>implying the ratings for LeBron weren't substantially higher.

My prediction of it overtaking Handegg by 2013, and the last Superbowl taking place in 2015 look very likely now.

>>6475925
they weren't, actually

>The hour-long ESPN special, dubbed "The Decision," delivered a 7.3 overnight rating from 9-10:15 p.m. EST. That was the highest rating for any cable or broadcast program last night and the highest overnight rating for any non-NFL ESPN program this calendar year, according to ESPN.

>>6475956
>mfw I read this retarded shit

>implying soccerfags don't get all ramped up about USA finally embracing soccer every 4 years

remember the USA world cup? remember when that was supposed to get us to like it?

I was watching the game with my family today, and when the game ended, my dad picks up the remote and goes "see you in 4 years soccer"

i mantear.jpg'd when he said it, it was so true

>>6475992
7.3 million?

USA V England got 18 million. So football has already overtaken Basketball in America.

>>6475956

This happens every 4 years.

>>6475956

>>6475956

>>6476018

7.3 rating, not 7.3 million

also
18 million would include the world, not just USA

>>6476018

>implying England vs. the USA got 18 million viewers in the USA

>Interesting information on the side of the ESPN3 player, which some or most of us may already know.

>"Beginning in August, watch more than 800 live soccer matches from top-level European leagues:" Below that, we see the logos for the German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga, Portuguese Liga, and Dutch Eredivisie

>>6476057
That was just here.

>>6475956

>>6475956

Pessimist

>>6476018
World Cup soccer. How many people are watching the MLS?

>>6476057
you think the USA vs England game only got 18 million viewers... world wide?

lol?

>>6476004
wow you live with your parents? SHOCKER!!!!!!11!

I'll go ahead and just inb4 "no was just visiting the week AFTER July 4th"

>>6476086
Sucks being a fan of an SPL team

>>6476018
>he doesn't know how ratings works.
>facepalm.avi

>>6476057
>>6476018

>A single national ratings point represents one percent of the total number, or 1,149,000 households
>8,387,700 viewers
>ABC's rating for Saturday's U.S.-England tie in the World Cup was solid, but not a spectacular breakthrough. The rating for ABC's coverage, which included an hourlong pregame show, drew 6.1 of U.S. households.
>7,008,900

FINAL SCORE

LEBRON JAMES = 8,387,700
DIVEGRASS = 7,008,900

FLAWLESS FUCKING VICTORY

18 million americans watched it. 18 million americans watched the womens' final against china.

Does it matter that half of them are probably here illegally? The biggest markets are San Diego and LA.

The USA-England match Saturday was the fifth most-viewed soccer telecast in ABC history. The two-hour match window averaged a 7.3 household rating (8.4 million households) and 12.9 million viewers. When the one-hour pregame coverage was included in the figures, the game delivered a 6.1 household rating (7 million households) and 10.8 million viewers.

The match ratings are based on ABC viewership in 56 markets and do not include data from Univision (Spanish) and ESPN Deportes (Portuguese).

ESPN's most-watched game over the weekend was Argentina vs. Nigeria -- a 2.8 household coverage rating (2.8 million households) and 3.7 million viewers.

Top markets for USA-England
1. San Diego: 11.5 rating
2. San Francisco: 11.2
3. Las Vegas: 11.0
4. Cincinnati: 10.8
5. Salt Lake City: 10.2
Most-watched matches in U.S. history
1. USA-China, 1999 women's final, 18 million viewers (11.4 rating)
2. Brazil-Italy, 1994 final, 14.5 million (9.5 rating)
3. USA-Brazil, 1994 round of 16, 13.7 million (9.3 rating)
4. Italy-France, 2006 final ,12.0 million (7.0 rating)
5. USA-England, 2010 first round, 10.8 million (6.1 rating

>you are now aware that more womens soccer is more popular than men's in america.

reason being- soccer is a very feminine sport.

>>6475904
USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

>>6476220
The one thing I did like about the Lebron coverage was the lack of diving.

>>6476018
7.3 out of 100 homes in america watched lebron

you say 18 million watched usa v. england? that rating would be about 6

>>6476220

>The match on in the early morning
>LeBron prime time, hyped by ESPN for an entire day
>Marginally beat it
>Still beaten by iCarly

That Lebron thing is really nothing to show off about

>>6475956

>>6476220

All this proves is that we're stupid and we'll watch any bullshit ESPN throws at us.

I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of those ratings came from the USA games and were lackluster for other games.

