Why do European and American sportcasters treat collective nouns differently? Is one correct?

Question

This is true especially in soccer play by play. Teams names are always followed by a plural verb. For instance, "Barcelona are winning." American usage typically treats team names as singular, unless the name itself is plural, like "the Yankees" or "The Red Sox". Is this colloquial or is one right and the other wrong? Does the plurality of the name matter, like "Notre Dame" or "Chelsea"?

Answer 1

Technically thinking, one would think the singular form should be used when referring to a team unless the team name itself is in the plural. In other words, "Boston is winning" or "the Red Sox are winning," but not "Boston are winning" or "the Red Sox is winning."

Answer 2

When they say "Barcelona are winning", it could be essentially correct if what they mean is a plural, such as "The people of Barcelona are winning."

And for the singular, they might mean "the Chelsea team is winning"

Sometimes grammar is odd, and singularity and plurality refer to something implied, not actually stated.

So, both statements, "Barcelona are winning, " and "Chelsea is winning" could be considered correct. In these cases, local customs determine what is right.

Answer 3

because is they own language