Why is soccer so unpopular in the US?

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American Football is an incredibly violent sport. Never spout off that it isn't. The sport mangles its players. Many players end up being crippled for life, and yes the game still produces many fatalities every year. Most games have at a minimum two casualties. Two players who have torn, jammed, or broke something. This is with the safety gear they are required to wear. Which was instituted to save lives. The safety gear was mandated, because too many players were dieing on the gridiron. The sport is nothing but controlled phalanx warfare. I think it shows a real lack of maturity to insult the violence of the sport you only belittle the victims that the sport churns out.

Americans love football, because it is a strategic sport, and nothing else is even in its league. We are active participants in the strategy. We debate what our favored team should do. What the weakness in the other team is. The game has supreme drama, and it instills wholesome values. The game is the very definition of team work one guy screwing up on one play can cost a team the game.

Soccer isn't a popular sport as much for cultural, social, or nationalistic reasons. The real reason for Soccers popularity is one thing and one thing only. The game is economically feasible anywhere on the planet. All you need is half a dozen guys a ball and four sticks. No sport is so cheap to play, and the game can be played anywhere. Even the cheapest American sport Basketball can't hold a candle to soccer. Basketball requires a hard surface and baskets on top of polls.

Soccer is the national or only sport in many countries for this exact reason. They can't afford more flamboyant sports. They also lack the resources to generate unique sports. Deride North America if you like but the continent has put out four unique sports in short order all of which are unique and drastically different from one another. Since we created them logic says we probably like that kind of play.