Why Soccer will be the Biggest Sport in the US
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In this video, I share some of my thoughts about where I think the sporting habits of America are headed.
If you disagree, I would love to know why. I think football has quite a hold on American life, and so I don't believe it will be affected by the rise of soccer in the way baseball and probably basketball will. - Розваги
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"Soccer is slow and boring" is said by people who love american football, a sport where they stop the game for 2 minutes every 15 seconds.
And has lots of commercials
It’s a lot of scoring though in American football. And during the breaks you can get on your phone, talk to people or eat.
@@Ace-mw9pm So you do everything but watch the game...
Also.. lots of scoring means that a single touch down isn't very exciting compared to a goal in football.
@@schtreg9140yes. Football is just an excuse to get together. People literally pre-game. As in. A party before the actual game.
@@TheWizardGamez People do that with real football too, but they still pay attention to the game instead of looking at their phone all the time.
US corporations hate soccer because there’s way fewer commercial breaks.
There's like 15 minutes break every halftime, all they need to do is shorten their ads.
@@NanobanaKinakoare you talking about soccer?
@@Dadashov007yes he's
@@NanobanaKinako Yes. In every halftime, we get 15 minutes of non-stop, 30-second ad-blasting before the second half starts.
It's the prime marketing time for corpos.
100% right
I think that America still has some structural issues regarding soccer. I mean, i heard that in the US, soccer is a rich kids' sport, whereas everywhere else in the world, it a poor kids' sport. This alone is a big issue. Soccer needs to be accessible for everybody.
I can absolutely confirm this. For most areas, it can be very financially hard on a family to have a child playing high level football.
It’s mostly due to a America is more of a urban/country environment so most kids either play baseball, football, and basketball at the nearest basketball courts/baseball fields or pay for a basketball hoops( if ever drive through a american home you’d often see basketball ball hoops in their drive way)…or buy a football
@@bobblylou you're allowed to call it soccer. don't try so hard to fit in with the europeans.
@@Lorenzoginowith everyone outside us*
@@pinkkashhh3125weird, you can play soccer everywhere, i used to play in the beach
Two things need to happen. First, soccer academies need to be less pay to play. When lower income families gain access to academies, that will certainly help. The main academy in my city is ridiculously expensive. Second, professional leagues need to create some form of Promotion and Relegation. It doesnt have to be as crazy as it is in England. In Mexico, a team has to be bad for several years in a row before they are relegated. But without the idea that teams can move up and down the pyramid, the system is not going to be viable long term.
Kids who want to pay for an academy can do that, but football is something you play, not just "train for". Everybody can play, and if you want structured games, you join a local club - and if you're good you can take it up a notch, even to semi-pro or fulltime contract. Academies and teams with owners are not required at any level. It's not AAU basketball.
Before all that, the first thing that needs to happen is to stop calling it "soccer" and start calling it football instead.
@@Funkensturme Whoooo cares. People who keep whining about this are babies.
Kids who really want to play just do it in any venue
@@Funkensturme bro, aussies, kiwis, irish... anywhere where footie isn't the dominant sport, it's called soccer. really not that deep
I’m driving all over US
And what I’m seeing that is more and more soccer fields near schools, parks etc
And a lot of kids are playing there
Soccer schools are growing
What about now I've seen a lot of attention from us Europeans on the MLS and it seems like the MLS is massively growing thanks to the greatest sportsman's ever joining
It's great to hear that America are supporting kids to start getting into the beautiful game because with the size of America you could become a world cup contender within a few decades if supported
When Americans start calling the sport by it's right name they will get my respect.
@@borisnegrarosa9113 you mean by its first name you donut? association rugger?
@@goldlion9066 Just stop calling it sucker, you bimbo
@@borisnegrarosa9113
Boris cut the crap and stop being an arrogant and clueless European soccer fan.
The term soccer is originally ENGLISH!
Here are the historic details.
One of the best-known differences between British and American English is the fact that the sport known as football in Great Britain is usually called soccer in the United States. Because the sport originated in England, it is often assumed that soccer is an Americanism. In fact, the word is thoroughly British in origin. So why is it that Americans (not to mention Canadians, Australians, and others) are likelier to use the word than Brits are? The answer lies in how the sport developed in each country.
Although football-type games have been around for centuries, the sport we know today is often said to have begun in 1863, when England’s newly formed Football Association wrote down a set of rules. At the time, it was the most widely played game of its kind in the country, but it wasn’t the only one. Rugby football, named after an English boarding school, was a variation that allowed players to carry and run with the ball to advance it toward the goal. The game played under the Football Association’s rules thus became known as association football.
Inevitably, the names would be shortened. Linguistically creative students at the University of Oxford in the 1880s distinguished between the sports of “rugger” (rugby football) and “assoccer” (association football). The latter term was further shortened to “soccer” (sometimes spelled “socker”), and the name quickly spread beyond the campus. However, “soccer” never became much more than a nickname in Great Britain. By the 20th century, rugby football was more commonly called rugby, while association football had earned the right to be known as just plain football.
And, if I like to talk to football newbies from abroad about my beloved sport that I follow for most of my life why wouldn't I want to use terms that I know my contacts knows and is familiar with?
greetz from Frankfurt Germany
Id like to say that baseball has made a lot of dramatic changes to the game recently which has already seen lots of success. But yes soccer is growing like wildfire here a lot of my high school friends love it the most popular kids at my school are the soccer players
If u.s can win this world cup or at least do well. It'll take over... Messi coming to the u.s is great marketing for the sport here to.
@@smokinace1383 The USA has no chance to win the World Cup. Sorry but it will take at least 20 years before you can compete against these powerhouses. Actually it tells a lot about your country's lack of knowledge and lack of _football culture_ if you think it's possible. WC2022 the US team was positive but there is long way to go.
