The Right Exposure

First of all, I must say, the US v Mexico game was amazing; and Michael Bradley is my hero (just kidding). He play one heck of a game, scoring both goals for the US. It must have been hard for Bob Bradley (US coach) to hold back his ecstatic joy for his son during the game.

On another note. One or my online soccer destinations is a place known as Bleacher Report. It's not just soccer. They cover many different sports. I happen to read through the soccer candy. I came across a little story post entitled, "Will Soccer Ever Be Popular in the US? Why Americans Can and Will Learn the Game." It was a story about a guy (Texan in Florida) trying to explain why he "would never go to a World Cup soccer game, even if it was in his backyard and they served free beer." So the guy proceeds to tell the story, how he takes him to a, soccer pub so that he could show this guy (the Texan) the Champions League final between Liverpool and AC Milan. He goes on to mention the conversation after the match: Texan: "Wow. Soccer is unbelievable." Other guy: "I thought you said you hated soccer and you wanted to make all these changes?" Texan: "That's when I was an idiot."

After reading that little ditty, it got me thinking. The greater American population doesn't like soccer because they haven't been properly exposed to the game. The biggest problem is the MLS. Now, I do love to watch the matches. I love the MLS. However, the quality of the matches are crap (compared to a Series A or EPL match). The matches are slow, inconsistent, and frankly... boring all together. No wonder Americans don't like the game, they aren't watching very much.

When you watch an EPL match on TV, you can here the chanting from the crowd. It sends chills up the back of my neck sometimes. You don't get that from watching an MLS match. The English population goes to a match to be apart of the entertainment, the US population goes and expects to be entertained. A little news for the US population, get rowdy (withing legal reason of course).

I think that's why people in the US don't like soccer, because the (fans) that do follow it, aren't doing a good job of making it worth watching. There is a reason they call it the BEAUTIFUL GAME, because IT IS!!!!