I think the lack of interest in the USA may also has to do with cultural reasons, so far I think the interest in USA has grow.
I dunno maybe americans can't concentrate on a sport that is demans their attention for full 45 minutes. They need commercial breaks now and then. JK!
About the soundtrack, I guess in amazon.com you can get the tracklist.
Hockey....what about it? to me, boring, as any sport may be interesting playing, as an expectator I don't like it, and obviousy it can't reach the level of soccer, most of the world has no places to play it. Also I don't think any league (NHL) that uses violence as somthing to attrack audience should be considered as a serious one. I don't know about college hockey I suppose is a better version in this sense.
I agree with the fact that the simplicity of the game makes it appealing to most ppl in the world, that doesn't mean in a profesional level is a simple sport, the strategies and tactics are as complex as those in NFL. The technic required to be a good player can be as hard that of being a .350 hitter.
Yeah American team is not as bad, as one may think, unfortunatelly they had a tough group this time. There are some interesting players, Claudio Reyna, Clint Mathis, to name a few.
They have invested a lot, but I don't think they will reach power level soon, at least not till the interest in the sport grow , so far some of the best athletes of each country chose football ( and I mean real Football) as their sport, that doesn't happen in the USA.
One last thing I think is a shame, USA and Canada don't share this passion that happens around certainly the most popular sport in the world, it would be good that it will happen soon.
And this night we have some intersting games.
*Makes lots of coffee*