Having taken the oath of allegiance as a new American citizen last year, I’ve made a mild effort to care less about the failings of my old country, England. But the oath requires only that “I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject.” It doesn’t demand that I sacrifice my repeatedly forlorn hope that England will again win the World Cup.