I think it more says that the MLS is rubbish and entirely manufactured for competition. Real soccer is European or South American club game.further proves soccer is not a major sport in the US and won't be. The major 4 takes a majority of the ratings and probably wrestling gets more viewers in the US than soccer
Messi has a place in FL which is why he plays there. Otherwise he'd be retired already.Yes, Messi was great, a worthy contender for the greatest ever but he just isn't physically able to play football at the highest level.
Perhaps with Argentina around him he still has a few years left as others will do the running around but judging from the Club WC a few months ago his team should be called "Messi's friends retirement home".
IMHO the USA should concentrate more in younger home talents.
Instead you’re paying not watch it 😀You'd have to pay me to watch that. lol
I'm European, support a 121 old club, football (or soccer) is by far my favourite sport pastime.I think it more says that the MLS is rubbish and entirely manufactured for competition. Real soccer is European or South American club game.
Here in Canada, it's basically the same story: soccer has never been popular except with immigrants. According to statistics, soccer's popularity among the locals ranks about the same as sled dog racing: a niche sport at best.
And that's fine – each country has its preferences. You go to France or Italy and find out that ice hockey and baseball aren't exactly popular there either.
Same. I cut the cord but my favorite team offers a streaming package so I get to watch that way. If Apple partnered with the NHL I'd be all over it.Wish they had this deal for NHL. I would be all over it. Especially with the season just starting soon.
Well. I’m an American who hates the NBA and loves hockey.This is the average American mindset... just don't comprehend why football is the most popular sport in the world.
Same here!Well. I’m an American who hates the NBA and loves hockey.
Apple is so kind dropping prices for its consumers
OR
Apple is desperate as no one gives a SH about soccer and is not paying the ridiculous price that's charged for other sports by the greedy people involved in them, Corporate American GREED needs to GO AWAY !
Football being very popular outside the US is my perception too, from my corner of the US. Potentially dumb questions... do the parts of the world that are really into football watch MLS? Is that NA-only? FIFA and MLS are separate? I don't really know much about MLS. I don't know anyone that follows/watches MLS. Soccer is popular for kids around here but I've not experienced it translating to adults watching it.Difference is: football is the worlds most popular sport with insane amounts of fans around the world (and money involved). The World Cup final in 2022 had 1.42 billion viewers, compared to 127.7 million watching superbowl 2025. USA and Canada are probably the only countries except the Vatican where football is not a top sport priority.
Why do people come here and comment about the comments? If you don't like the comments, fine, just move on. 😂🤣Why do people come here to comment about their hate for soccer? Wow, impressive. Not for you, fine move on. Don’t be an ass about it. Do you want android people coming here spouting all kinds of bs about how they hate iPhones?
🥱 Make MLS great again (aka free to watch) it would make Apple look like a world leader if they did that. Instead they gate keep the MLS right when Lionel Messi (the worlds most popular footballer in the history of the sport and foreseeable future) comes to the states to play.
Call it the Apple Effect, thanks Tim Crook
For those who aren’t interested in soccer, the rest of the world doesn’t really care whether or not you like it. The untapped potential of this market would be huge for our country. We’d go from laughing stock of the world to the world’s best. It starts with making games free to watch