This is pretty indescribable. So I wont describe it, other than to note that it does not appear to be a joke. (H/T Ginge Talks the Footy)
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The World Cup: As Popular In The U.S. As The World Series?
Posted on June 30, 2010 by Pat Garofalo
Yesterday, Ken pointed out that more Americans are following the World Cup than live in the United Kingdom, a great stat to refute the notion that Americans don’t care about soccer. I’d like to add to that a fun little stat from the New York Times’ Sports Business column — as many Americans watched the [...]
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Size matters: More Americans following the World Cup than entire population of UK
Posted on June 28, 2010 by Ken Gude
Andrew Sullivan, a British transplant living here in America has done an admirable job tracking the following of the World Cup here in America from a British perspective. Usually that means narrow-minded dismissal of “soccer” ever taking hold here, but Sullivan has not succumbed to that lazy analysis. He does post today, however, the chart [...]
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Congratulations to our boys for earning respect of soccer world
Posted on June 26, 2010 by Ken Gude
I know its hard in the midst of such disappointment to push away those feelings and recognize that the US team accomplished a great deal in this tournament. There will be plenty of time for analysis and recriminations. The bottom line is that this team earned the respect of the soccer world. I can’t tell [...]
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Norway embraces Association Football setting up Scandinavian rivalry at AF
Posted on June 25, 2010 by Ken Gude
Norway loves Association Football – the sport and the blog! The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation has run a story on Americans embracing soccer and watching the World Cup in record numbers. The piece, titled “Amerikanrnes VM-interesse tar av (The Americans Interest in the World Cup Takes Off)” picks up a quote of Max’s from today’s Agence-France [...]
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Is this the breakthrough for soccer in America? Videos of reactions to Donovan winner
Posted on June 24, 2010 by Ken Gude
Max and I created this blog because we love soccer and we firmly believe that the growth of the sport in America is irreversible. More than most, we know that at times, just being a soccer fan in America is hard – you have to endure constant invectives about how it will never take hold [...]
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Winning Group C brings realistic path to semifinal
Posted on June 22, 2010 by Ken Gude
With all the appropriate caveats about not getting ahead of ourselves and needing to focus on Algeria tomorrow, a win in that game gives the US a very good chance at topping the group and a realistic path to the semifinal. Second place in the group likely brings matchups against two of the tournament favorites. While no game in the knockout stage [...]
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Assessing the US striker dilemma – Is there even a dilemma?
Posted on May 3, 2010 by Max Bergmann
The constant search for US strikers was seemingly resolved last summer with Altidore, Charlie Davies, and even Kenny Cooper making promising summer moves. Alas, apart from Jozy – who, in my view, has more than solidified his place – no one else is a sure thing at all. One could easily say – in horror [...]
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MLS’ Future Is Not In The Suburbs
Posted on April 19, 2010 by Max Bergmann
This past weekend a winless and pathetic DC United attracted more than 18,000 fans to a collapsing and cavernous relic of a stadium on a chili evening in Washington. Yet in Denver, the Colorado Rapids, possessing a respectable record and playing in a shiny and recently built stadium attracted less than 10,000 fans. There is [...]
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Why MLS Is Set For A Breakthrough Year
Posted on March 23, 2010 by Max Bergmann
With the threat of a strike over and with the league making steady progress year after year, there are lots of reasons to think that this year could be a breakthrough year for Major League Soccer. What do I mean by breakthrough? For instance, if you look at 2009, I would argue that it was [...]
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