Naysayers can whistle past the graveyard if they want. The fact of the matter remains that the USA/Portugal World Cup game drew 21 million viewers.
That’s more than watched the deciding game of the World Series (19.2 million viewers) and the deciding game of the NBA Finals (18 million viewers) — and baseball and basketball were aired by Big Four networks.
There are three million youth soccer players in the United States. Deride it if you will. The next generation sure doesn’t.
(I just wish we had played better against Motherwell!) WATP
Ok, I’ll deride it. It stinks.
>> the USA/Portugal World Cup game drew 21 million viewers. That’s more than watched the deciding game of the World Series (19.2 million viewers) and the deciding game of the NBA Finals (18 million viewers)
WOO HOO! Two (Bronx) cheers for soccer!
Say, Colonel, I wonder why you compared world cup views with baseball and basketball, but left out REAL AMERICAN football. But now I know:
“NBC announced on Monday that the Patriots 28-24 last second victory over the Seattle Seahawks drew an average audience of 114.4 million viewers. This makes Super Bowl XLIX the most watched broadcast in U.S. TV history.”
source: http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/02/media/super-bowl-ratings/
One hundred fourteen million viewers of REAL FOOTBALL!
Nearly two times the viewers of the world cup game, world series and NBA Final... COMBINED.
In America, real American football is still king! And will remain so.