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Soccer is a symbol of Western European socialism. They say if we try it we will like it and then scratch our heads as to how we ever got along without it. We didn't want it back in the 70's the last time they tried to push both down our throats, so I don't see why now would be any different. As I see it Rugby is far superior game to soccer anyway and given just 10% of the money soccer has had supporting its expansion, it would now be played at every school in the country.



I don't know have2cit, I may have to disagree with you here. When you have kids and see the entire outfield looking for 4-leaf clovers out there during a little league game vs a well organized soccer league of the same age and see the difference in interest and participation from the kids you begin to see the interest. There will be a groundswell of interest in soccer in the next 10-15 yrs when all these kids get into the ESPN demographic. It's inevitable.

No knock on Rugby or NCAA football, but pretty soon almost everyone will have played some soccer vs how many played football or baseball or basketball beyond little league much less rugby.

Soccer is a painfully boring game to watch. They will have do something about scoring and the penalties to really break through to the big time here, though. There has to be a way for every play and every touch to amount to something.