@MultiJejje relax it was just a comment. As it becomes more popular here in the states more talent will come out. I wish futbol was as big as in other countries
@@smokinace1383you need to harness african talent like france.
Only way to win.
@@MultiJejjethey are gonna win it soon or late, mark my words
'Low scoring' is a criticism that's thrown at football but if you actually look at the NFL, if it wasn't for the made up scoring and touchdowns were worth 1, then most games would finish 2-1, 3-2, 2 all or some other low variation. There's literally no difference except for an arbitrary scoring system. If football said 7 points for a goal and one for corners you'd get scores exactly like the NFL.
Dont really hear that too much anymore. Hockey is big in America and its a low scoring sport
@@jamesgardner6707Hockey is not big in America. Stop the cap 🧢
People don't understand that low score is an asset. The teams are always one mistake away from losing the match. I'm watching the rugby world cup and most of the match have zéro interrest, the best team crush the weaker team by 30-40 points, it's boring and stupid.
the tight scoring is literally what makes football the best spectator sport - genuine tension and meaning to scoring
Low scoring means that every goal matters. If points were given in 2s and 3s, it only makes the number of points feel much less impactful.
I have a 2012 Kid. His elementary school recess soccer games are insane. There’s about 10 kids at his school that are on the local development club team that play RCL 1 in WA state and a bunch of others that play on the rec club. Parents have had to come in for principal meetings because of Fist fights breaking out. Harsh tackles that have lead to concussions, leg injuries. They’ve assigned an extra recess duty just to referee. Because not a single one wants to stop playing. Even a few of the girls that play club soccer get out there and join.
All these kids are going to feed into the high school that won State last season. My 10yr old has 3x 75min trainings a week with weekend games that require 90min+ travel. He does One on ones with a D1 player and still drags me to the field for more soccer.
Coming from a baseball family - I love it. It’s been so fun to learn and watch the sport with him. His coach has him working as a Ball playing CB that starts every buildout. Having him explain to me situations and decisions he makes within the concepts his coach has him working on made me realize how little I understand about this very complex game.
Football is Simple game but Not easy to play Simple .!! ( Johan Cruiff) .!!
So a Libero then?
That’s such an American thing 😂 here in Portugal everyone plays football since we’re born and it’s the most popular recess activity in schools, with hundreds of kids playing at the same time in small pitches. I’m not going to say that there isn’t the occasional fist fight because of the game, but I played football almost in every recess for 10 years and I must’ve seen about half a dozen of fist fights or less. The point of the game here is (or was) to score and to have fun, while in the US you only care about the flare and the confrontations. It’s “joga bonito”, not “joga até partires os tornozelos do teu adversário”
Build up CB is a very crucial role
@@Sebkalation CB is a central piece defender, defends the goalkeeper from the Strikers.
RE: Soccer only started gaining ground in the 90’s
That isn’t entirely true because the MLS predecessor, the North American Soccer League (NASL), was actually quite popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. Some of their matches (mainly those featuring the New York Cosmos who had Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer) had over 70,000 in attendance. The league folded in 1984, but it laid the foundations for the sport in the country and ultimately paved the way for the creation of MLS in 1996, who up to this point has learned from the NASL’s mistakes.
That’s definitely a fair point, but I think it was still a bit of a “fad” as in it wasn’t taken too seriously as a male sport in the US. Because there are quite a few videos on UA-cam discussing the failures of the NASL, I wanted to focus more on the reasoning behind why we didn’t pick it up in the first place. I definitely should have mentioned the NASL a bit, though.
The internet and globalisation generally are fuelling it’s popularity these days, which weren’t factors in the 70s.
@@bobblylou
There is NO sport in the WORLD or in any language in the WORLD called "soccer" RIDÍCULO IDIOTA
It's inevitable, it's just a matter of time. I'd say 10 years. 2026 is going to be mad.
MLS - bunch of old dude seeking for retirement plan
The franchise system in the MLS doesn’t work well with soccer in my opinion. In order to grow the sport you need high stakes, such as relegation and promotion. It’s what drives the passion and skill seen in Europe.
If it worked with every sport in usa why not with soccer?
relegation worked everywhere, why not america@@juanantoniogomezdelpulgarg2273
@@juanantoniogomezdelpulgarg2273 Because the other sports don't have any other leagues to compete against. NBA dominates basketball, MLB dominates baseball, and no one outside the US cares about American football. MLS has to compete against the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serie A... if MLS wants to reach that level they need their league to be competitive.
@@juanantoniogomezdelpulgarg2273 because every other big US sport is only big im the US, they arent competing with the rest of the world
@@tofuholland6145 basketball is te second biggest sport in the world....
As an European that grew with this sport as a mundane activity, reading some of the comments, I realised how many kids from today are invested in football/soccer, which means the US teams will be probably much, much better in 10-15 years. Big football, US is really joining, it will be interesting! With the huge selection base, I see some US teams playing for internation trophies not so far in the future.
Its already grown huge since i was a kid and im in my 30s. We were probably the first generation to get into enjoying watching soccer because of Fifa video games
Rodney marsh said in his autobiography that when NASL soccer started to get higher ratings than MLB, baseball threatened to end its Contract with tv and after that soccer was only shown regionally.
Based MLB
I don't know if that's true, but I do know that baseball fans are some of the most resentful soccer haters out there. It's obvious why.
I played football when I lived in the US as a child. The youth league culture around DC is huge. How will the American networks handle 45 mins + extra time without commercial breaks? That is my biggest question.
WC26 will be pivotal!
Good chance to get rid off those annoying commercials.
Yeah my problem with American sports is just that like I enjoy playing basketball however I just cringe at all the ads and little annoying games they play during timeouts and at the end of quarters it's so annoying
I think if the TV company's just accept the fact that the ads have to be done differently for football it will take over America
@@AlphaAbyss_ In Germany they once tried to do a half time show like in the US. The soccer fans booed the performer >.<
You should watch the video of the 2021 general annual meeting of FC Bayern Munich, one of the most successful soccer clubs in the world . It was a scandal. Fans and fan clubs rioted because of FC Bayern Munich's questionable sponsorship with Qatar Airways.
