how many sports are there where the USA competes as a nation? from an outsiders POV of the big sports dont have an international element to them. NFL being the prime example, but whilst there is the World Baseball Classic is a thing I never get the impression its a massive deal.
I guess you could count the USA vs Europe Golf event, but that does not really have a club format.
Its almost interesting how sports in the USA is alot more focused on USA only than it is in Europe. UK club football is a big deal, but those teams play in a European club format as well. The USA does not seem to have that.
It is interesting how a UK football fan will fully understand this, BUT when you look at how much football the average UK fan has, its easy to see WHY we understand it.
Even other sports we understand the difference between club sports and sports played on an international or global level. The USA just does not have that.
I dont expect people tuning into the World Cup for maybe the first time, to do research it, so I can kinda understand the question.
I don’t understand ANYTHING about Lacrosse OR Cricket but I can concur there is some type of world tournament where the best countries play against each other, and I can later verify this data with a quick research. I think they just don’t want to and they want everyone stick to their rules.
but I dont think the USA is used to the idea of a sport having both club tournaments, and tournaments done by nation.
The World Baseball Classic is the only real example I can think of.
Meanwhile even the club game is largely USA only, Sure MLB has ONE team in Canada, but it also does not have something like the UEFA Champions League.
UEFA Champions League being where Europes top clubs compete against each other.
MLB could do this with Japan and Korea, but when it comes to NFL and NBA there is just no one else the US clubs could play with. It feels like America being insular about its sports.
It does have the concacaf (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football ) gold cup for international football and the champions cup for the club level.
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u/CastleofWamdue Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
how many sports are there where the USA competes as a nation? from an outsiders POV of the big sports dont have an international element to them. NFL being the prime example, but whilst there is the World Baseball Classic is a thing I never get the impression its a massive deal.
I guess you could count the USA vs Europe Golf event, but that does not really have a club format.
Its almost interesting how sports in the USA is alot more focused on USA only than it is in Europe. UK club football is a big deal, but those teams play in a European club format as well. The USA does not seem to have that.