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Forums - Sports Discussion - major league soccer slowly on the rise in North America

Chris Hu on 14 July 2014
vivster said:
DirtyP2002 said:
vivster said:
I guess if the US would put their mind to it they could be one of the leading football nations.


I heard this before...

Is there any team sports that America is always in the top 5 of the world that is actually played by Europeans / Asians?
Basketball, handegg, Baseball are pretty much US only.

Basketball, Icehockey, Women's football to name a few.

The notion that Basketball is only played in America is silly. Basketball is like the 2nd or 3rd most popular sport in Germany. Except for USA, the European teams are teams are the strongest force in Basketball, particularly Spain and Serbia.

Don't forget about Lithuania even though the last time someone from there was drafted by the NBA in 2011.  They have always been a very strong force when it comes to basketball in Europe.