In the end the fans were screaming "Hainer, get out!", in the sense of resigning. Herbert Hainer was the president of the Club at that time and former CEO of Adidas.
Fans and fan clubs have power in Germany and the fans hate the commerciallisation of the sport.
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Well, the American Networks can do it exactly in the same way that every other network around the world does it. It's just a thing that the american are not used to it, but everywhere else it works perfectly. Actually the business around the advertising in football soccer is astronomically big.
The rules can be changed eg 22.5minutes play then break then 22.5 minutes play then break (2ce)
I do not understand, why someone says soccer is boring.
In average you watch 3 goals per match.
However you also watch 10-20 unscored goals, dramatic goalkeeper saves and so on.
Also the players aren't stupidly roll the ball across the pitch. This is a complex task how to deliver the ball closer to forwards.
Dude no one gets excited over dropped throws or checkdowns in football. Soccer is just as boring and worst is the refereeing being abysmal
People do get excited about deep flys that look like they're going all the way or catches made at the wall, denying home runs. That's what a misses or a save is.
Similarly, a throw into the end zone that's an inch away from a receiver's fingertips or swatted away by the cornerback would be an exciting play in football. No one would honestly say different.
I love football, but i find full matches can be boring, so just watch the highlights. But for me the main thrill of the sport is keeping up with who beat who, whos getting relegated etc, and diving into tactical analysis.
@@ZeRo-bx7lp Dude when your club is leading by 1 and the defense/keeper saves a goal is as heart pumping as any goal. An action like this can also change the flow of the match.
Like all sport, you have to know some player, the strategy, the rule and the history of each team to fully appreciate a full game.
Especially if their is not a lot of goal opportunity.
I think a lot of people that find the sport boring, only watch mid match, with not great team.
I like football, but honestly, some match are not that great to watch.
It easier to love the sport when you support a team with a good level.
It's not already the case in the US.
To give you an idea, soccer has the same or perhaps more importance than the Olympics, it is the king of sports, everyone is waiting for the World Cup and soccer as the sport that represents planet earth, I think the United States was unaware of this a lot time and only now is he discovering it, soccer is art, soccer is passion, soccer is life itself, sometimes even 0 to 0 is exciting because it is difficult to win and ultimately one of the two rivals scores a goal
Well said. The league system in Europe keeps just about every game interesting. In the us, teams between the poorer teams have trouble attracting fans.
@@bobblylou That of the fans is going to happen as the children watch an America Cup, a Eurocup and a World Cup, then they will want to play soccer like their sports idols, soccer in the United States is still in its infancy, in South America, Argentina and Brazil soccer is culture and tradition, it is like hamburger and coke for the United States.
@mike flames In all the world is the king, in Us is not.
@mike flames not, only in US, in latin America and Europe is the first sport
@@danidro8227 p
AMERICA is a CONTINENT made up of 35 countries and more than 1000 million inhabitants poor stupid ignorant people are pitiful
Football is simply the world's biggest sport, and one day eventually it will reach a higher status in the US, specially with Messi playing there and the world cup that is coming.
Soccer is indeed growing in size. The MLS has been growing and has become the 4th most profitable league in NA. I still will defend baseball and hockey and football and basketball for all my life.
Embrace THE beautiful game.
It's over Football/Soccer will become the next big thing
@@hankagura5355 Yes sir⚽♥️
@@SamsungAndIphoneuser
There is NO sport in the WORLD or in any language in the WORLD called "soccer"
@@america1832 In USA 🇺🇸, it’s either name
I could understand Americans calling it “soccer”
If they call it “football” other Americans might be confused thinking of a different sport
i got into soccer(football) because of the latest world cup and its been amazing to be immersed into it as my first sport
I got into the sports when I saw pictures of 2002 Brazil national team online. Although I never took it seriously until I watched Inazuma Eleven where I learned football is the best sports and from that day on, I became a football fan.
Clearly haven't watched other sports
@@okay1775 Yeah because i dont care bout them
@@Fluskar I could tell
the answer is easy ...
the soccer is the number one sport all over the world in terms of popularity, in the age of almost totally globalized media is normal that every year more and more kids consume soccer content 24/7
Now US have Messi. Because of him now more top level players will be going to MLS.
Loads of big players go to the MLS to wind down and retire. Messi is the biggest name, but that isn't what attracts them.
Lol no
@@dolod777exactly the only reason people go to the mls is because they are close to retirement
I have seen quality/calibre of American men's national soccer grow astronomically over the last thirty years. USA women have been very good for a long time - hopefully the administrators dont kill the sport because the fan base has grown incredibly. MLS now attracts some of the best second tier global talent. USA can easily take out some of the national teams that have been at it for a long time - way ahead of China🍻
the biggest difference for soccer in Europe and USA is that soccer in Europe (and elsewhere) starts at club level. Even in small towns and villages. While - correct me when I am wrong - all sports in USA are school based.
Towns have clubs. I coached at the youth level at a town club. We have instructional games on Saturdays, then we have the travel league that you try out for and those games are on Sundays.
I started off as an instructional coach and they're young kids to get them acclimated to the sport. After one season of that I was approached if I wanted my own travel team of which I said yes.
I forgot how young the ages are for travel soccer but I believe I started with an U9 team. From there I had many of these players stay with me over the years and then they played for their highschool. Some will even play club soccer and high school soccer at the same time.
I do know someone mentioned in the comments about how soccer is a rich person's sport. I know the club I coached for that if a family couldn't afford the registration fee for their child, they would ask them to fill out this form in order to make sure they're not gaming the system and once the league did their investigation, they'd wave the fees. I know this because one players family didn't have the money and I had them get in contact so the kid could play.
