How big of a hit did soccer's popularity in America just take?

None of those things caused long term damage. Soccer will continue to steadily grow in the US as it has been for a long time.

and Hope Solo

dsdsnjdsjkjkds wrote:

None of those things caused long term damage. Soccer will continue to steadily grow in the US as it has been for a long time.

This

It's the Olympics, Brazil is the only team pretending to care about it because they can't win a real soccer tournament

HardLoper wrote:

dsdsnjdsjkjkds wrote:

None of those things caused long term damage. Soccer will continue to steadily grow in the US as it has been for a long time.

This

It's the Olympics, Brazil is the only team pretending to care about it because they can't win a real soccer tournament

7-1 never (let them) forget 🇩🇪🇩🇪

I only watch the Men's World Cup every 4 years (and enjoy it) but isn't Olympic soccer essentially for amateurs? Or at least the B team?

Olympic soccer is u-23 players plus 3 of any age (hence Neymar). US soccer's problem down the road is not ratings but the fact we have not qualified for the Olympics the last two cycles.

Someone seems to have butthurt over Messi rather than actually caring about the growth of soccer in America.

If you can point me to some data about "the most proclaimed soccers fan in the US conveniently happen[ing] to be diehard Messi and Barca fans", I'd be happy to read it.

HardLoper wrote:

dsdsnjdsjkjkds wrote:

None of those things caused long term damage. Soccer will continue to steadily grow in the US as it has been for a long time.

This

It's the Olympics, Brazil is the only team pretending to care about it because they can't win a real soccer tournament

Brazil >> any other country (talking about soccer)

Pele >>> any other player in history

deal with that

what a clown wrote:

[quote]HardLoper wrote:

[quote]dsdsnjdsjkjkds wrote:

Brazil >> any other country (talking about soccer)

Pele >>> any other player in history

deal with that

Brazil...No. Not quite.

Pele? Holy crap, hell no. Not by a long shot!! Most soccer experts believe he doesn't belong even in the top ten. He was and still is hyped a hell of a lot though...which is why many uninformed still think he is something special even though 90% of those didn't even watch him play.

I don't know about how much it will all hurt soccer in the U.S. but Argentina will probably go back to the days of the gaucho.

that's the truth, regardless of what you think

Accurator wrote:

what a clown wrote:

[quote]HardLoper wrote:

[quote]dsdsnjdsjkjkds wrote:

Brazil >> any other country (talking about soccer)

Pele >>> any other player in history

deal with that

Brazil...No. Not quite.

Pele? Holy crap, hell no. Not by a long shot!! Most soccer experts believe he doesn't belong even in the top ten.

He was and still is hyped a hell of a lot though...which is why many uninformed still think he is something special even though 90% of those didn't even watch him play.

for your reply it is easy to know that you do not understand anything at sport, but the part in bold is laughable to say the least

what a clown wrote:

Accurator wrote:

Brazil...No. Not quite.

Pele? Holy crap, hell no. Not by a long shot!! Most soccer experts believe he doesn't belong even in the top ten.

He was and still is hyped a hell of a lot though...which is why many uninformed still think he is something special even though 90% of those didn't even watch him play.

for your reply it is easy to know that you do not understand anything at sport, but the part in bold is laughable to say the least

Seriously.

Judging between eras is tough, especially when we don't have footage of a lot of Pele's games, but just watching him in the World Cup, it's clear that the guy was transcendent.

HardLoper wrote:

dsdsnjdsjkjkds wrote:

None of those things caused long term damage. Soccer will continue to steadily grow in the US as it has been for a long time.

This

It's the Olympics, Brazil is the only team pretending to care about it because they can't win a real soccer tournament

Ha! Yeah, Brazil never wins any real tournaments like the world cup...

WTF?? Take that pele shit elsewhere...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1099349-top-5-things-pele-does-not-want-you-to-know/page/6

If you know futbol, you will know who is the best, and it sure ain't him.

If you don't even watch some game called soccer, then you may be the type that calls Pele the best, as that is the standard muttering from some brainwashed fool.

Media may be pushing Messi, but Christiano has 50% more fans than Messi according to social media.