>>6476301

>implying USA/England HURR DURR wasn't hyped for YEARS

>dedicated ESPN soccer channel

>>6476220
now add the people who watched it on univision

>>6476301
>early in the morning
>2:30 in the afternoon

Wake up at a normal time, faggot.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2010/06/strong_marks_for_tv_ratings_fo.html

US-England was 10 million US viewers
1999's Women's final vs China, 18 million US viewers.

That includes only CBS in English. Univision and ESPN in portugese isn't counted.

>>6476360
>implying the entire country lives in the Eastern timezone

>>6476341

The sun exploding could be hyped for years and it'd still probably get shit viewing figures if it was on as early as the USA v England match was on.

Why can't the rest of the world just get over the United States not embracing soccer?

We don't like cricket or rugby all that much and there isn't this immense butthurt from indians or aussies about it.

tl;dr usa always has and always will hate soccer, deal with it.

>>6476401
because america has $$$$$$ and fifa is run by greedy soccer jews

>>6476371
>implying the population center of USA isn't in like Indiana or some shit

>>6476401
Read
>>6475904

>>6476429
HUH?

>>6476401
>>6476401
>>6476401
>>6476401
>>6476401
>>6476401
>>6476401
>>6476401
>>6476401

>>6476401
because slowly but surely, people are falling in love with the game.

>>6476429
you just went full retard

>>6476498

No, they aren't.

>>6476498
i've been hearing that shit since the world cup was in america - it ain't gonna happen.

>>6476498
they say that every 4 years. it only rises because more spics come to the US.

then waht will haeppen to FSC? :(

Ehh I don't want americunts fagging up the beautiful game, carry on hating it yanks, cheers

>>6476429
The population center is somewhere in Missouri, I think

That's the problem with any international sport becoming popular in the US. All our sports are scheduled to be played after work during prime time.

>>6476535
hopefully it means they step their game up and stop being shitty

>>6476536

>you are now aware that the worlds showcase of this supposed "beautiful game" was chock full of diving, crying, shit reffing and capped off by the Americans losing a game in which a player stayed on the ground until he was carried off on a stretcher, got up and ran to the other side of the field.

>>6476536

Wut?

surely i am being trolled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZavXabGsuA

>>6476330
>>6476330
>>6476330
>>6476330
>>6476330


So. Fucking. True.

If ESPN didn't shove soccer down my throat for half a year before the WC I don't even think I would have known it was on. WC for Americans (as far as I go) was strictly a filler because baseball doesn't get good till aug/sep, NBA Finals were over, and NFL Mini camps don't start till August.

>>6476525
>>6476528
>>6476530

The game was essentially non-existent in the country until 1990. We had no professional league until 1996. Despite what the NASL did, the void was never filled until 1994. Look how far the MLS has come since. 3rd in sporting attendance, Beckham + Henry coming over. There isn't going to be a nuclear explosion that changes every minds. But a rising tide lifts all boats.

And some motherfuckers drown.

>>6475956
>the last superbowl

>>6476681

3rd in sporting attendance?

>>6476681
>how far the MLS has come
>World Series Poker on ESPN
>soccer nowhere to be found

>2010
116 games
Average:
16,459.53

As of mid-June.

NBA averages 17k.

>>6476922

>comparing attendances when some of the MLS teams playing in fucking football stadiums

>I love the Cup because it stripped away all the things about professional sports that I've come to despise. No sideline reporters. No JumboTron. No TV timeouts. No onslaught of replays after every half-decent play. No gimmicky team names like the "Heat" or the "Thunder." (You know what the announcers call Germany? The Germans. I love this.) No announcers breathlessly overhyping everything or saying crazy things to get noticed. We don't have to watch 82 mostly half-assed games to get to the playoffs. We don't have 10 graphics on the screen at all times. We don't have to sit there for four hours waiting for a winner because pitchers are taking 25 seconds to deliver a baseball.

Who would ever imagine someone like Bill Simmons posting something like this 10 years ago?

>mfw soccer dedicated channel fails miserably

Just because people watch the USA v England match (which was hyped to a point of almost a retarded level) doesn't mean people will watch MLS or European soccer.

I don't know anything about sports as I only recently developed an interest because of this world cup thingy. I've seen stuff like handegg and nascar and thought it was a little boring.

I'd watch an ESPN soccer cahnnel

>Dedicated soccer channel

Good thing we already have one, retards.