Soccer is going to take over at some point. It's too massive. Baseball, football, basketball... Nothing can stop it.
@askme2985 They have soccer "clubs" but most parents view them no more than suped up daycare. In a lot of IS communities, HS and especially College sports, have a stranglehold. I'm from STL, where we treat soccer very seriously, and it still can't compete with HS and College Football, BBall, and Baseball. And they have less risk than the clubs, because Schools are not going to move away or shut down due to a lack of funding (unless it's reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally poor in a HS case) or not generating revenue. It's a school, it brings the economics to a town.
Soccer in the US was originally club based. However, you are correct. Unlike virtually everywhere else in the world, virtually all sports became school based. It is interesting to note that the original college football game in America was played using "Association" (soccer) rules. Only later did the colleges switch from Association rules to Rugby rules, and then later still to create their own rules. Thus American rules football was created by American colleges.
I also find it interesting that their is a distinct movement in American College football to effectively make the colleges non-academic "clubs" that pay their players just like the professional clubs do. Someone needs to make a thoughtful decision to either have school-based sports or not. Having schools act like professional clubs, will ruin our schools.
Not soccer. Soccer in the U.S. is more club-based than school-based.
Even if one were to find football/soccer boring, they would quickly realize there are quite a few sports that can be considered to be even more boring (that a lot of people still enjoy), such as 1-day and 5-day cricket, carom billiards, golf, and baseball. A sport does not have to be always exiting all the time (such as Ice Hockey, Tennis, Basketball, and Volleyball) to be well loved by many.
Volleyball is exciting all the time, wdym? I think it got way longer parts that contain tension than football of american football
@@Ameisenigelytk Sorry, the original comment may have confused you a bit. I had put Volleyball among the sports that are "always exiting", alongside Ice Hockey, Tennis, and Basketball. These are sports that are known for their near constant tension. My point was that there were sports that were much more boring than these sports that are still loved nonetheless
@@rz12331 ah, I read it the wrong way, haha.
Is boring when you aways lose, even if you start to play well 😂
@@Ameisenigelytk I was about to say that. I love watching volleyball, although I watch football/soccer much more often. I think there's a spectacle feeling to soccer that isn't in volleyball, but it is a really exciting game. Brazil rocks at it too, so I watch it often when they're playing important games, but I never got into volleyball club matches as I do regarding soccer.
In elementary school I evangelized so many baseball players and football players to play soccer. Their soccer careers even outliving mine and interest aswell. I never played fifa or watched games but i did play in clubs. They did all that and more
We have so much potential, if football blows up like basketball in the 70s-90s and bringing football to big and small cities. We would dominate so much
Certainly you have potential. You are now top of the Concacaf. You have surpassed Mexico, or Mexico had sunk below. Anyway this new position has also challenges. And I think one of them is stagnation. USA can remain the top dog in the Concacaf but this will limit their potential. To reach the upper echelons the US teams and players has to face stronger teams. For me, this is South America and Europe. Maybe not now, but in the next few years they will have to choose to be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish trying to grow in the ocean.
The america cup is good starting point, but to definitely grow I will week that USA face south American teams each year in the Libertadores.
USA has some very good things to compete and I think they can surprise a lot.
Just imagine the shock of an American team winning the Libertadores?
Yeah, of course, you will overcome 100 years of tradition of the biggest football nations (like Brasil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, France, England, etc), just because you want to do it!! Ask the Chinese, Indians, or Arabians (let alone africans, they have talent but lack money), they are trying to do that, since decades, with loads of money, and all that's is needed, and we are still waiting for the results!!
@@germanmorra7938Arabians and Asians are physically no where near as talented as Americans and Europeans, and Africans would dominate if all their players actually played for them lmao, plus money ofc
@germanmorra7938 u make a valid point, I agree but don't compare US with China and India 💀
@@fordastreeets8019It's a fair comparision.
As of now in October 2023, we're already seeing ourselves get spoiled with so much Soccer. The Summer Tours include the Premier League Summer Series, Lionel Messi in MLS, Gold Cup, and Women's World Cup. Next Summer will be Copa America in America. 2025, FIFA Club World Cup in America and Gold Cup. Soccer will be Top 3 Sport before the first kick in World Cup 2026!
I’m American and I started watching soccer because I went on a vacation to the UK and it looked cool
What got me into soccer was the gold cup 2003 Mexico vs Brazil final. Fell in love with the sport since then
I'm quite happy with how MLS is going right now. Teams are getting more competitive and the quality of the players are increasing. Some teams like Timbers and Sounders have great fan base and actually making good atmosphere inside the stadium, better than some English Premier League fan base.
People who think soccer is boring is because they don't know soccer. People who actually know and support a team (like me) will get excited with every save, defense tackle, dribble, and oh man goals, there's nothing like it, unlike football, baseball, basketball, in soccer it's hard to score, but when you do its amazing, and that amazing feeling when your team comes back and since its so hard to score, when you do come back, you feel amazing, that's why people live it with so much passion.
I get you. I am from Germany and I do know soccer. Well it’s okay.
But I enjoy watching basketball more because of the dunks the dribbling s and yeah I just think it’s more entertaining to me
Biggest mistake mls has made is the exclusive streaming with Apple TV, (but helps them financially and landed them Messi ) and not giving espn some money for some air time (not the games) but some highlights and news (espnfc doesn’t count 😂) a lot of Americans didn’t know they exist if not on espn or on air stations
ESPN only cares about the USMNT and the Premier League.
You forgot to add that this years copa America will also be hosted by the USA which will help a lot football growth in the USA
A real game-changer will be when American squads start to play in the Libertadores da América. Today, the North American Champions League isn't very competitive. When some of the best teams outside of Europe right now, like River Plate, Boca, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Fluminense (and many others - I mean, every season a new, fresh, competitive team rises down here) kick Messi's Inter in the balls, the average American soccer fan will start to be stoked about this sport. When a good rivalry between an American team and a South American team begins to unfold on a continental level, soccer will become really big in the US.
