| theprof00 said: Not sure if it's been said yet, but the real reason why nobody likes soccer is because theyre not told to like soccer. |
Except, of course, the millions of Americans and Canadians who do like soccer. The biggest issue the sport has, as this thread shows, is perception.
People think nobody likes soccer because they are told nobody likes soccer.
Ignore the thousands of people every week who attend and watch league and international matches. Ignore the fact that television contracts for foriegn and domestic leagues have exploded in past decade. Ignore that the World Cup is now one of the most viewed events in the country. 17 million people watched the US play England in 2010, 19 million watched the US play Ghana. The average viewer was in their 30s.
Massives companies like Nike, Adidas and Pepsi do not dump millions into a sport no one likes. We are simply a massive country with enough space for multiple sports. I think in the next two or three World Cups we will see the break through where the general public realize the tremendous progress made since 1994.
