Amherst, Massachusetts, police received a call Sunday from a woman who claimed her neighbor gave her the business for cheering too much while watching the World Cup, according to MassLive.com. And as if the standard whining about the World Cup wasn't enough to make said neighbor sound like a stereotypical sports jerk, the specifics of the incident read like a Bingo card of 'merica-loving, soccer-hating xenophobia:
Later that night, police received a call from a woman who had received a call from her neighbor scolding her for taking jobs away from Americans.
He called her a name and said he wanted to watch the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing and listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd, but her celebration for the World Cup was disturbing him, according to the police report.
She is from South America and said she had been wearing various team jerseys during the competition in Brazil. [MassLive]
To recap: A man who wanted to blast some Skynyrd and watch a little NASCAR accused his soccer-watching South American neighbor of taking American jobs. No word on whether he closed his argument by bellowing "USA! USA!" into the phone before hanging up.
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