To: swilhelm73
I grew up in a big-time soccer town (and was a youth soccer teammate of two players from the 1994 World Cup team), and I find it one of the dullest sports to watch. The problem isn't so much a lack of scoring -- it's a lack of
scoring chances.
I would also point out that soccer is not popular in the U.S. for the same reason that baseball is losing its popularity: It simply has a reputation for being a Third World sport.
3 posted on
08/03/2004 3:18:47 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium . . . sed ego sum homo indomitus")
To: Alberta's Child
It simply has a reputation for being a Third World sport.
strange -- football's biggest market is in Europe, in England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany
46 posted on
08/03/2004 3:51:00 PM PDT by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: Alberta's Child
By that line of reasoning, would'nt basketball and football be losing popularity because they are seen as "ghetto" sports.
Oh, I forgot. In our contemporary cultural cesspool, Hip Hop is the most popular form of music...
To: Alberta's Child
I would also point out that soccer is not popular in the U.S. for the same reason that baseball is losing its popularity: It simply has a reputation for being a Third World sport. No, it's just boring.
119 posted on
08/03/2004 9:18:12 PM PDT by
freedumb2003
(I want to die in my sleep like Gramps -- not yelling and screaming like those in his car)
To: Alberta's Child
The problem isn't so much a lack of scoring -- it's a lack of scoring chances. Great point. You turn on a soccer game, and likely as not, the ball is in the middle of the field where the chance to score is negligible. Hard to keep you're attention that way.
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