AC Milan played Palermo in a Serie A game on Sunday and I was not impressed. The final score of the match ended up being 3 - 1 with Palermo on top. AC Milan had their chances never really seemed to be into the game.

What's the deal AC Milan? I didn't even watch the whole match - it was starting to upset me. From what I saw AC Milan was playing horrible defense. There was no communication between players - if I was the goalie I would have been getting pissed at my teammates. I don't know how many times they let the ball just drop in front of them inside the box right in front of the goal. I'm surprised the score wasn't 5 - 0.

Palermo controlled the pace of the game throughout most of the match. The ball seemed to spend much more time in their possession attacking. AC Milan just couldn't get things going. They had a few chances that could have turned the momentum their way, but they couldn't capitalize. Ronaldinho had a chance early in the game (27th minute) to put AC Milan up 1 - 0 but missed a penalty on a very weak effort.

Fabrizio Miccoli put the first ball in the back of the net for Palermo in the 50th minute. It was only 9 minutes later when Palermo added a second goal scored by Edison Cavani. Fabio Simplicio put the game out of reach with a goal in the 80th minute to make it 3 - 0 Palermo. Ronaldinho spoiled a shut-out with a goal on a penalty kick in the 83rd minute.

With the lost AC Milan loses more ground on their city rivals Inter Milan for the top position in Serie A. This leaves AC Milan still in third place - six points off the leaders. The chances were there for AC Milan they just couldn't finish, and Palermo took advantage of a lack luster defensive effort on the part of AC.

Americans hate soccer! Well, that's what a lot of countries outside of the United States of America think. I don't understand why Americans have had such a hard time getting into soccer. Other countries are so passionate about football. The stadiums are pretty much always packed full. Fans are yelling and jumping up and down - what an atmosphere - you don't really see that at any sporting event here in the United States. I'm not putting the United States down or saying we are not passionate about sports - I love my country - we just don't seem to take it to the same level as other countries.

Soccer is slowly catching on in the US - I didn't grow up around soccer. Didn't have a team to play on. No one in my family played - none of my friends played it. The high school I went to just got a soccer team THIS year. If you grow up with no knowledge of something it just makes it easier to hate it then try to learn it or understand it. I only became a soccer fan because I started watching World Cup 2006 on ESPN - and now I follow it a little closer and enjoy playing a pick a game every once in a while.

It's true that main-stream America doesn't like soccer. They think it's boring or there's not enough scoring and action, but we love baseball - which is pretty boring. They don't understand the endurance, control, and skill you have to have to be a professional soccer player. Not to mention because the US isn't 'in to' soccer that much the big media guys aren't going to feed it to us. Sure there is a game once in a while on ESPN and if you're lucky you might get the soccer channel. It's all about the money here and soccer doesn't bring it in in the US like it does elsewhere. Football, baseball, basketball do.

Over the past couple of years I have seen an increase in soccer coverage and soccer commercials. Honestly though, I think it's only because of the increase in the Spanish speaking population here in the US. They grew up with soccer and are more accepting of the sport. Hey but we got David Beckham to come play in the MLS...