That's ignoring the fact that NBA/NHL have televised broadcasts of their games. Rights to broadcasts these games are in the billions of dollars. You may have 18,000 people watching a MLS game. But that's it. No one is watching a televised broadcast of it. No one is watching highlights of a MLS game on ESPN. Hell, I live in city with a MLS team and I don't even see highlights of those games on local sports highlights. Sorry, soccer is nothing between world cups.
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That's ignoring the fact that NBA/NHL have televised broadcasts of their games. Rights to broadcasts these games are in the billions of dollars. You may have 18,000 people watching a MLS game. But that's it. No one is watching a televised broadcast of it. No one is watching highlights of a MLS game on ESPN. Hell, I live in city with a MLS team and I don't even see highlights of those games on local sports highlights. Sorry, soccer is nothing between world cups.
I think the truth lies someplace in the middle. SB Nation has an interesting break down of ratings data from Nielsen, MLS continues to struggle on TV, but there's reason for hope.
International matches (and big name European clubs) tend to do well on TV but MLS games get horrible ratings.
18000 seats per match. You are showing you ignorance. Especially when you consider youth soccer in America is insanely popular.
compared to Baseball, Basketball, American Football in Europe the MLS is still really, really strong
edit: just to put some perspective out there
Germany vs. Portugal ? ~26,5 million viewers, with a 81% rating, just in Germany (in Austria it were around 1,2 million additional viewers)
the worst game of the world cup so far, Iran vs Nigeria, was watched by 9 million viewers in Germany alone.
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Why are people who don't like soccer trolling?
Once America knocks out Portugal your going to be on the. NTs dick saying man so glad Beckham played the WC with us instead of England haha
Once America knocks out Portugal your going to be on the. NTs dick saying man so glad Beckham played the WC with us instead of England haha
MLS is still behind NASCAR, golf, and tennis. 18,000 seats are irrelevant (as previously explained and thusly ignored).
Why are people who don't like soccer trolling?
Once America knocks out Portugal your going to be on the. NTs dick saying man so glad Beckham played the WC with us instead of England haha
I really do hope the US wins against Portugal too! I want us to advance to the next rounds against all the odds. Germany will hopefully slaughter Ghana today!
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Messi-tastic, but tragic for Iran.
Soccer is huge every 4 years, then it goes away. There will be some interest in 2015 as the US Women's team is more popular than the Men's, but let me know how soccer ratings are in 2016-17.
Also, the average MLS stadium capacity is 21,083, while the average NHL rink capacity is 18,343, using capacity figures on Wikipedia (and using the 'artificially reduced capacity' for some MLS stadiums). Sounds like the NHL is around 95% (17500/18343) capacity to MLS' 85% (18,000/21,083).
A market like Edmonton with just shy of 17,000 seats could easily sell 20,000. Toronto with just under 19,000 could easily sell 25,000 in that feral market. I'm sure the same could be said for marquee MLS markets like Seattle, but just promoting numbers based on size doesn't quite paint an accurate picture. The NHL has 2/30 rinks over 20k capacity, while MLS has 13/19. The third smallest MLS stadium would be #16 for an NHL rink.
Thanks. So instead of being a smart aleck about US soccer's growing popularity, why don't you go somewhere else? I hear someone in China found another piece of glass that may be a part of the new iPhone.
Better yet, why don't you start a thread about the fixed nature of the NBA, the detrimental effects of high school football on mental health, or the steroid era?
Only in America. For the rest of the world their is huge interest all year round. Football is the worlds most popular sport by far.
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World Cup 2014 Brazil
What Apple fanboy said and because both teams had lots of chances to score but missed so it would be a shame if no one scored.
What Apple fanboy said and because both teams had lots of chances to score but missed so it would be a shame if no one scored.
That was the entire point of my post - it was purely U.S. centric based on U.S. viewership. I don't think anyone is so oblivious in this day and age to know it's not the most popular sport worldwide.
In typical USMNT fashion, they'll fall flat on their faces with a draw or loss.
If they actually turned a corner as a team, they could win a nice 2-1 or 3-2 game.
I believe we're going to win. It's going to be hard (which everyone knew already), and it's probably going to be a low scoring game, but I believe we're going to win.
Again Belgium just edge a win, but so far they are a disappointment, I really thought they were going to set this tournament alight.
