And by the way, just from reading your posts I can tell you're no typical American, haha - which is why I always look forward to a Cecil post and never know what to expect.
I'm hoping that's a compliment...
In all truth even though I was born here my first language was not English as my mother is German and the family moved back to Germany shortly after I was born. (Dad was in the military) I prefer soccer over football too. So in that sense you're definitely right!