>mfw this time next month no one in America will give a fuck about soccer

>>6476922
TV ratings are what matters. Attendance hardly does. Your figures are bullshit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_attendance_figures

>checkmate
MLS is nowhere to be found. Again.

>>6476988
your a fucking idiot. Theres already Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Plus, and GolTv, all get very good ratings, plus ESPN often shows European matches in HD

They should do this. I want a dedicated soccer channel!

>>6477048
...that literally doesn't invalidate anything i said...

>>6477036
>mfw ESPN hypes the fuck out of the USA-Brazil game in August

u dumb

Hopefully they wont show any mls games.

That would kill any credibility they have as a football provider.

MLS sucks.

Might as well televise womens sawker.

>>6476999
and GOL TV for fuck sakes.

>>6476999
> a channel no one watches and even knows exists

>implying an ESPN run channel wouldn't be vastly superior to obscure Fox bullshit

>>6477204
>implying it won't be any different

>>6476999

FSC is full of canadafags.

It fucking sucks.

>>6477243
>implying Bobby McMahon isn't absolute god tier

>>6477191
>Might as well televise womens sawker.

They're showing US vs Sweden on Tuesday.

I miss Stephen Cohen.

>FSC
>terrible production values
>shitty Canadian presenters
>don't even have their channel in HD on cable
>GOL TV
>satellite-only

>ESPN
>bucketloads of money for licensing games
>god-tier production values
>will hire high-quality foreign presenters

>>6477266
Fuck off canadian.

>>6477275

I'd rather watch that then an MLS game.

I enjoy how the basher's strawmen have moved from

>AMERICA WILL NEVER LIKE SOCCER

to

>WELL AMERICA WILL ONLY WATCH THE WORLD CUP

>>6477145
> USA x BRAZIL
> USA wins
> My face

>>6477292
This.

I have no idea why people are trying to defend crappy obscure channels.

>>6475956
Lol nahhhhhhhh, its a fun game to watch but a mass majority of Americans love their football, baseball, basketball, and to a lesser extent hockey way too much.

>>6475956

Soccer will be relevant every 4 years in the U.S-- Just enough for them to pump enough money into the U.S National team to win them a few World Cups in the next 5-6 years.--

But as far as it taking over American football or even baseball as far as regular season goes.. It will never happen.

>>6477324

>implying anyone in America even watched the World Cup

>>6477294
im from chicago twat

also, to hate on terri leigh is terrible

>They may take our goals but they'll never take our freedom

The problem with America ....

... is that it's full of Americans

>>6477093
>your a fucking idiot.
>your

Sure is irony in here

>>6477375
FUCK YEAH AMERICA!!!!!!

>>6477343
Gol tv isn't satellite only either. I get it on verizon fios.

>>6477373

I don't know about that. Americans watched American matches and a few others for as long as the U.S was "in it"--But once the U.S team was out ratings dropped dramatically.

Which supports the point I've made a millions times on /sp/... like when the U.S was obsessed about gymnastics during the Summer Olympics--It didn't mean gymnastics was going to rival American football or basketball anytime soon---Just that Americans will watch and root for ANYTHING that's TEAM USA.

Same thing for the World Cup. No one had a sudden appreciation for soccer. It still fails as a sport. It was just another TEAM USA to root for.

>>6477492
>>reply

>>6477343
Fox Soccer Channel isn't obscure.

You just have shitty cable.

USA-Ghana game had more viewers than any individual world series game last year.

>>6477374
<3

>>6477548
I have FSC
I love FSC
But it's still a shitty channel

>>6475956

>>6477354
>>6477369
>stuck in the present

Soccer is very popular among the younger(under 30/under 25) generation, these people are going to be the base of the MLS's popularity. No one expects significant portions of the other sports fanbase's to convert to soccer.

Soccer is a growing sport with a LOT of room to grow, the other sports are fairly leveled out.

>>6477552
>implying Americans still care about roidswing

>>6477552
requesting source

>>6477343
Because its all we have

>>6477548
I have FCS.

It's obscure, get over it.

FSC makes me rage. They say they broadcast in HD but its not
also they play the same commericals all the time

I CALL MY SISTER IN INDIA SHE LOVES TO GOSSIP
I CALL MY BROTHER IN MEHICO I TAUGHT HIM HOW TO MAKE A PENALTY KICK

>>6477343
FSC has taken a turn for the worse losing Cohen but they've had some fucking great CL coverage if you ask me. Even getting the black guy from FOX for the final worked out pretty well.

>>6477569
Eh, it's decent. It's mostly rebroadcast Sky Sports anyways.

