> - i started watching football with my american friends

And I'd assume and hope parts of your native culture rubbed off on your American friends.

As someone whose ancestors have been American for quite a while (1850s) I can't make sense of the idea espoused by some on this thread* that "American culture" is something that needs to be strongly protected from changing and that's why we need to virtually lock-down immigration.

The feature that makes "American culture" powerful is exactly that it assimilates to the people who come here, not that they assimilate to it.

* (not you, this is just a convenient jumping off point for me to chime in on)