Last but not least: World champion FC Aarau

The fact that US-Americans often have gaps in their education when it comes to soccer was demonstrated on this place was already discussed on Sunday. That's not too tragic, after all, the rest of the world is only interested in baseball and football to a limited extent. However, the TV station ABC7 has now taken the cake: as the Northwestern Switzerland reported that it seriously displayed the FC Aarau crest before the Switzerland-Ecuador match - instead of the Swiss cross.

Picture: Aargauerzeitung.ch

The initial assumption that this was a photomontage by an original Aarau fan turned out to be wrong: the faux pas was discovered by a Swiss living in the USA, photographed and also captured on camera by a second person. It is unclear why FC Aarau was given the honor of representing Switzerland overseas. Especially as the Aarau eagle does not remotely resemble anything associated with the Swiss Football Association. And even an American editorial intern would have a hard time googling it - even after numerous test attempts, the error could not be reproduced.

So there is only one possibility: the Americans are so enthusiastic about Switzerland's most likeable football club that they demonstrate their love for FC Aarau at every opportunity. Although - that would refute the theory that they know nothing about football. After all, the facepalm logo of the 2014 World Cup fits perfectly into the picture for once. 

Thomas Häusermann