Colin Cowherd believes that MLS will be more popular than NHL in 2 yrs.

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Also 'NASCAR' and foods with "cilantro"

Could it be that there's another cilantro hater besides me?

to you sir.

 

[Phantomphan]

I know, but it's worth mentioning. Cowherd is saying this and yet in the past five years ESPN has lost EPL, La Liga (on Deportes), the Champions League and now the World Cup. If soccer is going to surpass hockey, it sure seems like his own network doesn't give a flying fuck about it.

ESPN may not have the rights for much of soccer anymore, but they aren't the only game in town like they used to be. Fox Sports has the World Cup and will want to use that to boost that channel, NBCSN has the Premier League I think and the Spanish language channels carry some games from Latin American leagues. I don't think that soccer will pass hockey in popularity but it won't be for lack of tv exposure.

 

[forty_three]

just with the changing demo's, its a given that MLS will continue to grow ... just look at the quadrupling MLS franchise expansion fees in the past couple years ... people want in as owners ... Id say in 10 to 15 years it might be on par with the NHL in terms of industry revenue ... might require a future USMNT world cup victory for anything more than that

a "Miracle on grass" if you will.

 

[SLY]

This whole "liberal" connection to soccer is fucking ridiculous. Anyone who believes that nonsense can go shove Ann Coulter up their ass.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

This whole "liberal" connection to soccer is fucking ridiculous. Anyone who believes that nonsense can go shove Ann Coulter up their ass.

That is a mental image I could have done without. Thanks.

 

[Comeds]

Also 'NASCAR' and foods with "cilantro"

Could it be that there's another cilantro hater besides me?

to you sir.

The argument against cilantro is not necessarily racist. It does, however, employ racial thinking.

 

[forty_three]

The argument against cilantro is not necessarily racist. It does, however, employ racial thinking.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

This whole "liberal" connection to soccer is fucking ridiculous. Anyone who believes that nonsense can go shove Ann Coulter up their ass.

You're entirely right about the liberal nonsense though.

Soccer is the most popular sport in a huge majority of countries. Sure it's the most popular sport in some very liberal countries like Germany and the Netherlands, but it's also the most popular sport in some very conservative countries like Iran and the majority of Africa.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

a "Miracle on grass" if you will.

Because you'd have to be smoking a lot of it to think this is ever possible

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Agreed. Except for that Calgary part. Charlotte first please!

Just wait until all the teams they're putting in Florida and Georgia fail and they'll be in these two cities in no time!

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

ESPN may not have the rights for much of soccer anymore, but they aren't the only game in town like they used to be. Fox Sports has the World Cup and will want to use that to boost that channel, NBCSN has the Premier League I think and the Spanish language channels carry some games from Latin American leagues. I don't think that soccer will pass hockey in popularity but it won't be for lack of tv exposure.

ESPN is still the undisputed king, and I think the way to get soccer into the mainstream is exposure to the world's best, and right now and for the foreseeable future the world's best will be playing in England, Spain and Italy. Hoping to attract converts by flooding them with MLS is a recipe for failure, as the play in MLS is still akin to that of England's 4th division, and that isn't going to change with the mass expansion MLS has undergone/still is undergoing in the past decade.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Just wait until all the teams they're putting in Florida and Georgia fail and they'll be in these two cities in no time!

sounds like the MLS is more like the NHL then you think

 

[jstewismybastardson]

ESPN is still the undisputed king, and I think the way to get soccer into the mainstream is exposure to the world's best, and right now and for the foreseeable future the world's best will be playing in England, Spain and Italy. Hoping to attract converts by flooding them with MLS is a recipe for failure, as the play in MLS is still akin to that of England's 4th division, and that isn't going to change with the mass expansion MLS has undergone/still is undergoing in the past decade.

thats incredibly dumb

 

[forty_three]

This whole "liberal" connection to soccer is fucking ridiculous. Anyone who believes that nonsense can go shove Ann Coulter up their ass.

You're entirely right about the liberal nonsense though.

Soccer is the most popular sport in a huge majority of countries. Sure it's the most popular sport in some very liberal countries like Germany and the Netherlands, but it's also the most popular sport in some very conservative countries like Iran and the majority of Africa.

So am I the only one who tuned in partially because I wanted to add to the moral decay of this country?

 

[awaz]

Agreed. Except for that Calgary part. Charlotte first please!

Raleigh!

go railhawks

 

[RP-29]

This whole "liberal" connection to soccer is fucking ridiculous.

Like basketball, soccer can be played by many with a single $10 ball. It's a poor man's sport. The poor typically lean left. Therefore, there is a connection.

Also, liberals are modeling their ideals after European countries. Europe loves soccer. Therefore, there is a connection.

 

[dare2be]

So am I the only one who tuned in partially because I wanted to add to the moral decay of this country?

I'm eating Jolly Ranchers, adding to the molar decay of this country.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

sounds like the MLS is more like the NHL then you think

LMAO!

 

[dare2be]

Like basketball, soccer can be played by many with a single $10 ball. It's a poor man's sport. The poor typically lean left. Therefore, there is a connection.

Yeah, I typically think of all those soccer moms in their SUVs as liberal.

/Since we've pulled out the stereotype card. Don't leave home without it.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

thats incredibly dumb

Not at all. Liberally, MLS teams each have maybe two players that could play for a top flight team in a big 4 league. The rest of the roster is made up of players who have no business playing soccer professionally (and many do indeed have side jobs).

I don't think it's out of line to say Real Salt Lake or Montreal Impact would struggle to beat S****horpe United or Portsmouth.