I do agree with you that soccer will stay below football and basketball

However, if MLS had started out in 1920 (same year as the APFA/NFL), then I do think it is possible soccer could have a different fate in the US. At the lower levels (i.e. college or HS) soccer wouldn't have been viewed for the longest time (and maybe still is) as a "rich kid sport" or "preppy kids sport." Even if soccer wasn't more popular than American football and/or basketball, I do think the gap between the sports could be a lot closer than what it is today.

In response to this post by Tafkam Hokie

Posted: 05/09/2019 at 5:19PM

That was the dumbest thing I’ve ever witnessed. You want to know why soccer -- CPRVHokie 05/08/2019 5:02PM

Has the entire soccer experiment in the American colony failed -- Hokie1992 05/09/2019 07:06AM

It hasn't grown like people projected, but that isn't "failure." -- Tafkam Hokie 05/09/2019 09:03AM

I disagree there are only 2 things holding soccer back here in the US -- VTHokie2000 05/09/2019 09:45AM

I am talking about problems with the very sport itself, not how the league -- Tafkam Hokie 05/09/2019 2:30PM

In this particular case, I do think they go hand and hand -- VTHokie2000 05/09/2019 3:23PM

Maybe I'm thinking more of soccer's ceiling. -- Tafkam Hokie 05/09/2019 3:33PM

Maybe you are or we are talking tangents of the overall issue -- VTHokie2000 05/09/2019 4:12PM

Now I see why we look at it differently. -- Tafkam Hokie 05/09/2019 4:53PM

I do agree with you that soccer will stay below football and basketball -- VTHokie2000 05/09/2019 5:19PM

Damn. I don't care about soccer one way or the other but it's nice to have -- Hurley09 05/08/2019 7:06PM

Any chance 'Arry Kane will be back for June 1? ** -- North Main Hokie 05/08/2019 6:45PM

I’m rewatching the game. First things first ** -- CPRVHokie 05/08/2019 6:50PM

What happened? I saw the first and last [replay] goals. Slept between. ** -- TomTurkey 05/08/2019 5:44PM

Soccer is slow and boring. -- SDHokie 05/08/2019 5:03PM

Sports are mostly slow and boring unless you truly care about one of the -- BG Hokie 05/08/2019 6:51PM

Even for football (as opposed to futbol), I usually won't start watching -- Tafkam Hokie 05/08/2019 6:58PM

You also really only need the last two minutes of an NBA basketball game ** -- Hokie1992 05/09/2019 06:57AM

I can accept this answer as long as you don't like baseball. Lose all -- CochraneResident 05/08/2019 5:19PM

He was being facetious and mocking that POV ** -- Nova Hokie 95 05/08/2019 5:27PM

How foolish of me?! That was so obvious. /s. That /s means sarcasm. -- CochraneResident 05/08/2019 5:32PM

Millenials must assimilate with Gen X or leave the lounge. We have a system ** -- CPRVHokie 05/08/2019 6:32PM

Enjoy CC’s latest column...it might be his last. -- vthokieq 05/08/2019 5:08PM

I hope Will offers referral discounts to members if their lead -- VTHokie2000 05/08/2019 5:44PM

I'm expecting the headline to be, "There's been an international incident -- ElbertoHokie 05/08/2019 5:16PM

Even if the Pentagon sends Omega Force to clean up the mess? ** -- VTHokie2000 05/08/2019 5:35PM

I have a friend over there who can bail him out. ** -- CPRVHokie 05/08/2019 5:31PM

Emma Peel? Saw her pic earlier. ** -- TomTurkey 05/08/2019 5:46PM

Woof. No. But if you need blow... ** -- CPRVHokie 05/08/2019 6:33PM

Anti Shun -- okiehokie1 05/08/2019 5:52PM

I do agree with you that soccer will stay below football and basketball

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