Yes but it has to be put in context.

May 20, 2018
12:36:35pm

JmThms Walk-on

Like ticket prices are much lower for the most part. But MLS is growing and doing pretty well. Soccer and MLS in the U.S is almost always in far better shape than the soccer deniers proclaim.

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POLL: Who do you think will win the World Cup?

mobomanjoe

5/17/18 9:47pm

germany wins every year

dryflyelk

5/17/18 9:47pm

Every year, impressive

Crush4

5/17/18 9:51pm

Well, once since 1990, anyway.

chilango

5/17/18 9:59pm

Remember Gary Lineker's quote:

JmThms

5/18/18 12:39am

No USA?

UberDeek

5/17/18 9:49pm

It's hard to see a way they make it to the finals

Non-donor troll

5/17/18 10:03pm

All the Klinns horses and all the Klinnsmen...

UberDeek

5/17/18 10:22pm

Uruguay noma

Cougarealist

5/17/18 9:54pm

I selected other. Because I live in a free country.

RSL

5/17/18 9:56pm

I selected other, because I think the Chicago Fire will win.

Wadds

5/17/18 10:02pm

I change my free country stuff to this. If the media thinks it, I do too.

RSL

5/17/18 10:05pm

RE: I change my free country stuff to this. If the media thinks it, I do too.

Wadds

5/17/18 10:08pm

Not the USA

BigYfan

5/17/18 10:07pm

Who freaking cares. This is the USA!

BYURider

5/17/18 10:30pm

Maybe if the USA cared, we’d be in the World Cup

Y2k

5/18/18 5:02am

That's the point. Soccer takes a back, back, back seat to

BYURider

5/18/18 6:48am

Probably #4 sport right now and chasing down baseball.

mobomanjoe

5/18/18 7:16am

At least in our area, more and more of the best athletes are choosing soccer. And yes, my kids have little interest in

Odysseus

5/18/18 7:33am

Just curious, why don't your kids like the MLS? There is plenty of room for both

hadmonster

5/18/18 7:54am

Not being in a MLS market is probably part of it (Columbus & DC are 3-4 hours away). Also, they're big into

Odysseus

5/18/18 8:13am

Gotcha. Being that far from a team would be tough to be passionate

hadmonster

5/18/18 8:22am

NHL is very regional. Most of the country doesn't watch at all. But in a lot of

Dynasty1

5/18/18 7:57am

Yes. Interesting perusal of a hockey discussion forum a few years ago...

JmThms

5/18/18 11:26am

Already great evidence to demonstrate this.

JmThms

5/18/18 11:12am

yes. soccer has grown, but nearly as much as everyone has told us it has grown!

BYURider

5/18/18 12:16pm

False!

JmThms

5/18/18 12:53pm

First, I only care about the USA, not the world.

BYURider

5/18/18 1:30pm

Where to begin. where to begin.........

JmThms

5/18/18 2:37pm

I meant no one hear claimed soccer is most popular in USA.

JmThms

5/18/18 2:38pm

One non-numerical way to gauge this is to go to ESPN

mobomanjoe

5/18/18 1:18pm

Here’s one way I gauge this. Utah has an NBA team and an MLS team.

Y2k

5/19/18 3:47pm

You’re making the mistake of equating soccer with MLS. Of course soccer includes

chilango

5/19/18 6:48pm

Yes what Chilango said, but also counter to your argument

JmThms

5/20/18 1:21am

Here’s an explanation as to why MLS doesn’t compare to popularity

Y2k

5/20/18 2:48am

That’s a lot of acrobatics to twist your way around facts and data, trying to

chilango

5/20/18 5:36am

I can’t believe you think hockey is more popular than soccer

mobomanjoe

5/20/18 6:00am

Wow! your argument is a study in rationalization and selective thinking!

JmThms

5/20/18 8:25am

Great points, also to boil it down even further for the point about cost of

hadmonster

5/21/18 7:25am

If someone gives you free hockey tickets you better go.

Y2k

5/22/18 1:59am

I've been to NHL games before. If I was given free tickets I would go. My point

hadmonster

5/22/18 7:02am

I've seen hockey. I'll choose indoor soccer if its just a sport comparison.

JmThms

5/22/18 7:08am

Great post.

chilango

5/20/18 5:30am

Ok, Grandpa.

chilango

5/18/18 7:47am

You're a dying breed...

hadmonster

5/18/18 7:52am

Nope. Soccer will NEVER come close to competing

BYURider

5/18/18 8:15am

It already is

Dynasty1

5/18/18 8:21am

You're too funny man.

hadmonster

5/18/18 8:23am

I've got some bad news for you

Cougarealist

5/18/18 8:25am

Not in the USA.