>>6477588
Source? The New Yorker, first article last week. Getting link now

And yeah people do care about roidswing. It's just on the wane.

>>6477578

>Implying the MLS has fans.

>>6477523
>comparing gymnastics to a team sport

Oh dear lord that's one stupid ass analogy.

>>6477662
I like watching the cricket highlights and trying to figure out what the fuck the rules are.

>>6477708
refer to: >>6476922

>>6477647
WORLD SOCCER SHOP DAWT CAWM. WORLD SOCCER SHOP DAWT CAWM. WORLD SOCCER SHOP DAWT CAWM.

>>6477662
It always pisses me off when they cut off the international feed commentators mid-sentence to cut to commercial at half- and full-time of EPL games
No I don't care what some Canadian guy who sounds like a 16 year old girl thinks of the game

>>6477725
I miss when the Fox Soccer Report used to be the Fox Sports World Report and they'd show highlights from like Aussie rules and rugby and WRC

>>6477647
lmfaooooooooooooo

they are in HD though, depends on your provider.

>>6477725
Dude, cricket is awesome. The rules are very simple too. It's just the names for everything are so stupid.

>>6477708
>Implying MLS season tickets aren't sold out for all the major teams, or that you can even get a regular ticket anywhere but behind the goals.

Ok so its 19.1 Million people watched the USA Ghana game. Which for a minor correction in my first statement, meant that it was higher than any individual world series game on average. sauce: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/07/12/100712taco_talk_hertzberg

>>6477578
Well you know what I'll give you that, I'm from Houston and alotta of my friends (whom fall in the 25-30 demograph) that never really watched soccer before the world cup are already talking about going to some Dynamo games.

>>6477794
ib4 excuses saying immigrants or Mexicans make up the large portion

>>6477761
Well, it seems to me that the batter can hit the ball any direction in 360 degrees and get runs. And they call BASEBALL luckswing? At least you're forced to hit the baseball straight.

>>6477793

>Implying the MLS has major teams.

Silly Americans with their silly sawker.

HEYHEY BRO YOU GOT THAT SOCCER THING I SENT YOU

ARI SHES GETTING MARRIED

DADDY MY TOOTH IS LOOSE

>>6477829
largest market San Diego
2nd largest market LA

>>6477829
the tickets are cheap because most MLS salaries are peanuts

i feel terrible for Andy Gray. I bet he had no idea FSC didn't have rights to the highlights when he signed on for WC coverage. I haven't watched FSC since the last few days before the WC started.

If I had to guess I'd say professional soccer is already more popular than hockey and on the rise. Now we just have to 'teach' the old sport commentators who think soccer is a pussy sport.

Kiddie soccer is already the most popular kiddie sport. And maybe like the third biggest varsity sport (behind football and Basketball)

I CAN CALL MY BROTHER WHO IS STATIONED IN GERMANY FOR GERMANY FOR JUST ONE CENT A MINUTE

HOW BRO YOU WORKING ON THOSE PENALTY KICKS?

>>6477489
I have fios, and I'd have to pay extra for goltv, but I get fsc.

>San Diego highest market

Does this mean we can into MLS?

>>6477898
Yeah, but he seems to love playing with that touch screen lol

I wonder why he didn't go to ESPN like with Euro 2008

>When Donovan scored that Cup-saving goal against those spineless playing-for-a-tie-when-they-needed-to-win-by-two-goals Algerians, the moment resonated like no other goal in American soccer history. We didn't have anyone telling us how we should feel, what the implications were, what the moment meant. We knew what it meant. We wanted more games. We wanted our boys to keep playing. Someone scored. We celebrated. We jumped up and down. We ran around the room. We were alive for another game. For once in a fragmented sports world, we all happened to be rooting for the same thing.

;_;

Oh Good, "Ticket To South Africa" is starting on FSC... the show that's too cheap to license video of the soccer games, so they show still photos from them during their commentary. ROFL

What ever happened to Max Bretos? He was actually pretty decent, and funny too.

Now they just have a bunch of Canadians

>>6477898

Elaborate plox.

>>6477848
Well the batter is really trying to protect the wicket while generating runs.

You don't have to run after every hit though. That's very common in test cricket.

>>6478027
>Max Bretos
>decent
That said, he works for ESPN now. Does ESPNEWS every once in a while and the halftime report for the MLS GOTW

>>6478027
He's working for ESPN. I think he'll be doing in house coverage with Lalas for USA games now. Maybe some commentary when JP can't make it.