Burek on 03 June 2014
I find that one reason why "soccer" is not popular is its scarcity of statistics.
Other than watching sports, Americans enjoy discussing stats, love to keep track of numerous achievements in running, jumping, hitting etc... This caused Fantasy sports to he very popular.
Baseball has an amazing number of trackable stats, US football and basketball as well. And especialoy stats on individual athletes, not on a team in general.
Soccer, on the other hand, doesn't. Following soccer player's efficiency requires much more beyond stats, and the stats themselves cannot accurately pinpoint all aspects of the game.
(NOTE: Of course, I am not duscussing actual gameplay, only the interest in "Monday morning quaterbacking" by the water cooler.