BYURider

5/18/18 8:40am

You're seriously a laugh a minute. Now is much, much different than the 70s

hadmonster

5/18/18 8:52am

I just talking about the USA

BYURider

5/18/18 9:00am

MLS attendance is higher than NBA and NHL

Cougarealist

5/18/18 9:04am

For real?

GOR

5/20/18 9:57am

Yes but it has to be put in context.

JmThms

5/20/18 12:36pm

lol

RSL

5/18/18 9:05am

I'm very aware of what you're saying. You're just off base

hadmonster

5/18/18 9:18am

It already is.

chilango

5/20/18 10:30am

Yep. Baseball and No Strategy NBA are Way more Exciting. LOL

Uncle Bluto

5/18/18 9:05am

Games decided on court/field, not penalty kicks.

BYURider

5/18/18 9:11am

It is, but its dying

Cougarealist

5/18/18 9:12am

I love football too. There is room in my heart for both. But concussions

hadmonster

5/18/18 9:20am

The USA is so insular in some ways. ESPN did a survey of the top 100 athletes

JmThms

5/18/18 1:32pm

In the world? American football doesn't even crack the top 10

RSL

5/18/18 10:15am

Funny that rugby does though. Another sport that is gaining popularity in the US

hadmonster

5/18/18 10:23am

Yes FOOTBALL is the greatest sport in the WORLD!

JmThms

5/18/18 11:29am

Oh here we go again. Another real live soccer hater.

JmThms

5/18/18 11:04am

HS in the 70s, sounds about right. The world has changed in the last 40 years,

chilango

5/18/18 7:06pm

He came in trolling get us soccer fans.

JmThms

5/18/18 7:12pm

No i didn't. Whats your favorite sport?

BYURider

5/18/18 8:46pm

Then one would wonder

JmThms

5/19/18 12:56am

RE: Nope. Soccer will NEVER come close to competing

RSL

5/18/18 8:26am

Already is. Consult the latest Gallup poll. Sorry, but the trajectory doesn't

JmThms

5/18/18 11:07am

Does Italy care? Great logic.

JmThms

5/18/18 11:14am

Interesting topic. The 1994 World Cup in the US still holds the attendance record.

RSL

5/18/18 7:19am

Also, tens of thousands of Americans going to the World Cup.

mobomanjoe

5/18/18 7:26am

I could improve soccer overnight! Do away with offsides!

BYURider

5/18/18 9:17am

So your soccer resentfulness has to do with your aesthetic dissonance with it.

JmThms

5/18/18 11:32am

ultimaley is a business in the entertainment field. no offsides would do wonders

BYURider

5/18/18 12:20pm

We don't care that you won't "waste" time on a soccer game. ....

JmThms

5/18/18 1:09pm

You left off Italy?

RebelScum

5/17/18 10:38pm

Is this tic?

Jezza

5/17/18 10:46pm

No. I'm pretty sure they're in the same group with the US.

RebelScum

5/17/18 10:54pm

And the Dutch

unctoothman

5/17/18 11:05pm

Talk about the "Group of Dead"

Hotty-Toddy-Reb

5/18/18 5:17am

And the Chileans.

mobomanjoe

5/18/18 6:16am

Ireland

billyrust

5/17/18 10:44pm

Germany's group is brutal. Brazil's is manageable.

GOR

5/17/18 10:57pm

I don’t understand the comment about Germany’s group. It seems pretty manageable

chilango

5/18/18 4:25am

You're right. I remembered it being worse for some reason.

GOR

5/18/18 9:25am

I'm all in for Iceland.

Sandstone Cougar

5/17/18 11:13pm

Japan

lightmann

5/17/18 11:54pm

Love them too but they are a train wreck right now

Uncle Bluto

5/18/18 12:35pm

Colombia...pretty deep team...James is capable of a repeat

AggieWeekendCougar

5/18/18 12:22am

Even with my yellowest glasses on, I don't see them on the same level as Argenti

vagabonder

5/18/18 4:27am

I think this Germany team is over ripe. Wrong place in the cycle.

JmThms

5/18/18 12:30am

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Dynasty1

5/18/18 7:59am

Spain. Tremendous mix of young talent & veteran leadership

Odysseus

5/18/18 5:08am

I think Italy, Brazil, France, Germany and Argentina

BigYfan

5/18/18 6:51am

France, Spain, and England have won one each. Uruguay and Argentina two each.

chilango

5/18/18 7:46am

Well don’t bet on Italy this time! 🙂

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