Weather is a factor too, which is why @MLS has a different season than European leagues. And has hydration timeouts.
Although soccer is becoming more popular here, ironically for the opposite reason @PeterBeinart gave: SWPL white flight.
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Watching the Seattle-Atlanta
@MLS game now, since I was too lazy to reach for the remote after the World Cup, and there are 72,000 fans in attendance, per the commentators (the stadium does look full). Soccer is definitely getting more popular in America.
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And because soccer is for poor people that can’t afford sporting equipment.
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True ... not as much business opportunity in the game.
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Volleyball is better and more masculine than soccer don’t @ me
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No, it's because we futzed up rugby by calling it football, and didn't know how to handle soccer vis á vis the RoW.
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