P.S.: BTW, of course, the name of the sport is football (futebol), but out of respect for American viewers, I made a concession here.
Mls teams are trash, they cant compete with mexican teams and u want them to play libertadores? Hahaha
@@merc2413And you think the south Americans one are good?
Where I live in the United States, football/soccer basically is the biggest sport
Where place u live?
@@keigueravila7601 Probably California
@@SamsungAndIphoneuserI don't think there are many Latinos but ignore it
@@SamsungAndIphoneuserwhy u hate brazil 😂
St. Louis
It's the same here in NZ and Aussie at lease from what I've noticed, the news now talks about the Premier league and people are wearing football jerseys now soooo yeah I love it :)
Football ⚽ is the best sport
its called football
England invented the terms soccer, we embrace their term, and now you say "nu-uh" what a wonderful argument you brought to the table. Next time argue with facst instead of your feelings
We call it soccer in America, so um respect the name
@@XLRAshon bro why are all these people making fun of us calling it soccer while the UK invented the term. Then again, it's England and they speak alien language so, I dunno.
Futebol in Portuguese, Futbol Spanish, voetball in Dutch, fussball in German, CALCIO in Italian
@@t0ph4t1 they used to call it soccer but right now it’s called football and as the biggest sport in the world you should call it by the most used term
Why did you edit your voice so mucho bro? It sounds a bit strange, unnatural
Great video! I hope you are rigth about football in the us
I think if I was more accesible and if they added relegation it would help a lot. In many countries, anyone can play it. There are 5 year old Brazilians juggling the ball with their bare feet. I think Messi will help a lot with the popularity, and maybe even get enough homegrown men (saying men because the women always win the WC anyway) so the USMNT has a chance to win a World Cup
I’m a little late to this but here is my take. I’m a father that grew up playing baseball, basketball, and football. Every kid I knew played soccer until they could play football and then stopped with soccer. As a parent my son has taken an interest in soccer so we went to our first MLS game (St Louis City SC). I couldn’t believe the atmosphere. Everyone stood the entire time and even though the match was a 0-0 tie it was more entertaining than most professional sporting games I’ve been to. I can see why it’s a growing sport.
Football is the biggest sport in the world and is close to only Americans who not see it so interesting you guys always love to stay away from the rest of the world wish every think you do but football is just so amazing and way more fun to see for us because when your team score you get so happy it’s not like Basketball or handegg where there is points all the time
Could for sure be fun to see how good US will be if it’s gonna be #1 sport in US in the future👍
People used to watch sport which they practiced in school. I moved to US from overseas and played soccer when I was kid and I simply can’t watch American football 🏈 or baseball ⚾️ because I’ve never seen that games when I was kid
Hence why just like you soccer ⚽ will never amount shit in America, don't let these youtubers lie to you 😂😂😂
A lot of athletes that played football or basketball in my high school like 3 years ago, also played soccer. Also in Canada it’s the second most popular sport already.
They playing it coz of european hype and trends wannabes
There is one really major adjustment that, in my opinion, would accelerate the growth of the game in the US the most and that is a gradual but dramatic expansion of our Nations League and by extension the Gold Cup. Here's how.
If we look at some of the best players in MLS that are here in the largest numbers, a really large amount of them are from South America. So here's what I want. Starting with the highest profile South American countries, start including those countries in our Nations League competition and the Gold Cup for those who qualify. The catch- many of these international windows only really line up with availability from North American leagues, so for the Brazils and Argentinas of the world, they would simply cap their best players that are employed in North America at any given time. This leads to greater revenue, more competitions, and a wider player pool for their national teams as they cap more players. From our standpoint, it makes a pro career in North America that much more attractive. Young players that aren't making their national team in Europe would absolutely come to North America for the purpose of getting cap-tied. We have it within our ability to tie our North American leagues to some of the most prestigious national teams in the world, while simultaneously elevating the quality and marketability of our competitions by A Lot. The depth of MLS would improve so much, and you'd better believe it will prompt more talented Americans to play here too. With better competition across the board, there's only so much losing that we can watch on our own soil before some of Our players come home in a meaningful way as well.
Along with that, I'd love to see some other countries increase their presence in our leagues just for the purpose of fielding a B team for national play. I'd be personally in favor of bringing in all of Oceania plus Taiwan, Hong Kong, Israel and Singapore even if they don't have players that are here professionally. The minnows of CONCACAF could use some competition as well, and I think that any small state with money to spend can benefit a great deal from getting involved in this- especially if they have a significant amount of dual citizens in the US. They can generate interest and have better visibility, while the minnows of CONCACAF probably pick up some points at their expense.
Side note, I assume the guest nations would have an MLS stadium that they play in as their home ground. This would also mean that the lower tiers of Nations League would have a lot more games being played in MLS stadia.
I think we have some really large opportunities for growth when the interests and efforts of the national team and our professional leagues fully align. This can be done in a way that's incredibly synergistic, and I think this premise can go a long way if we get it going.
I’ve noticed this too after the last World Cup a lot of people picking up soccer
Because most sport in USA (except basketball i think) are more of a "highlights compilations" than a fluid game. They expect in soccer watch a gol and then turn around, drink a beer, watch like 18234738247 adds, and more; football (socccer) is just way more than that, the expectation before a gol is many times better than just watching it and you r done. This type of sport fans will never understand than a 0-0 game can be dozen of times better than a 4-0.
Exactly, americans don't like to think, that's why they hate football.
Terrible take. I can tell you've never watched a sport apart from soccer.
@@Pol-xu4on Real football ⚽️ is the best and the most entertaining sport in the world ⚽️ ❤
Trash take. Clear you've never been invested with a US sport.
