If I wanted to watch somebody struggle to score for 90 minutes, I'd take my friends out to the bar.
* I don't want much of any TV sports.
I'd much rather watch hockey, baseball, football or golf...
Soccer is boring as hell...
JMHO
Buncha bastids, I tell ya!
Oh yeah, soccer. I don't watch it too much
Bourbon and cigars are not far behind, but- soccer is it.
I understand the haters. Use to be one. It would help if the USA Men's team was better and the MLS wasn't a totally awful product. The USMT is getting better.
Seven or so months away from the Women's World Cup. More people watch that as the USA have won the cup. They are excellent.
Any idea why the men aren’t Better? I realize they played well this year but this is Merica damnit. I expect us to win.
Jakethesnake86 wrote:
Americans grow up to throw, catch, shoot, swing a bat, not kick a ball with your instep (…”instep”? Where is that?…) or dribble a ball (…with your FEET?!?!…) around the coffee table. And then there’s the money aspect. I don’t know how much someone like Christian Pulisic makes but I imagine it pails in comparison to what the top basketball, football and baseball players make. So if you’re a good sized kid with great speed / hands / eye-hand coordination with major next-level potential, what sport would you choose?
Basketball requires great height to play for money
So that leaves baseball and soccer. I played baseball but I don’t think I had the cardio for soccer but I may have if I tryed.
I wonder if it’s just a culture thing. Soccer is becoming wildly popular now days with the younger generation. I wonder if that will translate to professional levels in years to come?
This has me perplexed. As the most popular sport in the world. Our ladies are very good soccer players.
Title IX opened up a lot of opportunities for females. Prior to that there weren’t too many sports for girls. I think maybe other countries don’t provide the same chances?
Not enough of them play against the best in the world on a regular basis. The American soccer league (MLS) is maybe the 9th or 10th best league in the world. In past years, the USA team had maybe three starters from the European leagues. Now there are five or six. They are in the ascendency.
Four years from now, they could conceivably make it to the quarterfinals.
As long as they qualify. They'll be fine unless they end up playing a real world beater, like Trinidad & Tobago.
