no magazine or tv show ever cared about soccer. hockey, as unpopular as it is compared to other sports, did have a loyal following back in gretzky's day. and he was the king of hockey.
like i said, if pele couldn't do it for US soccer in the 70's, no one can do it.
He didn’t really make the effort, period. I wouldn’t say nobody cared there was a LOT of coverage in the sports press of him coming over.
It’s not a question of doing it for soccer. He’s getting paid 6.5 million a year (plus whatever up front there was) to make the Galaxy more popular, he’s played in maybe a third of their games since signing, and their attendance is 25% lower. He’s a bust.