@@psvmjohn American sports sucks
DaBronco is another "influencer" who's been VERY entertaining on YT
I’m American and I got into football (soccer) about a year and a half ago because I really enjoyed watching the World Cup and wanted to explore more of the sport. In that short span it has already become my second favorite sport. I’m a huge American Football fan and it’ll likely always be my favorite, but I am really enjoying soccer. I feel like a lot of the people that hate on soccer here in the US really need to give it a chance and they’ll realize how fun it is, both to watch and play.
Not only do am I a Season ticket holder for my local MLS team, I podcast. And was introduced to 2 other teams overseas. Where I am as rabbis of a fan. I have made friends in other countries over the love for the game.
I wonder if Ted Lasso, one of the most awarded series... and also beloved, will also help in the sports popularity
It definitely can’t hurt!
@@bobblylou have you watched it?
And Welcome to Wrexham as well
I think that Soccer's biggest US competitor isn't any of the pro leagues. Its College Football. It has the community aspect that soccer requires, but with less of the risk.
Counterpoint: College Soccer.
NCAA Soccer is growing massively.
I think the main problem are the high pay of entry for academies and the nba style franchise teams
Soccer/ football will be bigger than base ball by 2030 .
u mean in the USA
Its the most popular sport in the world by far bro
Except US and Japan…nobody (I mean the average people) consider baseball or gulf as real « sport » (hobby or game to do with friend or kids maybe)
@@abdel-qudus1143the comment is saying football will be bigger than base ball by 2030 in the us it's obvious that it's bigger everywhere else since football is the biggest sport in the world by a land slide and it seems like you Americans are slowly realizing how great it is
@@AlphaAbyss_ Not really as you have countries as Finland or Czech Republic where hockey or floorball are really fans favourite sport.
for football to grow better in the US, it has to adapt to a English League like or any European League like, without the non relegation MLS, or conferences and stuff, the only way for the US football to grow is to be more like a European way of organization, taking from the European fans and stuff, its the only way it can develop and can go further
they had that before mls
and it failed so bad it shut down until fifa forced them to make the mls in order to host the world cup
Fuck regulation. Why the hell would we want that?
The UK is the size of Oregon, and has 92 teams in the professional leagues.
In contrast, the distance between my team, the Seattle Sounders, and Messi's team, Inter Miami, is the same as the distance between Paris and Riyadh.
Maybe someday, soccer in the US could adopt promotion and relegation, but it's not well established enough as an institution for such massive swings in fortune for people investing hundreds of millions of dollars to build it up.
No it doesn’t you sound mentally delayed. It can develop through the American way instead of catering to Europeans who won’t ever watch the league and a foreign league system that some Americans wouldn’t be a fan of
@@carlos_takeshi The second league could be played on the state level with a cup at the end to decide which 2 teams promote from the winners of each state league.
You know, the stakes aren't the only thing that make promotion/relegation a good thing. It's also the attachment of the clubs to their home towns. With these big franchises only the big cities care about their clubs, but with smaller (still professional) clubs everywhere the mass of profesional players raises exponentially.
Soccer is beautiful. I can see the beauty in american football since I love all the tactics/strategy involved in it, but it's a sport that is more fun playing than watching, at least in the format it is right now. Too many pauses. That's why I think basketball is better, among american sports. Americans will come to appreciate the beauty of soccer/football as well, I'm sure, but the whole MLS must be reworked. No incentives there.
Speed's impact for American kids and soccer is everything. Man deserves a HOF spot already
Football is the most popular sport in the world.
It is the obligation of the USA to make long-term sports planning with the aim of reaching a world cup final!
I would love to see the US focus considerably more resources to the sport. I’m excited to see how the World Cup in 2026 pans out since it will be in north america
@@bobblylou dont forget Copa America will be also in north america
@@bobblylou
There is NO sport in the WORLD or in any language in the WORLD called "soccer" IDIOTA
@@bobblylou AMERICA is a CONTINENT made up of 35 countries and more than 1000 million inhabitants poor stupid ignorant people are pitiful
@@bobblylou It's not inconceivable that the USA could win the 2026WC which - if it happens - would presumably significantly increase its popularity.
I don't think there's been a bigger opportunity for association football to thrive in the US & Canada more than now. And at least the MLS can learn from the NASL's mistakes when Pele originally joined the league. As someone who's been into the football sphere and has been a fan of Man City & Barcelona for almost the last decade, one of the greatest things about this sport is the atmosphere regardless of which country or league you go to. Something about it just makes me so hyped to root for a team and become a fan of them.
I am also a fan of Barcelona
Just getting with the rest of the world, it took you a while to join the party but it's good to finally have you on board.
😂Thanks for having us
What is the display that you're using for your computer
It’s the Dell S2721Q. I don’t love it but it’s a nice looking 4k monitor for a relatively budget friendly price.
@@bobblylou thanks
Basketball has a really young fanbase it isn't going anywhere
Who knows what will happen in the future
Also you forgot to mention the immigrants swarming in. While I can see them liking American sports because they want to integrate with the culture. A lot of them already gre watching or playing soccer.
Subscribed. And your content is very good too.
I’d love to invite some Americans to the pub for United vs Liverpool or a big Champions League game. I haven’t seen any of you guys who really gets it, the cultural importance of it or the actual mechanics of the sport. I’m Europe and South America football’s importance cannot be understated, especially to the normal people
That was a really great video bro I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers, keep it up my guy
I appreciate that man
@@bobblylou
There is NO sport in the WORLD or in any language in the WORLD called "soccer"
Relegation/promotion adds drama to the season in Europe, although I quite like the NFL deaft system for recruiting young prospects
One thing America will never get used versus European soccer is there being no end of year playoff for the championship. Yes i know there are tournaments like the FA cup, but its not really the same. If you look at every major American sport , even MLS, there is a playoff for the league championship. I honestly think that could be something that European soccer could adapt that would make it even more incredible.
