Yeah, but soccer`s been a marginal sport in the U.S. for like 75 years! That`s a wide assed margin. To each his own I guess.
MLS is a 9-year old league. More and more teams have their own soccer specific stadiums. MLS beats NHL in ratings and attendance. MLS expands by 2 teams next year. . .
Look at the NBA in the early 1980's. The finals were shown on tape delay late at night on CBS. Do you think people then said "this will never catch on"? Sure. Did they look stupid when it did? Yep.
Twenty plus years ago, baseball was truly the national pasttime. Now? NFL has got MLB beat. You think people back in the late 1970's were thinking "no sport will ever catch up with MLB"? Yep. Did they look stupid when NFL surpassed it? Yep.
MLS is here to stay and grow . . .