this fruggin soccer match

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

It's not wildly popular in the U.S., but it's easily more popular than horse racing, which is barely a blip on the national sports scene.

There is no way that Soccer has a larger following among Americans than horse racing. You are insane to think that there is some huge following of English league soccer by Americans. Maybe the imports continue to follow but many millions more will watch horseracing this weekend than will watch an entire years worth of soccer.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

There is no way that Soccer has a larger following among Americans than horse racing. You are insane to think that there is some huge following of English league soccer by Americans. Maybe the imports continue to follow but many millions more will watch horseracing this weekend than will watch an entire years worth of soccer.

I know one racing fan that I would've known regardless of racing. I know a handful of soccer fans. Maybe it's a Northeast thing, but racing is totally marginalized and soccer has a decent following here. Go check out ESPN.com, soccer is among the individual sports that you can click on at the top of the screen. Horse racing is in the "More Sports" section. Why is that? And don't tell me it's because it's an international website.. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people on that site are Americans.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I know one racing fan that I would've known regardless of racing. I know a handful of soccer fans. Maybe it's a Northeast thing, but racing is totally marginalized and soccer has a decent following here. Go check out ESPN.com, soccer is among the individual sports that you can click on at the top of the screen. Horse racing is in the "More Sports" section. Why is that? And don't tell me it's because it's an international website.. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people on that site are Americans.

When is the last time a newspaper had a story on soccer. NYC papers dont count because very few people who live there are actually american. When was the last time ESPN had a sportscenter at a Soccer game? When was the last time Soccer was the lead sports story on the news? I know a lot of guys who follow English league soccer, none are American. Soccer has virtually no following of Americans because there is almost zero exposure here. There is a reason for that.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

When is the last time a newspaper had a story on soccer. NYC papers dont count because very few people who live there are actually american. When was the last time ESPN had a sportscenter at a Soccer game? When was the last time Soccer was the lead sports story on the news? I know a lot of guys who follow English league soccer, none are American. Soccer has virtually no following of Americans because there is almost zero exposure here. There is a reason for that.

So because the Derby and Breeders' Cup get some exposure, horse racing is more popular here than soccer?

And what are you talking about "not American"? They live here, right? They watch TV here, right? Do you think sponsors and networks care whether or not they were born in America?