Does Europe really have a bigger hooligan problem than America?

This article by Steven Wells is a very interesting article about Hooliganism in the United States.  When you think of Hooliganism one tends to turn their focus to Europe and European soccer.  It's no secret that European soccer fans are very passionate about their sports and their teams, however, often times that passion turns into violence.  There are cases of hooliganism across other sports in Europe mainly being basketball.  Other than that, there aren't too many cases where you hear about things like that in Europe.  America, however, is a different story.

Here in the U.S. acts of hooliganism are put on display from youth all the through professional sports.  There are many cases of parents getting into altercations with officials, other fans, and coaches at youth league events.  Of late there have been issues with football fans outside stadiums violently assaulting other individuals because they don't cheer for the same team.  This article refers to many instances that took place in 2008, to let you know that hooliganism has been a problem and will continue to be a problem in the future.