I'm proud of y'all. Yall did so well for a fairly new team. You got so far so the entire Belgian nation should be proud. A little bit more experience and expertise, and y'all would've beat Argentina's ass.
Americans call football soccer and that's it. If they call it football that's an affected use of the word. I use the word soccer in normal conversation so as not to confuse the sport with American football, as most Americans do.
And I have no idea who uses the word "soccer" in a derogatory way or how you could even do so. That's like saying Midwesterners use the word "pop" in a derogatory way. It's their word for the object
Typical American
How long ago did you start to follow football? Two weeks ago, I guess
So over people thinking NL is easily beating Costa Rica. Costa Rica is an EXTREMELY strong and underestimated team. Y'all need to chill. And don't act so surprised when they take the lead