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>>77643387

What has it taken over?

Shit struggles to beat women's softball in the ratings.

>>77643387

Fuck off fag.

>taking over
what?

>>77643387
I love footy
sometimes i'll even put a cheeky tenner on an underdog in a match

>>77643411
The MLS has higher average attendance than the nba and nhl moron

>>77643387
>it's taking over
Soccer isn't taking over. *Kids* have always been active in soccer. Re-post when soccer is more popular than Football or Basketball (in the south).

It would be nice if soccer was more popular. Most of the world loves soccer and most countries don't care for the sports we love. I only started watching it because of /sp/ but I only watch during the world cup.

Soccer would be less annoying to watch if there was less flopping (same issue as NBA) and they stopped the clock when the ball goes out of bounds.

>>77643530
Re-post when soccer is more popular than high school Football or Basketball (in the south).*

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>>77643511

Mlels is played in stadiums. And gate receipts are only a small portion of team revenue.

TV is where the money is at and where you get a more accurate gauge of which sports Americans actually like (people will go watch a soccer game for something to do, not necessarily because they care about watching a few twinks jogging around).

MLS hasn't grown at all on TV.

300Kish viewers. That's like bowling numbers. Lol.

>>77643553
What about foreign leagues?

>>77643561

Only one that can constantly do north of 1 million is Liga MX. The Mexican league. For obvious reasons (we have millions of Mexican illegals).

Premier League does about 400K average. Women's golf, women's basketball level.

I embraced it before it was cool

American soccer success depends entirely on the immigrant.

>>77643578
>Premier League does about 400K average.
This number surprises me. They play those games Saturday afternoons on NBC right? I would have imagined them doing better than that. I would watch some of those games from time to time just because I was so desperate to watch some sports.

I would have expected them to higher. Color me surprised.

>>77643578
I'd guess it has alot to do with time zones regarding Liga Mex being the most popular

>>77643578
if you combine all european leagues and the mls the number isn't that bad. Face it Cletus, niggerball is going to be banned soon and soccer will replace it.

>>77643608
What, they don't air the games live?

>>77643608

they do have to go head to head with college football in the fall

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>>77643615

>Americans only post please.

>>77643631
they do, idk what that anon meant

>>77643649
wait lol is this real?

>>77643649

curses

>>77643649
oh

>>77643387
When my kid brother, wearing a Barca shirt, was asked by a rando about his thoughts on losing neymar while at a gas station somewhere in the boonies of Texas.

Personally, I was surprised at how much I looked forward to and enjoyed the start to the EPL.

The Spanish Super Cup was fucking awesome as well. Easily the most entertaining sporting event in months

>>77643619

Liga MX, MLels, and EPL won't be unique viewers. Viewership crosses over. Mexicans like MLS too. It does decently on Spanish language TV,

Face it, pro soccer is about on the level of women's basketball.

>The 2017 NCAA Women’s National Championship between Mississippi State and South Carolina (April 2, 2017 at 6 p.m. on ESPN) averaged a total live audience (TV + Streaming) of 3,886,000 viewers,

>The second leg of the Liga MX Clausura final between Chivas and Tigres averaged 2.8 million viewers on Univision and Univision Deportes,

When NBC started to show premier league matches, and FOX and ESPN started showing European matches

soccer is both the funnest sport to play and watch. it's also the easiest to get into, which is why the entire world watches

american /sp/ cannot accept this redpill

>>77643631
>What, they don't air the games live?
I thought they were live. It there a delay?

>>77643652
>they do, idk what that anon meant
What is it about my post that is causing confusion? Are the games I watched on NBC not live?

I only posted because I was surprised about the low viewership for a popular English league.

The 4 major US sports have organized and natural stoppages to sell ads, incentive for TV networks to air them
>supply creates demand

But due to its continuous play and zero stoppage, soccer hasn't any spaces to sell ads, that's why TV networks hate this sport and don't air it
>no supply, no demand

>>77644251
>TV networks hate this sport and don't air it
But networks do air it.

>>77643796
it can admittedly be quite a drag to watch sometimes but the beauty of it is that the scarcity of goals make each one a massive emotional impact, so even a horribly drawn out nil nil can end satisfyingly when your dude fucking bloots it in the 92nd minute

I've lived in 7 different major US cities throughout my life and have visited 48 states at one point or another on business. I meet thousands of different people a year and usually break the ice with small talk about sports. Out of all the people I've met in this country over the years, literally one individual gave two shits about soccer in any capacity. He claimed to be an Arsenal fan. I don't know who these American proxies are that are trying to shill the sport on this board, but it's egregiously disingenuous. If these posters are for real, at the very least, they are non-existent in the business sector (i.e. people who actually have and spend money).

The fact is, soccer has and will always remain an activity for children in this country, a reason for mothers to get out of the house and gossip with each other while the kids play a non-contact game chasing a ball around. Youth soccer season runs almost year round, so it has that advantage over other youth sports. Once kids are old enough, though, they almost without exception drop it to focus more intently on our adult sports. This post isn't meant to trigger soccer fans into replying to it, whether you're really from America, or some international fan reading this. It's just the way it is here. The more you know.

>>77643387
sawker isnt "taking over" the popularity has always been there, it just wasnt as easy to watch and follow euro sawker as it is now.

>>77644402
I like the Timbers, and more of those moms you mentioned are saying 'fuck no' to football and hockey. So that leaves basketball, baseball, and track as the biggest sports, more or less. Baseball is dying, and that removes the only other Summer sport to challenge soccer.

>>77644402
this pasta should be posted more often