USA World Cup 2014 fever shows popularity of soccer is growing

telegraph ^ | 6/16/14 | J Law

[SoFloFreeper]

The US has brought more fans to Brazil than any other country and this may be a genuine tipping point....

A recent ESPN poll found that among Americans aged 12-17, football was now neck and neck with baseball in terms of popularity, and well ahead of ice hockey. A Washington Times survey found that almost a third of Americans planned to watch at least some of the tournament. The New York Times has splashed the World Cup over its front page several times in recent weeks. Beneath the surface, the last four years have seen the emergence of magazines such as Howler and Eight By Eight, covering the game with the same depth and detail as any European publication.

[kidd]

USA World Cup 2014 fever shows popularity of soccer is growing

And so are the number of states that allow gay "marriage"

[moose07]

Brazil: 1,041,418 tickets bought so far

USA: 154,412 tickets bought so far

Australia: 40,681 tickets bought so far

England: 38,043 tickets bought so far

Colombia: 33,126 tickets bought so far

[Sans-Culotte]

I have zero interest in soccer, no one I know has any interest in it either. In fact, we detest the damn game!

Same here. I'd as soon watch paint dry.

[1rudeboy]

Someone better tell the string-pullers at the NWO (whoever they are) that their globalist plan to inflict soccer on the United States is not working.

http://www.cbssports.com/world-cup/eye-on-world-cup/24590735/watch-john-brooks-goal-ignites-wild-celebration-for-us-fans.

Note the chants of U-S-A! I didn't quite catch any chants of N-W-O, although a creative USA fan should probably come up with one. (I'm in favor of chanting "drop the bomb" if we ever play Japan, but I'm a little weird that way).

[dfwgator]

Yeah, US Soccer fans are so liberal. /s

[Ray76]

More people in US than Aus, Eng, or Col

[Vaquero]

Rothschild???
The wine, the Yankees pitching coach or the jewish billionaires that fled hitler ??

[dfwgator]

The thing about the World Cup is it’s the opposite of Globalism. It’s unabashed “My Country is Better Than Your Country” Nationalism.

[sean327]

Soccer is just one more way the pussification of America continues to march on.

[dfwgator]

Tell Clint Dempsey that he’s a pussy. I dare you.

[FlJoePa]

Soccer! For kids who can’t hit a curve ball.

[safeasthebanks]

"Soccer is just one more way the pussification of America continues to march on."

If that were true, you would be world champion, right, sweetie-pie?

[Ray76]

You’re fan, good for you. Most people aren’t. No big deal.

[angcat]

Could it be the popularity is growing in the USA because we resemble a third world country?

[sean327]

In my younger lean and mean days I would tell him in a heartbeat! Today at 50 and not so lean and mean, not a chance!
All joking aside, these guys are world class athletes. There is no denying it. I hate the game for a number of reasons, the biggest is it bores the hell out of me.

[dforest]

Whatever.

[dforest]

You watch, one of these days football is going to be so wussified that nobody will want to watch it anymore.

[sean327]

See post #35 sweet cheeks.

[1rudeboy]

Speaking as a baseball fan, is that why the best baseball players are mostly Latin American?

[MinorityRepublican]

Perhaps. White kids might avoid football altogether but.I can’t.see MLS becoming more popular than NFL.