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Originally Posted by Kaledonia
Well, it does require running for 90 mins straight and technical ability bayouboy, yea am pretty sure its chances of mainstream in the US are quite slime 
I actually see football becoming quite big in the US in the next 10 years, the latent potential is amazing and with good shows in the World Cup it definately looks promising.
MMA is gonna help football in the US too id reckon, as more people realise watching guys constantly in action is better than timeouts is actually cool, theyre will be more interest going into it, but Beckham getting fame there is really pouring poison in an open wound for the chances, he is god awful lol. |
Quit dreamin buddy, football (soccer) will never become big in the US. Us Americans are too used to fast-paced, flashy, high-scoring, high-adreline games (American football, basketball, baseball to a point) to ever be interested in football (soccer). It may reach the level of, say, hockey, but it'll never be "big".
That being said^, I LOVE watching the World Cup. Last summer (i think it was), I'd find myself getting up early in the mornings to watch 90 minutes of Country VS Country action. I can't tell you why I watched it, maybe because of the incredible atmosphere in those games. Football (soccer) fans are some of the best fans of any sport in the world. I don't follow the MLS in America, though, mainly because it lacks the atmosphere that the World Cup had.
I do agree with you about David Beckham (sp?), though. He is being constantly shoved down our throats by ESPN and the like. Most people who are excited to see him come, are excited becuase of his "star" power. As soon as those people actually watch him in football (soccer) they'll say, "He's not so good, he never scored!", and that'll be the end of it. It doesn't really help that he's injured now, either.
Maybe if the US had like 2 or 3 teams that would play in the same league as the big World-wide teams, than I might follow it. But, that's hoping way too much. It would be freakin sweet to see like a 20 + team league, comprised of the best teams in the world!