The Best Football Team in America

[Peter Triggs]

Minnesota Vikings....'Nuff said.

Yeah! Vikings forever.

It's only a matter of time. But I hope I live to see the day.

Been waiting a *long* time.

[Japher]

I'm a Niner fan... Always have been, always will be.

Also, when you put America and Football in the same sentence soccer is out the door

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Japher
I'm a Niner fan... Always have been, always will be.

Also, when you put America and Football in the same sentence soccer is out the door

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[SlowwHand]

Since their inaugural season in 1960, no team has won more than the Dallas Cowboys.

[Zopperoni]

New England!

Patriots and Revolution!

[Sten Sture]

Fire supporters are known as Barn Burners

I know older Americans think I am crazy when I say that 'soccer' will be the no. 1 spectator sport in the US in ten years, but it will be. I don't know when, but it will catch on like rock-n-roll at some point soon, and it will be huge within three years of it going parabolic. I would estimate that it catches 'fire' in two years.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Sten Sture
Fire supporters are known as Barn Burners

I know older Americans think I am crazy when I say that 'soccer' will be the no. 1 spectator sport in the US in ten years, but it will be. I don't know when, but it will catch on like rock-n-roll at some point soon, and it will be huge within three years of it going parabolic. I would estimate that it catches 'fire' in two years.

The only problem with this theory:

It's been the same theory for 25 years.

Americans don't like being bored, they want action.

That is why baseball is slipping.

That's why hockey is slipping.

That's why soccer will never "catch fire".

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Soccer can catch fire, but not in 10 years. That's a bit silly, Sten. It'll be at least 20-25 years before it approaches hockey in the states, IMO. It has to build momentum and 10 years is just too soon. However, if the US wins a World Cup in that time, all bets are off.

[Sten Sture]

The only problem with your theory is that there is more action in soccer than American Football.

For the action to be the same you would need a no substitution policy, a no-huddle rule, and unlimited offensive motion prior to snap.

The fact that you don't understand the sport just makes you an old Lawrence Welk guy, who thinks Elvis & the Beatles suck.

I fully admit that soccer is barely on the professional map in the States. Globalization baby. If you don't like it, better move to Idaho.

[Sten Sture]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
That's a bit silly, Sten.

Of course it is! But that is the beauty of it!! However you do have 35 million little kids playing the game at different levels in the US, that is way more than other sports. The result is unavoidable, the only question is when. It is better excercise, cheaper to host, and when it becomes popular as a spectator sport, it will quickly dwarf everything else in the states. If you own a PSL or a Pro sports team, I would hedge your bets.

[Spiffor]

While we're at it, can anybody tell me what are "soccer moms" ? I keep reading this word without having an idea of what it means.

[Imran Siddiqui]

However you do have 35 million little kids playing the game at different levels in the US, that is way more than other sports.

You had the same thing back in the 70s, yet soccer didn't really take off and hasn't. They get older and take up football or basketball or drop sports entirely. They get older and lose interest. I've seen it happen. I played soccer for 10 years as a kid, and I love the game, but the people I played it with don't care a smidge about MLS. They were happy about the WC, but MLS was nothing to them.

[Sten Sture]

A lot of kids in the US play the game, and are driven to practice in a mini-van by their middle-class moms. Suburban middle-class.

[Spiffor]

OK thanks

I thought Football was considered in the US as a game for sissies, whereas real men player American football.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Sten Sture
The only problem with your theory is that there is more action in soccer than American Football.

For the action to be the same you would need a no substitution policy, a no-huddle rule, and unlimited offensive motion prior to snap.

The fact that you don't understand the sport just makes you an old Lawrence Welk guy, who thinks Elvis & the Beatles suck.

I fully admit that soccer is barely on the professional map in the States. Globalization baby. If you don't like it, better move to Idaho.

By action, Americans want scoring, not passing.

I played soccer when I was little. It's fun to play but just not interesting enough to watch.

Althoug, the games do go relatively quickly.

ACK!