Every country that developed their own version of football likes their version better and consequently soccer (association football) isn’t very popular and the men’s teams aren’t very good. See also: Ireland and Australia (and Canada, even though they just copied our version).

No, it’s because USA sucks at it
You should check the FIFA Women’s rankings. USA! USA! USA! Also, 3 World Cup titles and 4 Olympic gold medals. How many does your country have?

Interesting note: Canada and Australia women are also top 5 teams. This is probably because women don’t typically play the regional version of football, so soccer is more popular with women. Weird.