Football (soccer) more popular than baseball in the states ?

[KURUPTION-81]

I generally dont believe it is but i saw this interesting little fact

The 2006 World Cup final attracted more television viewers than baseball's 2005 World Series pulled in on any single night

Also

Soccer is the most popular recreational sport for boys and girls in the US. More young people play it than any other sport.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6904077.stm

If the second part is true then it wont be long till america is a major force in world football, quarter finals in the last world cup was pretty good. Already at Englands standard 

[Javier]

The World Cup games were also shown here at 6am, 9am, 12pm on the west coast.  Imagine the ratings it would have pulled if it was prime time

[KURUPTION-81]

The World Cup games were also shown here at 6am, 9am, 12pm on the west coast.  Imagine the ratings it would have pulled if it was prime time

true , the world cup final is massive worldwide.

[Real American]

There is no way soccer is more popular than baseball. Professional baseball draws 20,000-40,000 people every game over a 162 game schedule, MLS games draw 10,000 people a game over like 30 games. Half those people use free tickets.

Alot of young kids in America do play soccer, but when they get older they switch to other sports. In high schools, all the best athletes play football, baseball, and basketball. The smallest, weaknest, and nerdiest kids always play soccer, which is why it has such a bad image in the US.

[Javier]

There is no way soccer is more popular than baseball. Professional baseball draws 20,000-40,000 people every game over a 162 game schedule, MLS games draw 10,000 people a game over like 30 games. Half those people use free tickets.

Alot of young kids in America do play soccer, but when they get older they switch to other sports. In high schools, all the best athletes play football, baseball, and basketball. The smallest, weaknest, and nerdiest kids always play soccer, which is why it has such a bad image in the US.

Wait, your nerdy ass watches sport?  I figured somebody who would take so much time to be a joke poster wouldn't have time for sports. 

[eS El Duque]

MORE KIDS PLAY SOCCER THAN BASEBALL IN THE US......but most kids play multiple sports and they drift from soccer to one of the 4 major money making sports

[herpes]

MORE KIDS PLAY SOCCER THAN BASEBALL IN THE US......but most kids play multiple sports and they drift from soccer to one of the 4 major money making sports

my little brother and his friends all played soccer at 4 years old, by 6 none of them played soccer

[Lunatic]

LMAO at ANYONE thinking soccer is for the "weak and nerdy"...Soccer is the most tiring sport in the world, and is wayyyyyyyy more "manly" than base ball...I fucks with base ball, but soccer is amazing...no "weak and nerdy" sport would be the most popular sport in the world

[Canuck]

it's no that bad considering it is extremely shitty soccer drawing 10,000+ people a game, considering how far the MLS is from the Premiership or to La Liga in terms of skill

[Javier]

it's no that bad considering it is extremely shitty soccer drawing 10,000+ people a game, considering how far the MLS is from the Premiership or to La Liga in terms of skill

Yep that's very true.  Chelsea played some Korean team the other day and it was like 15,000 people. 

[Furor Teutonicus]

it's no that bad considering it is extremely shitty soccer drawing 10,000+ people a game, considering how far the MLS is from the Premiership or to La Liga in terms of skill

Yep that's very true.  Chelsea played some Korean team the other day and it was like 15,000 people. 

clubs with tradition attract 60.000-80.000 people here in Germany. I can't understand why the world cup increased the interest in soccer in the US. Almost everywhere in the world soccer is no 1 sport

and lol at soccer as sport for weak and nerdy kids

[da_notorious_mack]

lol@callin it soccer


its football

and its fuckin great!!!!!!!!!

[Sanford - V. President of the Dangerous Crew Movement]

i think baseball is the most boring sport we have in the states.  i dont know how those players get paid that kind of money.

soccer will never get as big as the other south American and European countries.  over here, the American culture associates sports with breaks, commercials, and advertisements.  nobody wants to run without breaks. 

soccer>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>baseball.

however, the casual American would try to defend the differ.  i dont blame them because they are conditioned to look past a sport that has constant play.

[Maestro Minded]

i wouldnt call an activity where the "attacking team only" have one man on the pitch while maybe 10 others (dont know exactly) are sidelined for "sport" .. but thats just my opinion and nothing i would like to start a discussion over...
ive actually given both baseball and american rugby opportunities... i've tried to watch superbow,, twice... its like being bored to death

[Real American]

Soccer is popular with little kids because it is so simple to play....running around kicking a ball. But when they get older and more cordinated than they move on to to more challenging sports like baseball, basketball, and (American) football. Those sports are alot harder to play.

Basically, it goes like this: Americans are never going to accept socccer no matter how much it is promoted. Just like Europeans are never going to accept American football no matter how much the NFL promites it over there. People prefer the sport that they have been playing for centuries and they have lots of tradition.