Soccer Growth in America Poll - How long until it becomes the #01 Sport?

[elprincipe]

Slimebeast said:

tombi123 said:
Around the same time the USA wins a World Cup which I think will be between 2028-2040.

lol...

In less than two decades?

How much has the USA progressed in the last 18 years (since 1992)?

We've progressed quite a bit, actually, although the national side is not on the level of the top teams in the world of course.

- every World Cup finals from 1990 onward

- 1995 Copa America: USA 3-0 Argentina

- 1998 Gold Cup: USA 1-0 Brazil

- 2002 World Cup quarterfinal (only lost because of missed handball call on Germany)

- 2006 World Cup: USA 1-1 Italy (eventual champions)

- reached first major final just last year (Confederations Cup), defeating arguably the best team in the world (Spain) 2-0 and taking a 2-0 lead over Brazil in the final

- take it from someone who's watched MLS since its inception in 1996: it's a much, much, much better league now than 14 years ago.

- more and more top American players able to play effectively in Europe (Howard, Dempsey, Donovan, Altidore, etc), although there hasn't yet been a breakthrough at one of the really big clubs.