“Soccer sure as hell doesn’t need him.”
And America sure as Hell doesn’t need some Euroweenie socialist soccer.
And again, speaking as an amateur sports economist, we have plenty of American socialist sports. So if you are claiming that our socialist sports are better than their socialist sports, that's ok.
Psssst. Brazil isn't in Europe. Neither is Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, South Korea, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Chile, Mexico, Australia, Japan ...
I'm not really sure where "socialist" came from, unless you've been reading Ann Coulter again.
If American doesn't need soccer, America won't watch soccer. But at the moment, a lot of Americans are watching soccer. Along with the rest of the world.
Soccer is capitalist: the big clubs get the big crowds, get the biggest TV money and ticket money, get the biggest and best players.
Its US/Can sports that are set up socialist: drafts, salary caps, no relegation. Everything is set up to equal all NFL/NBA/MLB/CFL/NHL teams.