Why the Scottish Cheer for the United States

It's actually pretty simple: They hate the English. At least that's how it was told to me this evening as the USA lost 2-0 to England. I didn't really know what I could encounter when I walked into a local pub for kickoff, but when I found out quickly when I was greeted with cheers when I asked who the Scots supported in the match.
"Obviously we support the USA," said a nice old Welsh man. "We [expletive] hate the English? Don't you guys? I love the USA."
Even the Welsh hate the English. I thought they loved them. I knew the Irish hated the English, that one was simple, but it turns out that most people who were once under the authority of the crown don't like England.

So it was a sad night for all those countries that were once a part of the English empire when the USA couldn't beat out the English. We did it in 1776, why did we come up short this time? Maybe we're better at war than football. I think we have more passion for the former anyway. My fellow bar mates were surprised that an American was even watching football (and calling it football and not soccer, for that matter), but I think I shold get used to that for the next few months.