• wander1236@sh.itjust.works
    152·
    22 hours ago

    Soccer isn’t popular in the US? It might not be as popular as American football, but I don’t think it’s correct to say it’s not popular.

    • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      162·
      22 hours ago

      The MLS exploded in popularity lately and still stays below the NHL, the smallest of the big four leagues, and they jusssst passed NASCAR. Football is ubiquitous here, baseball and basketball are popular, hockey can be pretty niche, and NASCAR relies on certain regions and is basically dead in others. Compared to them, I think its still fair to call it not popular. When people think pro sports here they think Football, Baseball, Basketball. Thats the bar.

  • School_Lunch@lemmy.world
    9·
    22 hours ago

    I remember hearing that one potential reason for it not being as popular in the US was that TV stations couldn’t make as much money since theres no timeouts or stopages in play. American football has a lot more down time allowing for more ads.

    Personally I think American football is boring as shit. Its one 5sec play followed by 30sec of standing around. Average game is something like 3hrs, but theres only about 10min where the ball is actually in play.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    21 hours ago

    Americans make great soccer players … you just call them names and they’ll fold over and invade your country.