[Tatze]

Not really a surprise. Soccer is just never going to be as big in the US as baseball, football, basketball or hockey.

[agere_contra]

just 5% of the nation’s adults thought it was very likely the U.S. team would win the tournament.

Well, that's a bit of a straw-man. I'm suprised that anyone thought this. In the first round the rule is: Brazil, Argentina, Italy are "very likely to win the World Cup" - no one else is!

[cripplecreek]

It would be hard to tear Americans away from football, NASCAR, and baseball. I'm sure Basketball ranks right up there among them as well.

In many of the "soccer countries", soccer is really the only pro sport that draws much of a crowd anyway.

[BallyBill]

I've watched about 10 hours, mostly cause there isn't much on during the day. It is hard to watch grown men roll around on the ground in pain because someone tripped them.

I keep thinking about L.T. snapping Theismans leg every time these guys roll around in "pain"

[Go Army.com]

Following what?

[Lokibob]

 "The Super Bowl remains the biggest sport championship"

 

Crock.  NASCAR beats them all.  And the championship is on the line every week with the points leader changing.

 

Scoocr, football, NBA would drool to get 100,000 rabid fans in every sunday.

[Neoliberalnot]

No wonder, the most boring game in the U.S. has to be soccer. I was forced to play it for several years from grade school to HS in CA back in the 60s. We all hated it then and couldn't wait for football, Bball, softball, and wrestling.

[Hoodlum91]

Did the US have a team? Who's playing?

[KarlInOhio]

I only watched enough to see if the British would do more damage to German cities than they did in 1944. These young punks just aren't following in their grandfathers' legacy.

[4yearlurker]

I like the Monty Python soccer better.

[rightinthemiddle]

Soccer.

Easy to understand. It's "intenational." Don't need hand/eye coordination. It's safer than may other sports. All the "soccer parents" who didn't play baseball or football as a kid love it. It's unisex. The uniforms look very "Euro." Ties are celebrated.

Soccer. The perfect Liberal sport.

[stainlessbanner]

6%!

[wny]

what's the World Cup?

[P-40]

I thought the World Cup was a sailing thing...

[RonF]

They say that 6% of Americans are following the tournament closely? I wonder; is that 6% of Americans, or 6% of people in America? I bet there's a significant difference.

[NavyCanDo]

Soccer is fine for kids sports, but Real Football is played on the gridiron.

[mtbopfuyn]

What's a World Cup?

[RayChuang88]

Here's the differece between the USA and most of the world in sports--in most of the world, soccer is pretty much it when it comes to organized sports for a whole country. This isn't like the USA, where these major sports--American football, baseball and basketball, and to a lesser extent hockey--compete for the best athletes and fan support.

[San Jacinto]

"POLL: Only 6% of Americans are closely following the World Cup..."

And only 2% of those spoke English

[CatoRenasci]

Actually, I am surprised - that the number is that high!

Polling must have been done in urban metrosexual areas.

[The South Texan]

Soccer is a wimp sport and that is why it is so popular in Europe and some of the socialist countries in Latin America. I tried watching some of the WC and I turned off after seeing two players get bumped and then they put them on a stretcher later to return a minute later. What a bunch of drama kings! No wonder liberals love the sport.