I think it's probably part of the broader English media habit trying to compete with the US without the US realising there is any competition at all. But let's face it, the EPL isn't the world's best football league, if anything its probably the most boring to watch. It's about getting into the league and staying there, playing percentages and not taking risks, the Big Four and all that. UEFA is really what modern european football is all about. I don't think the States need a lesson in why football is blah blah blah. Who gives a fuck? That's parochial bullshit - football is a world game, every country has the right to play it and get involved, the US included. The English used to carry on the same way about cricket, until the Australian's took back the Ashes in '89. Apologies to any English lads here, I love you guys but when it comes to sport you're so far up your own arse it isn't funny.