Relegation and promotion is stupid. Have no idea how anyone would like that
@@blazingbattlehawk9626Because you're American, stupid is having a play-off, so you could be shit all season, but still be awarded a place to win the league, what a joke. At least promotion and relegation have real drama and emotion until the very end
@FranciscoCorreia10 The thing you have to understand is that most American sports traditions stem from baseball which has two leagues. These two leagues kept harassing each other in the early days by taking each other's players so they Established a national agreement where among other things they decided to play a final series against each other to determine the Champions of baseball. Fast forward 50 years and suddenly there's too many teams for each team in each league to play each other an even amount of times so they split into Divisions and since different Divisions play a different sceduale of games you have to have a playoff to truly determine who is the best team in each league. Other sports would adopt these systems. Problem is alot of these leagues do it soley because that's what baseball did and now they treat it as some grand finale instead of it being used to determine who is the best team
@@blazingbattlehawk9626In Latin America it is very traditional to celebrate the relegation of your rival by holding coffins. The feeling of mocking your relegated rival is wonderful.
Not even just speed but even in schools you see more kids playing even the kardashians kids love it and they are like 5 years old
Sources?
Hurts every time he says soccer instead of football or America in stead of US but still a good video.
Also I think it will be interesting to see how the sport evolves, specially with Messi's arrival at the MLS a couple months ago.
It's hurt you because you are not that smart after all, let me tell you a story 😂 the British that invented football ⚽️ went around the world including North America calling it soccer ⚽ so if you hear someone with a North American accent calling it soccer ⚽ it should never hurt you because it's all they know and remember they got bunch of other sport that they love lol 😂
@@alphabarre9096 They actually called it Association Football to diferenciate it from Rugby, which was derivated from football. Soccer was an abrebiation (idk if that's the right word) that some ppl used, not everyone. And as soon as rugby became rugby everyone with half a brain started calling football just football.
@@dani_1663 man please stop 🛑 lmao so why then in other former british colonies like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa still calls it soccer to this day?😁🙈
We need a full blooded American super star like Messi Ronaldo or Mbappe. Thad all the game needs. Look what Messi did to Inter Miami on social media in one week from his arrival. 15 million Instagram subscribers from one million. We need a Michael Jordan for football/ soccer . That’s it.
The closest thing we have to that right now is Pulisic
@@RDRevolver8282 A really SAD fact ! But and about Joe Gyau ? lol
Not only that, you guys need to make big changes, you need to look more to the rest of the american leagues like Argentinan, Brazilian, Uruguayan and Mexican leagues, and start with 3rd, 2nd and 1st division, to make club competitions with u14, u16, u20 and u23 tournaments, etc etc
Baseball has made some changes recently that make the games tolerable but it’s still a very boring regular season. Basketballs middle phase of the regular season is only kept alive by the all star week imo, and I think the way the nba has come up is it’s fundamental flaw. It relies on star power. If you’re in the Orlando area, why would you regularly attend games if you’re a casual? Even casuals are lining up to see the bucks because of their team.
The mls is taking a somewhat backwards approach of increasing popularity by bringing in old stars past their primes, but it’s easy to put on a premier league game between burnley vs Brighton and see the passion the people have for the team, not the players.
I've been on to this for years ! That's why I have over 100 PSA 10 of Alphonso Davies Rookie cards!
Great video. Well done. So
True soccer is catching on like wild fire.
That's a great development!
Here’s a few factors that most people ignore … health insurance in the US and Americans wanting their kids to play safe sports and streaming breaking the media monopoly
Oh wow! It's almost like all of those kids the soccer moms took to soccer practice have grown up!
If the MLS can spend money like Saudi they can have the biggest league.
I’d love to see the drafting system in football (soccer) in the states.
Hey man, where did you get the stats from? Thanks.
There's Japanese baseball major league and euro basketball league so the argument of no other major leagues for baseball and basketball is a bad argument
There's tons of basketball leagues in other countries.
And now the GOAT is coming
I think the combination of people from Latin America immigrating to the US and influencers like IShowSpeed will make it the most popular sport in the US eventually. It is so almost everywhere else, so it would make sense in such a small and connected world. Football is the only sport I bother watching and it is a lot of fun to play. I always played it school during breaks growing up here in Norway and still like to play it from time to time at 27 with colleagues. All you need is a ball, even two stones speparated can count as a goal.
Football ⚽️ is the best and the most entertaining sport in the world ⚽️ ❤
...and you did this video before the Messi effect.
What may happend if Inter Miami (or any other club) face the City or Real Madrid in a final in the clubs world cup?
I mean, with Messi arriving, I think you are on your way. I just wish people didnt think of sports as being national. As if soccer is un-American. It is an international sport. It isn't socialist propaganda :D
It's funny because most socialist countries like Venezuela or Cuba, their favorite sports are baseball.
Excellent video, solid points I think the beautiful game will catch on in America
Thank you🙏🏻
AMERICA is a CONTINENT made up of 35 countries and more than 1000 million inhabitants poor stupid ignorant people are pitiful
@@bobblylou There is NO sport in the WORLD or in any language in the WORLD called "soccer" IDIOTA
I wouldn’t say that speed is a soccer streamer but he does contribute a lot
Just stumbled on this vid. I wonder if your mind has changed after this season with Baseball seemingly turning around interest and interaction. I feel the the US like Australia have so many sports that the ceiling for soccer/football is lower than youd think.
Honestly, I have started believing what I have said even more in the past year. With Messi coming to the MLS, Soccer in America is kind of "cool" now (or at least it's cooler than it was). So I think more kids will want to play it, and the sport will slowly become more popular than Baseball and maybe even basketball here. I don't think sentiment toward the sport from people above the age of 25 will change as quickly though, so the impact of all this probably won't be truly understood until the kids today become actual consumers and start spending their money toward soccer matches/jerseys/video games etc. more than any other sport. Time will tell.
