I think it's the baltimore blast lol but they don't even promote it.Growing up in the city there is not much grass to play soccer and not gaols.It is easier to get a basket ball or a football and just run around out back or throw the football around.

Stop calling it soccer, dammit.

all to do with infomercials.

there is no time outs in soccer or long stopages of play between fouls and plays.

Advertising companies can't milk the sport as much so no one pushes it as the world game..

ok back to reality. it will take time to grow like in other countries that soccer has not been the dominant sport.

I mean...that's definitely not the reason that it's not popular in the US. It might be partially the reason. But certainly not the reason.

you're both right. There is no single reason why. Just a multitude of reasons. While I agree the commericial aspect is not the biggest reason, I think it directly reflects networks willingness to exposure of the sport.

The less something is on TV, the less popular it will be and vice versa. If there is a higher profit margin in one sport over another in a minnow sport, a big network will likely sacrifice the time to the one that will yield more money.

Americans and Europeans alike need to learn the superiority of Gaelic sports though!

What's wrong with Soccer?  What's your problem with the sport of Soccer?  I played Soccer as a kid.  Soccer was a great deal of fun, in camp, after school, tons of soccer.  Probably played more Soccer when I was younger, than I did any other sport.  Kind of strange really, when you think about it.  My interest in soccer didn't really carry over into adulthood.

It's simply natural that the U.S. would wind up different from Europe. As for spelling, there was a time when there was no true standard for spelling, and when early dictionaries began being compiled and circulated they often favored (as they should) the local spelling. When you add in the difference in accents it's actually more surprising that we have as much in common as we do lol

Well that is hardly surprising, cricket is by far the number one sport in india and with a population in excess of a billion people it would be strange for it not to be the largest chunk of revenue. cricket though is popular throughout most of the world, especially the Australasia, UK region, africa.

In school, we used our bags for goal posts and a crushed can for a ball, but it's kind of dangerous because it has sharp edges. Almost lost an eye once.

he means it should be called football. its true name lol.