Soccer in the United States really haas never been as big as say baseball or football but it has its fans. More or less the fans do not watch MLS soccer, or the soccer we have here in the states, they would prefere to watch the soccer played in europe. While in europe they refere to what we know as soccer as football. They have a premiere league with the top players from all over europe playing and this is more entertaining for soccer fans. Still soccer gets its biggest audience base in the US during the World Cup. The World Cup took place last summer, it is a tournament with the best 32 countries get entered into this month long tournament. they have a round robin where they play each team in there pool then the top two teams from each pool make the 16 finalists and the tournament turns into single elimination. The US was doing well this year and got alot of support from the soccer fans and non soccer fans. It brought these people to watch because they were watching their country compete. The US tried to get the next World Cup to be hosted in America so that more people would become fans and that the soccer association would make alot of money. Instead the next world cup will be held in Russia.
Did you watch the World Cup?
Should the US try to be like pther countries and have soccer as a dominating sport?
Would you go see a World Cup match if it was hosted here in the states?
Do you think Landon Donovan is a household name like Michael Phelps has become after competing for his country?
I was really into the World Cup this year. I thought the USA played great and they at least gave us a little hope. I think we are a program on the rise.
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