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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quote of the article “The “small sport” myth keeps American soccer mired in mediocrity”

That’s one hell of a myth to be able to keep the country mired in mediocrity.  Maybe the simpler explanation is correct, that most play soccer to be active and not as a primary sport.  We don’t have 24 million good soccer players in this country, or even 3 million.  we may have those numbers recreationally, but these are not die hards, sorry.  When World Cup parties come anywhere near the level of super bowl parties, then we can talk.  [/quote]

The US has enough people playing soccer to support a strong club system, certainly more than Uruguay (total population 3.4 million) and Croatia (total population 4.25 million). Total MLS TV revenues in the US ($90 million a year) is only a fraction of the $167 million a year for the Premier League (in the US only, BTW). There's room for soccer in the US to be a lot stronger and still be a relatively "minor" sport. Seems like the real problem is people are shrugging at the mediocre product US Soccer is selling them.

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