Why USA never jumped the soccer bandwagon?

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Ka-pi96 said:

Abun said:

Soccer is a national sport with no personal attachment like MLB,NFL and NBA.By that I mean most cities or states have their own team,which makes it a more intimate connection.As a Raven's fan I feel closer to the team since they represent my city.I feel a since of pride when I drive near Camden yards and M&T bank stadium,plus being black I grew up playing basket ball and football or owning one of those balls like most blacks.Then you have high school and college baeball,basket ball and football.Small towns and states have their own teams with huge rivalrys.

What? The MLS is exactly like the MLB, NFL, NBA. Most cities or states do have their own team. If you can feel an intimate connection to your local MLB, NFL or NBA team why can't you your local MLS team?

The same reason why when you hear of someone dying in a train acident, you don't care. But when an actor, like say Lenard Nimoy died. You get depressed. I watched the man since I was 6. I only knew the train acident victum for 2 mins. Since the sport isn't big. You know nothing, you have no attachment. If I watched the world cup. I wouldn't care who won. I don't know who anyone is.