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dany612 on 27 June 2011
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sethnintendo said:
dany612 said:
sethnintendo said:
Wish USA had won. Soccer needs to get more a footing in the USA. Soccer is mainly just in north/midwest/northeast (at least for colleges). The south mainly only cares about USA football. Soccer was my favorite sport when I grew up (played for over 10 years). It isn't the most fun to watch though unless they are very good teams. Watching an average soccer team on TV is about as fun as watching golf.


A USA win would of done nothing. USA won the last Gold Cup and went on to win against the Spanish armada (Spain).  I find it a bit puzzling seeing how soccer is famous and strong with middle class whites but their pursue tends to change over time ('football and baseball'). If only soccer was advertised more here, and the English commentors are beyond boring. Watch a Spanish televised game, they sure know how to make it dramatic! 

Yea, a win wouldn't do much for USA.  I'd just rather see USA win than Mexico.  I think the sports culture in USA is changing slowly but you won't see any dramatic shifts anytime soon.  I believe youth soccer leagues in USA are doing decently (a lot of girls enjoy soccer in USA over other sports except maybe basketball and volleyball).  Maybe if they pussyfied the NFL to a point of tag football then people would flock to soccer.  Advertising it would help a little but that would only go so far.  Maybe if MLS was as good/competitive as the English Premier League then people would actually see that it interesting to watch.

Well as the Hispanic/Latino population in America grows so will futbol (soccer). It will encourage competition among schools and so forth. But as long as the top networks undershadow soccer games, there is really no light to fire up .