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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 3054016, member: 780"]
Yeah, but what type of soccer is growing?

I have been to a few exhibition games in the US featuring some top European clubs and they sell out big, big stadiums here.

People here might watch the Premiere League games on weekends or the Champions League, that might be where the growth is. I can see the US audience wanting to watch Messi and Ronaldo, but not the MLS which is an inferior league with inferior players except for a few aging European stars like Rooney winding down their careers. (Any US players of any quality play in Europe.)

I'm not sure the US MLS is all that more popular. Here in DC, their audience seems to depend heavily on "new arrivals" to the US from Central America where futball is king.

I am actually a fan, but I watch only the world's best teams and leagues. I'm now at a point where I recognize the difference between "quality" and "not quality".

I got there based on my interest in lacrosse and basketball. I find soccer very similar in a number of ways. But it takes a while to appreciate the game. I go to games in Mexico in the Winter. It's not great futbol because its the second division. But it is fast and furious and physical. It's great because the crowd reaction gives you a clue to impending critical plays. A defensive player slips 20 yards out and the crowd senses what is next.
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