(06-18-2018 10:22 AM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 10:04 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 08:59 AM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  You are correct, sir. Americans do not care about soccer.

24,472,778

Number of people who play soccer at some level in the U.S. — second only to China. (Source: FIFA World Football Big Count)

24.3 MILLION

Number of U.S. television viewers of the 2010 World Cup Final between Spain and the Netherlands — more than watched the Rose Bowl (24.04 million), the NCAA men's college basketball championship (23.99 million)

7,985,000

Youth participation of Soccer in America, second highest behind Basketball.

Quote:Americans don't particularly care for a sport where they rarely score, 2-0 is a blowout and the rules are designed to prevent offense.

Hi baseball! Nice to meet you hockey!

Quote:Americans dont buy the principle that if someone even brushes up against you it is accepted, nay encouraged, to fake it to make it look like you were fouled. Then you have a game full of athletes out there looking like they're all getting blasted with a 12 gauge shotgun if an opposing player gets within arms length.

What's up basketball!

Quote:Americans prefer going out and winning their games themselves. Just sayin'.

Wait, is that College Football from 1880-1994? How're you doing man, haven't seen you in awhile!

Thanks for stopping by.

Yet the USA can't find 11 guys that can beat Trinidad and Tobago.

BOOM.

Oh for sure, we absolutely suck right now, but the arguments you made were not relevant to that point.