Instead of discussing this in World Cup Forum. I decided to make a thread on why I feel that soccer in the U.S. has not gained traction on a professional level in the U .S.
I freely admit that it is very popular in Pre HS, College and even as young as 3 or 4 years old. Put besides that, I don't hear discussions about post college teams. And of course I know there are some in the U.S.
Also as supporting evidence: I listen to a lot of sports talk at night in bed with my earplugs in. Done it for decades. And of course we are hearing about it now and always do during the World Cups as usual. I personally have no interest in the sport-just me.
But its interesting (not surprising to me)...I have heard zero talk about world soccer or U.S. soccer when world cups are not going on. The conclusions are obvious and even one announcer has said they talk limited hockey because they would lose listeners. So when I hear zero talk about soccer it tells me "sports fans" in general do not give a rip about the sport.
So again to clarify: I see zero evidence that soccer has evolved from the days when kids of all ages played it (say 40 years ago) to a sport similar to our Football, baseball, baseball, basketball, and somewhat hockey .
I freely admit that it is very popular in Pre HS, College and even as young as 3 or 4 years old. Put besides that, I don't hear discussions about post college teams. And of course I know there are some in the U.S.
Also as supporting evidence: I listen to a lot of sports talk at night in bed with my earplugs in. Done it for decades. And of course we are hearing about it now and always do during the World Cups as usual. I personally have no interest in the sport-just me.
But its interesting (not surprising to me)...I have heard zero talk about world soccer or U.S. soccer when world cups are not going on. The conclusions are obvious and even one announcer has said they talk limited hockey because they would lose listeners. So when I hear zero talk about soccer it tells me "sports fans" in general do not give a rip about the sport.
So again to clarify: I see zero evidence that soccer has evolved from the days when kids of all ages played it (say 40 years ago) to a sport similar to our Football, baseball, baseball, basketball, and somewhat hockey .