseball without interleague play. Cheers and Go USA! Beat England! (and Slovenia and Algeria!)

No word on whether he is an Upper West Sider.