Guest toon tone rudeboy Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 For the so called, soccer to be famous theyre gonna have to split the game into like 6 different quarters, so these fat b****** can go buy hot dogs every 15 minute. Otherwise the fans will never be happy, this ofcourse isnt everyone but how many in the states watch soccer daily? couple of hundred thousand? I think that "soccer" here will get better due to the fan base that the MLS has. Currently it is mainly built on hispanic and other immigrant groups. When it comes to national teams they will follow their home countries (I went to the US v. Ecuador friendly and the American fans were outnumbered at least 3 to 1) but over time they would see that their home country will become the US team instead of Ecuador/Mexico/Venezuela etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Not impresed in the slightest. Angel scoring in the MLS is the same as scoring in the Villa reserve team vs. someone like Oxford Utd or Darlo in preseason... As for Lalas, give the guy credit, he's got the mustard to bring golden balls over, but to spend all that money on one past it player when he could have signed 1/2 of Real's starting 11 for that much? That's not to mention all the follow on's Becks is getting from the Galaxy and MLS when he retires- insane really. As for the States taking soccer in, well, Americans' attention span is much less than others so its the lack of speed, goals and commercial breaks in the game which have most people look elsewhere for entertainment. The NHL found this out and revamped their rules and the league is doing very well. Most of the MLS games I've watched this year chances and goals are a plenty. It's mainly due to horrible defending, but it's entertaining from an attacking perspective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Not impresed in the slightest. Angel scoring in the MLS is the same as scoring in the Villa reserve team vs. someone like Oxford Utd or Darlo in preseason... As for Lalas, give the guy credit, he's got the mustard to bring golden balls over, but to spend all that money on one past it player when he could have signed 1/2 of Real's starting 11 for that much? That's not to mention all the follow on's Becks is getting from the Galaxy and MLS when he retires- insane really. As for the States taking soccer in, well, Americans' attention span is much less than others so its the lack of speed, goals and commercial breaks in the game which have most people look elsewhere for entertainment. The NHL found this out and revamped their rules and the league is doing very well. (1) Angel is shit. He will stand out in MLS. (2) Lalas didn't bring Beckham over. The league brought Beckham over-- its a single entity. Prior to being the GM of the Galaxy, he was the GM of the San Jose Earthquakes and the New York Metrostars. He's a an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill. (3) The attention span argument is bull shit. It has nothing to do with attention span. Look at how many Americans watch golf on television. There are a lot of historical and cultural reasons why football/soccer languishes behind other games in the US-- but "attention span" is not one of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Not impresed in the slightest. Angel scoring in the MLS is the same as scoring in the Villa reserve team vs. someone like Oxford Utd or Darlo in preseason... As for Lalas, give the guy credit, he's got the mustard to bring golden balls over, but to spend all that money on one past it player when he could have signed 1/2 of Real's starting 11 for that much? That's not to mention all the follow on's Becks is getting from the Galaxy and MLS when he retires- insane really. As for the States taking soccer in, well, Americans' attention span is much less than others so its the lack of speed, goals and commercial breaks in the game which have most people look elsewhere for entertainment. The NHL found this out and revamped their rules and the league is doing very well. No it's not, teams are still losing money, attendance is down and guess what, MLS draws more ratings in the States than the NHL does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Not impresed in the slightest. Angel scoring in the MLS is the same as scoring in the Villa reserve team vs. someone like Oxford Utd or Darlo in preseason... As for Lalas, give the guy credit, he's got the mustard to bring golden balls over, but to spend all that money on one past it player when he could have signed 1/2 of Real's starting 11 for that much? That's not to mention all the follow on's Becks is getting from the Galaxy and MLS when he retires- insane really. As for the States taking soccer in, well, Americans' attention span is much less than others so its the lack of speed, goals and commercial breaks in the game which have most people look elsewhere for entertainment. The NHL found this out and revamped their rules and the league is doing very well. (1) Angel is s***. He will stand out in MLS. (2) Lalas didn't bring Beckham over. The league brought Beckham over-- its a single entity. Prior to being the GM of the Galaxy, he was the GM of the San Jose Earthquakes and the New York Metrostars. He's a an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill. (3) The attention span argument is bull s***. It has nothing to do with attention span. Look at how many Americans watch golf on television. There are a lot of historical and cultural reasons why football/soccer languishes behind other games in the US-- but "attention span" is not one of them. and baseball, the worst sport ever invented. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toon tone rudeboy Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 The NHL is actually doing rather badly after the player strike a couple of years ago. Same with baseball. Good point on the attention span gazza. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest efullerton Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 As for the States taking soccer in, well, Americans' attention span is much less than others so its the lack of speed, goals and commercial breaks in the game which have most people look elsewhere for entertainment. The NHL found this out and revamped their rules and the league is doing very well. That's an absurd generalization about a country which has the most diverse population in the world. Sports fans are the same everywhere, they enjoy the tradition and the hometown flag waving that goes along with it. As tradition builds more people will be interested in it. The comparison to the NHL is specious, the NHL is not doing well and has faded from the position of what was once considered a fourth major sport because of a variety of reasons which include over-expansion and dilution of the talent pool, the fact that it is not played at a youth level in 85% of the country, and not least because it is a terrible tv sport (though amazing in person) and thus not financially competitive against the "Big 3" as it lacks a major tv contract (in comparison, canny management as moved the MLS to the point where every game is now on TV). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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