Soccer question for the board
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it would be our biggest achievement in American team sports history. I would think it would become much more popular in America; however, I don't think it would overtake football, basketball, baseball, in terms of popularity on the pro and college level.
population I think soccer will eventually pass baseball. It won't happen in the next 10 years but eventually it will. Youth soccer is getting bigger and a World Cup win would push it even bigger. Soccer will never replace football in this country but baseball could be overtaken in the future. In the next 40 to 50 years whites will not longer be a majority in this country and that is who plays baseball. MLS has been around for a long time and is here to stay, they are starting developmental teams for kids as young as 14 much like the minors in baseball. As the quality of American soccer gets better and our imigrant population grows I think the sport will grow in this country. jmo
My observation: No it will not immediately become a major US sport, But:
The reason that these other sports are strong is because we/everyone grew up playing them. Forty years ago,(more or less)nobody played soccer in the US.
Probably 25 or so years ago soccer started being played by kidson a local level, and it has grown in a large way. A lot of schools play it, and it continues to bea growing sport in the US.
So effectively, there is a generation that has grown up with soccer, and when they decide to support it, it's going to happen.
Now winning the WC would be a major boost.
The reason that these other sports are strong is because we/everyone grew up playing them. Forty years ago,(more or less)nobody played soccer in the US.
Probably 25 or so years ago soccer started being played by kidson a local level, and it has grown in a large way. A lot of schools play it, and it continues to bea growing sport in the US.
So effectively, there is a generation that has grown up with soccer, and when they decide to support it, it's going to happen.
Now winning the WC would be a major boost.
is very strong in some hispanic countries but by no means all of them. Even in Mexico soccer is king over baseball. Most of the MLB players are from the Caribbean and Venizuela (yea i know I can't spell) but in Central and South America soccer is king. Also we are getting a larger number of African and Asian imigrants and they play soccer. Go to a high school baseball game and see how many latinos are playing and then do the same at a high school soccer game. Huge difference with many more playing soccer.