The U.S. was still being the 17-year-old skater punk rebelling against their uptight parents when they shunned soccer and made up their own sports.
If the U.S. does well this World Cup I think soccer interest is going to rise quite a bit here. Far away from becoming as popular as American football, but it should see a rise. They've played well recently, and the cheap prices at MLS games (along with teams in places where there isn't anything else to do) really helped. So, yeah, I think that it will really pick up when more cunning business strategies are created, and anyone hoping for that should hope the U.S. doesn't flame out here in the first round.
It helps that in England AFAIK the only other "major" sport is cricket; is that true? Here you have soccer trying to compete with 3 other sports.
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