because it's boring

Our parents don't watch it.

Soccer isn't heavily marketed here.

We aren't raised to like it.

>0-0

>>4916489
>we aren't raised to like it
I want to say it's the most popular children's sport here

>our attention spans are too short for the pace of the game.
>baseball is more popular than hockey
stopped reading there

>>4916501
That'd be luckswing.

>>4916501
Yeah but playing the sport isn't the same as watching it.

>>4916514

I think Soccer is more popular, at least for the under-10s.

>>4916511
Baseball was already established in the US before it became boring on TV.

>>4916501
Doesn't change the fact that most kids move onto another sport once they are old enough too. If they grew up in a society where we had them playing soccer always, things would be different.

>>4916501

yes but kids don't idolize to become soccer stars they play it just to well play it. And if they want to go any where in college and stuff they pick up basketball and football and to some extent baseball

>>4916511
>baseball not more popular than hockey

>>4916501
First-off, that's playing soccer. Playing soccer is a lot more fun than watching it.

Second, kids in soccer play literally no defense. The scores are always like 7-6 and shit like that.

>>4916537
>Implying it wasn't boring before.

beees.jpg

It's because we have multiple other awesome and, in my opinion, more fun to watch, sports.

most other countries have no professional sports except football/soccer. at least, not at the level the US does.

>>4916501
But Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball all have big pro leagues. The NFL gets all the best American Football players (Duh), MLB gets all the best Baseball players, the NHL gets all the best Hockey players, the NBA gets all the best Basketball players.

The MLS started in the 90s, there still aren't that many teams compared to the other sports, and the talent pool is very shallow because most of the good players go play in Europe or South America.

It's not popular because it's not marketed heavily to the mainstream. Over the centuries/decades the greater population just sticks to certain sports. It's the same here in Australia. Football (soccer) is probably 4th after Rugby League, AFL, Cricket and Rugby Union. Through the centuries certain sports become a national thing and it's hard to change that identity.

9 times out of 10, thinking it's boring just means you were brought up to think it's boring.

>>4916576

>implying baseball is boring

there are a million things to think about when the ball isn't in play. the mental aspect of it is the most fun part of it

>>4916605
>implying the coach doesn't tell players what to do
>standing around is fun
0/10

Americans like soccer, but the culture portrays it as a sport that you make your children play instead of as a pro spectator business.

>>4916605

I think pitching is the most fascinating part of baseball. Many athletes think pitchers are the most talented athletes because pitching is so insanely difficult to master.

>>4916518
if you play it, you enjoy it more because you understand how much skill it takes.

inb4
>soccer
>skill

>>4916635

it really depends on the team, but i'm sure your inferior european mind can't grasp that. enjoy all your backpassing and thinking it's strategy

>>4916661
Here let me fix his claim
>Yeah but playing the sport when you are an elementary school kid where no one has skill isn't the same as watching it.

The solution: pump obscene amounts of money into the MLS.

It's how we grow up.
If you played football as a kid you idolized a player because of how hard he could hit someone else.
If you played soccer as a kid you idolized a player because he could fall down and act injured the best.

No contest really.

>>4916691
if that made sense, i might be mad, but because it makes none, i will just call you a moron.

>>4916464
It's because baseball settled in the USA, before soccer got popular.

The 3 big sports in the US was horse racing, boxing, and baseball. I don't think any of those changed until the TV debuted.

Played soccer on several leagues until high school. The sport is just damn boring to watch. I love playing it but it's a snoozefest to watch compared to other sports.

>>4916605

>go to baseball game

>become so bored you must distract yourself with thoughts unrelated to current gameplay

>>4916701
Little elementary school kids, which is about the age where Soccer is actually played by most Americans, don't really play Soccer. They just run around kicking the ball real hard. They don't really play defense either.

People who are naturally athletic would rather try their chances at basketball, football and baseball where there is more money to be made. I mean, unless you're incredibly good at football, you will most likely end up playing in the MLS or some low tier European league. The pay is not worth the risk for some.

>>4916487
>it's boring
Then how come Americans love baseball?

About 40% of the population are moron rednecks with Daddy issues who think sports should only be good by how manly they are like Football (ignoring the pads and homosexual overtones) and who think other sports which don't feature as much contact like Basketball or Soccer are for Sissys.

Also 12 year old morons who saw Simpsons parody it in one episode and think it's really like that

>>4916706

football didn't pass baseball until after the 94 strike

>>4916695
i lol'd

>>4916719
>i think that ayso is the only kind of youth soccer that exists in the united states.

cool ignorance, bro.

>>4916706
Then shouldn't horse racing and boxing still be in the top 3 most popular sports?

>>4916740
Most kids play in shitty little soccer leagues that are just for fun.

Some play in more advanced leagues, but that isn't MOST.

Dumbass.

Takes a long time to change a nation's culture. Football is probably 2nd to family in places like Brazil

>>4916724

The same reason you like soccer.

>>4916751

horse racing fell out of favor after tougher gambling laws

>>4916758

Baseball is more comparable to Cricket over here, not Football.

>>4916751
It died down in the years after television over took radio.

>>4916756
did i say that most kids who play soccer at youth levels played in club teams?

i just said that from what i see, the amount of parents who are forcing their children into (club) soccer has grown, as well as the exposure that soccer is getting over here.

>cool ignorance, bro.

>>4916766

Horse racing really needs a revival. It is 2nd best to baseball if you are educated and sophisticated.

>>4916790
Plenty of skill in horseracing

>>4916778
The point is, boxing and horse racing died down while baseball survived and hockey basketball and football took off.
Why can't soccer take off and one of the big 4 die down?

>>4916790
They cut away from the NHL playoffs to show the Kentucky Derby, if that means anything.

Well it's know that during USA'94 that the american tv companies tried to get the match split into four quarters. FIFA laughed in their faces so fucking hard and told them to piss off

>>4916786
>Bullshit observations that have no basis on numbers

Because the rules of football will never be changed to suit American audiences.

That and the MLS is a shit domestic league that needs time to grow. The better it gets the more popular the sport gets.

we put all our glory into baseball and football

>>4916835
I watched that game, no they didn't

Americans like football because it is apart of our culture. I dont know what it is but something about it just gets us going. I think the idea of a separated offense and defensive side of the ball (baseball has this too) is what does it. The idea that the Quarterback can lead his team on an offensive drive to out smart and out play the defense is a strong ideal. Or a defense giving it all play after play to make a goal line stand. The mental game and planning is as much of a part as the execution. The whole NFL is so apart of our culture that if this song doesn't get you pumped, your not American.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcdJCAKMPuU&feature=related

>>4916962
Basketball and hockey haven't thie concept

>>4916977
that is why they are not as popular as football and baseball either

>>4916695
>If you played football as a kid you idolized a player because of how hard he could hit someone else.

Then then realize that rugby does basically the same thing, minus all the pads.

>>4917023
>Then then realize that rugby does basically the same thing, minus the power of american football hits.
fixed

It's a combination of factors. Honestly I don't feel like going into it, but whatever your opinion of ESPN is, the more they cover soccer, the more popular it will get.

>>4916605
That's why its called the thinking man's game.

>>4916962
You say this like Football is the only sport that does this.

>>4916962

august can't come fast enough

>>4917089
i hear ya