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Re: Americanizing Soccer for the U.S. Sports Fan pt. 5

jesse — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:40:22 -0000

It is kind of ironic that this series comes on the same blog that has been pointing out how much better foreign football has done on television than MLS.

Americans want football/soccer. They don't want a caricature of the game. If MLS integrated the best of South America and Europe here, then more people would like it. Every attempt to "Americanize" the sport here has resulted in abject failure.

Stop trying to reinvent the wheel. This series of articles was a vast waste of time.

Re: Americanizing Soccer for the U.S. Sports Fan pt. 5

Joe — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:48:11 -0000

I've been reading your articles and have one comment - NASL. Been there, done that over 25 years ago...didn't work then, won't work now.

Re: Americanizing Soccer for the U.S. Sports Fan pt. 5

Cavan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:17:57 -0000

Please tell me this series of posts was a bad joke.

Re: Americanizing Soccer for the U.S. Sports Fan pt. 5

hal76 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:57:37 -0000

Worst series of articles ever.

Re: Americanizing Soccer for the U.S. Sports Fan pt. 5

huricano — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:56:39 -0000

Should the goals be bigger? Would that make anything more entertaining? There is no fast fix. We need to develop domestic talent, and educate. It might take 20 years. This Americanizing is crap, we don't have to be Republican exceptionalists even in soccer, the world's game.