In article >, Dave Smith says...
>
> On 2016-11-05 6:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > In article >, sf says...
> >>
> >> On Sun, 6 Nov 2016 06:40:05 +1100, Bruce >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Are you comparing getting the name of an entire country wrong to
> >>> pronouncing the name of a fly-over state differently? (With all due
> >>> respect to fly-over people.)
> >>
> >> Yes. That fly-over state is twice the size of England.
> >> In fact, 11 of our States are larger than the entire UK.
> >>
> >> 1. Alaska = 7.05 UKs
> >> 2. Texas = 2.86 UKs
> >> 3. California = 1.74 UKs
> >> 4. Montana = 1.56 UKs
> >> 5. New Mexico = 1.29 UKs
> >> 6. Arizona = 1.21 UKs
> >> 7. Nevada= 1.17 UKs
> >> 8. Colorado = 1.11 UKs
> >> 9. Oregon = 1.04 UKs
> >> 10. Wyoming = 1.03 UKs
> >> 11. Michigan = 1.03 UKs
> >
> > But they're not countries. They don't even have a soccer team in world
> > championships. The UK has potentially 4.
> >
>
>
> Hmm....I just looked at the list of Olympic gold medal winners for the
> last 50 years. UK and Australia have never won a medal in soccer, and
> the Netherlands has not won one since 1920.

But they are allowed to compete. Anyway, Olympics aren't very important
for soccer. It's all about World Championships, European Championships,
Champions League etc. (Partly because only players under 24 are allowed
to compete in the soccer Olympics.)