> I was expecting soccer to grow faster on popularity in the US since the > Cosmos days... I always said that once soccer becomes popular in the US, > with the incredible sports business machine and professionalism behind it, > the US will be world cup champion many times. Can you imagine if soccer was > as popular as football or basketball in the US?
One major problem that soccer has in the States is that it's competing with leagues that are the best in the world. Great baseball, basketball, and hockey players often come to America to play, while top soccer players are much more likely to end up in Europe. Even if MLS decided to try and compete with the European clubs, they wouldn't dominate the market the way that other American leagues do. So the American sports fan has a choice of watching top- level basketball or not-so-good soccer; unless he has a strong preference for the game of soccer, he's probably going to stick to basketball. -Jerry Wolper [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
