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DawgatAuburn

DawgatAuburn

All-Conference
Apr 25, 2006
11,177
2,290
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The biggest US Men's Soccer game in ??? years had fewer TV viewers than a Sunday night regular season matchup between two teams from New York? Or is the point to show that even when it is a huge game, soccer won't outdraw regular season baseball? A more valid comparison in my mind would be ALCS or NLCS games, not just a run of the mill regular season game.
 
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Coach34

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Jul 20, 2012
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obviously that one game was higher...but give me some everyday MLS rankings...I said "soccer"...i didnt say one particular game
 
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RebelBruiser

Redshirt
Aug 21, 2007
7,349
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A better comparison would be a Gold Medal women's basketball game at either the Olympics or the World Championships.

I don't even know where you would find MLS regular season soccer on TV, and I doubt it's ratings are very good.
 
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Coach34

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Jul 20, 2012
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"ESPN reports a 0.2 average household cable
rating for "MLS Primetime Thursday."

thats from 2007...and thats lower than women's basketball
 
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RebelBruiser

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Aug 21, 2007
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I could be wrong about that, and I know that European league (UEFA maybe?) is really the top profesionally league. Are those games even broadcast in the US on cable networks?
 
dawgstudent

dawgstudent

Heisman
Apr 15, 2003
40,683
22,781
113
and when you best American players don't play in the American league, then something is up.
 
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bonedaddy401

Redshirt
Aug 3, 2012
4,664
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Sports fans know that MLS is a bull **** league compared to Euro soccer therefore they don't watch it. World Cup will be a different story.
 
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CEO2044

Senior
May 11, 2009
1,945
618
113
MLS? Yeah, because it's like a third tier soccer league. I don't even watch MLS, and I'm a big soccer fan- I watch EPL, and this was the first year I had a channel that carried their games- most of the channels carrying these games are ones you have to buy, though I do think Fox just bought the rights to the Champions League games.

I've heard rumors of ESPN doing something like that, but I can't remember anymore.
 
dawgstudent

dawgstudent

Heisman
Apr 15, 2003
40,683
22,781
113
I wonder what the TV Ratings are for Team USA basketball qualifiers. I bet not as high as soccer.

Q: How do I know this?
A: Chris Berman.
 
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patdog

Heisman
May 28, 2007
61,150
32,738
113
Fox Soccer Channel averaged a 0.2 rating for EPL games and a 0.3 rating for FA Cup games. That's very comparable to womens basketball despite the fact FSC is not available to nearly as many homes as ESPN is.
 
HD6

HD6

Sophomore
Apr 8, 2003
10,019
108
63
That would be comparable to the MLS.

Knows a lot about sports, huh? He's your boy.
 
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Coach34

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Jul 20, 2012
20,283
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HD6 said:
That would be comparable to the MLS.

Knows a lot about sports, huh? He's your boy.
Click to expand...

Isnt MLS the top pro soccer league in the US? How does the NBDL compare to that? And you are talking about MY sports knowledge? wow</p>
 
HD6

HD6

Sophomore
Apr 8, 2003
10,019
108
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the NBDL is about on par talent wise with the MLS. A league full of guys that can't hack it at the top level, with the occasional prospect that will end up on a bigger stage eventually, although a role player at best.

Question, can we look at attendance figures to determine league relevancy?</p>
 
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Coach34

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Jul 20, 2012
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and you are right on the talent issue- but the fact remains MLS is the top league in the US- and nobody gives a ****..and its going to be at least another 25 years before soccer can even remotely become relevant in the US</p>
 
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bonedaddy401

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Aug 3, 2012
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as long as we have the NFL, NBA and MLB. It just won't. Even if we won the World Cup soccer may become more popular here but instead of people paying attention to MLS they will pay attention to Euro Soccer where the big boys play.
 
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Coach34

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Jul 20, 2012
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that until they start getting some TV ratings and the money flows into it, soccer is going to continue to lag. We are still a generation away from that being possible
 
HD6

HD6

Sophomore
Apr 8, 2003
10,019
108
63
just out of curiousity, what do you think the WNBA would be getting rating wise if the NBA didn't force it's inclusion in signing a TV deal with anyone? At least MLS is chugging along on it's own.</p>
 
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Dawgfan61

Sophomore
Mar 2, 2008
746
113
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otherwise you are inaccurate. NFL is the best football league in the world. CFL might be second, then Arena with Arena2 (what Tupelo plays in) a distant fourth. MLS isnt even Arena2. With that being said I hate watching soccer but I would cheer on the US in ANYTHING against the best team in the world in that particular sport, I don't care if we are talking dwarf tossing...
 
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CEO2044

Senior
May 11, 2009
1,945
618
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Well, I will say, in the ONLY World Cup that I remember the US hosting (women in 1999), the championship final had an attendance of over 90,000.

The Super Bowl that same year had an attendance of over 74,000.

Now, say what you want, but those are two "world championships" supposedly.
 
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RebelBruiser

Redshirt
Aug 21, 2007
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Regardless, comparing ratings for the US team in an international championship soccer match against a regular season WNBA game isn't a good comparison. It'd be better if you had a World Championship or Olympic Gold Medal game for the US women's team to use for comparison.
 
dawgstudent

dawgstudent

Heisman
Apr 15, 2003
40,683
22,781
113
considering that I highly doubt the World Championship for women gets put on TV. And Olympics is a network broadcast.
 
HD6

HD6

Sophomore
Apr 8, 2003
10,019
108
63
is which stadium is used. Wasn't the World Cup final at the Rose Bowl? The Super Bowl will sell out whatever venue you put it in.
 
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CEO2044

Senior
May 11, 2009
1,945
618
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No, I understand and agree. Still, it's the best I had to go by.

Both probably sold out. And that is women's soccer which usually does not pull as many as men do- however, that was a special year. Still, I'd be interested in what the men could pull if we won a World Cup bid. And 90,000 at any event kind of validates its relevancy.
 
Maroon Eagle

Maroon Eagle

All-American
May 24, 2006
18,665
8,682
102
1999 Women's World Cup Final (Rose Bowl)
Attendance -- 90,185; Capacity -- 92.542; Filled to capacity -- 97.45%

1999 Super Bowl XXXIII (Joe Robbie/Pro Player/LandShark)
Attendance -- 74.803; Capacity -- 76,500; Filled to capacity -- 97.78%

For the heck of it...

1994 World Cup Final (Rose Bowl)
Attendance -- 94,194; Capacity -- 92.542; Filled to capacity -- 101.79%
 
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Coach34

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Jul 20, 2012
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the SB will sellout wherever it is, and the Cup was in the Rose Bowl...and as Colin Cowherd said today- women's soccer rode that all popularity in the US from that win to see the pro women's league go under just a few years later

People may watch some of the big events because it is a novelty, but everyday soccer is decades away from being a popular, marketable sport in the US
 
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