My dad says he gets a lot of shit at work for watching football (soccer) and he just tells everyone that their grandchildren will end up playing and watching it. 🤣 i think he's right
Messi already doing it
Now the American football league just needs 1 more exiting element: Relegation and multiple smaller regional leagues where clubs can be promoted from and relegated down to. Imagine the last few games of a season if you club is at the bottom of the table and your team is fighting to stay in the top league
Soccer has been growing in the US for some time. The "popular" sports that you highlighted all have problems. However, it is difficult to predict that soccer will actually overtake them as you suggest. Definitely possible, but I'm not sure that it's probable.
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1 criticism: Its not soccer, its Football 🤣🤣🤣
While I do agree that basketball has probably hit its ceiling in the USA, it has evolved to look overseas since the 92 Olympics. I think there’s actually more Chinese nba fans than Americans now lol. Baseball is being carried rn by its popularity in Spanish Caribbean and Japan while passion and participation in the states has dwindled. basketball is a true global sport now imo, not on the same level as soccer but perhaps equal if not greater than the international participation in cricket. I do agree that soccer will surpass baseball in the near future, especially since the average mlb fan is like 20 years older than soccer and basketball fans, and immigrants and their taste having an impact on domestic sports. Also 3:58, bruh there’s plenty of leagues for basketball, what do you mean? I agree with you but cmon that’s a silly mistake.
I’m glad you brought this up. I think I missed my point in the video. I was more referring to how soccer has major leagues in several different countries where the playing abilities are at similar levels. Though basketball is very popular throughout the world, the level of those league are not on the same playing field as the NBA.
I should have been more specific about that. Thanks for the feedback!
@@bobblylou it was a great video man, thanks for the reply. Keep it up. I agree that the potential for soccer will def see it surpass baseball and hockey in terms of participation and fans in the near future. Its already happening in front of our eyes. considering how relatively new alot of these basketball leagues are, im surprised at the level of quality they have. alot of the college stars in ncaa that dont make it in nba end up having very successful careers overseas. youve even seen highschool players forgo college to develop overseas, doe it isnt common af yet. Give it time, and i think the other leagues will eventually get closer in level to the nba.
@@S1LVAW0LF Basketball is indeed popular in China thank to Ming for some extend but like soccer, Basketball still can't beat Pingpong aka Table tennis yet in China.
And Soccer also have advantage in China since it have more government support since one of CCP program is to make China a soccer nation (hope it fail).
And for Baseball, it still number one in Japan thank to High School Baseball.
@@bobblylou
The FOOTBALL sport invented in ENGLAND that means BALÓN PIE FOOT PIE BALL BALÓN as its name indicates it is a sport that is played with a BALL and the FEET and is the most popular sport practiced and loved in the WORLD long after the idiots of the USA they invented a "sport" that is a cheap copy of rugby and copied the name to the true original and real FOOTBALL, in addition to copying the name to another somewhat illegal sport, they wrongly copied the name because that "sport" that only exists and is consumed in the US is plays with the FOOTBALL HANDS has absolutely nothing, that is, they don't even use to copy names, they even do it wrong and then the shameless US have the audacity to change the name of their real FOOTBALL association only in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" something that DOESN'T EXIST and only call their fake "sport" "football" insignificant cheap copy of rugby that only ex Is and is consumed in the USA
The United States Football Federation was founded on April 5, 1913 under the name of the United States Football Association. A year later, it was incorporated into FIFA in 1914. Until 1974 it was renamed to the current name United States Soccer Federation. In the USA the real FOOTBALL was also called by its name FOOTBALL as in the whole WORLD name that they just changed to their real FOOTBALL association in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" and so they live in their unreal world falsified and fantasy poor stupid people
In Argentina the most popular sport is Football soccer, everyone know this. But the second in line is basketball. No Argentine team can defeat an NBA team, but we still produce local talents and some of them reach the NBA.
Anyway, the competition here takes a lot the shape of football leagues. Every small city has 5 or 6 basketball teams (usually the same clubs that have football), each team competes in a local league or if they are good enough in some of the national leagues. There are promotions and relegations each year. And the fans usually are very passionate about their teams, but not as much as football. In football there is Barb wire, ditches, police and a 40 yards gap between rivals fans to avoid clashes.
Beyond this computer games have prob had a huge impact. Rocket league is surprisingly the closest game I've played that feels like playing football. Then there is the Fifa games which always chart in the global top 10 games. And my fav, football manager :D. oh yeh and wrexham and ted lasso been helping too.
It's inevitable at this point. 10 years it will be top 3.
For it to really blow up imo there might need to be some rule changes. Im a huge fan of the new offside rule being tried rn it should lead to tons of goals. There should also be more contact allowed in the sport aswell. It would lead to less stopages as players wont fall over the tiniest amount of contact. Plus make it easier for defenders to dispossess attackers, leading to more back and forth gameplay.
i can tell you dont watch it cause those things arent true at ALLL
America's sport of the future since 1970
every generation in america seems to like soccer more and more, cool trend
Soccer is grown in popularity in America
YOU JUST WORK UP. soccer pitches have been replacing BB courts in NYC for years, and everywhere you go in upstate NY you see soccer pitches - replacing BaseB fields
anyone can play Football, not everyone can play basketball or American football
Right 😂 see you on the pitch then mate!
@@dannynicholson6014 exactly my point. Its the people's game. Its made for everyone
Well, you have point in terms of how a tiny lil guy like Messi became one of the GOATs of football; a guy of that size would get destroyed in american football or basketball. Americans love everything extra large lmao. Football is a lot more democratic in that sense.
Basketball is actually cheaper, as you don't need shin pads, just Basketball shoes.
@@Dexter037S4Kids on the street in Brazil play without any of those things. and you meed to be over 6 ft 3 to play on a promotional level in Basketball. Football you can be any size.