On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Indeed it does surge after a world cup then receeds again as time goes on. > However the level is dies down to is higher than it was before the surge. > > Coverage of this World Cup in North America was greater than ever before. I > don't know for sure but I suspect that also means viewership was up as > well. > And the MLS is the most well executed attempt towards professional football > I've seen in North America. The MLS has said they intend to get more top > flight players and the Henry signing is proof of that. I wouldn't be at all > surprised to see more football silver backs finishing their careers in the > US. >
I think I saw that viewership was up about 40% from 4 years ago in the US. FORTY percent. That's huge. Soccer's definitely getting more popular in the US...but in all honesty, it had nowhere to go but up. -- I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323103 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
