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They'll never become celebrities in the way foreign football stars are icons in their homelands but they have talent.

If they have success I do not see any reason why they should not become popular. The American lack of interest in soccer is in close relation to the permanent failure of its teams. If this depression could be overcomed this wonderful sport will conquer the hearts of the American sportsmen.

BTW - it is the same thing with baseball on our side of the Atlantic. This is something most Germans smile about since they think it is girlish, unsportive and American BS. A sport for elderly men with beerbellies. A dumb prejudice of (in this case European) dumbheads.

We all should be more open since then we will have more fun. :-)

"If they have success I do not see any reason why they should not become popular."

Wrong.
American can win the World Cup, and soccer is still going to be behind, the NBA, NFL, MLB and even the NHL.
Might give soccer a bit of a boost for about a year, and that will be it.
After all we did better than Mexico in the last World Cup, clobbering then 2-0 to advance to the quarter finals, yet soccer is far far far more popular in Mexico than it is in America.