Mexico vs USA / Soccer Controversy

• Tiernan

  Yesterday morning it seemed like every Sports Talk Radio show was trying to make a big deal out of the fact Mexican supporters outnumbered USA fans by appx. 100:1 on Saturday night at an international match held in L.A. Also the Mexican fans booed the USA team when they were introduced.
  
  My thought was...So F'n What? Soccer is a great sport for 8 yr. olds and this situation pretty much proves Americans are never gonna embrace this B.S. of a child's playground game.
• gorocks99

  

  Obvious troll is obvious.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Tiernan;815254 wrote:Yesterday morning it seemed like every Sports Talk Radio show was trying to make a big deal out of the fact Mexican supporters outnumbered USA fans by appx. 100:1 on Saturday night at an international match held in L.A. Also the Mexican fans booed the USA team when they were introduced.
  
  My thought was...So F'n What? Soccer is a great sport for 8 yr. olds and this situation pretty much proves Americans are never gonna embrace this B.S. of a child's playground game.

  I think the fact that in your own words every Sports Talk Radio show was talking about the game making a big deal out of it proves that your last statement is inaccurate.
  
  I don't think anyone is surprised that the game in the Coliseum was a "home game" for Mexico... people knew that would be the case going into it.
  
  Also, the continued play of the MLS also proves you otherwise. Soccer might never be #1... but America already has and continues to embrace soccer.
• Automatik

  

  I pretty much expected this. It's not like the Gold Cup is high on most American's list for sporting events to follow.
• Con_Alma

  Tiernan;815254 wrote:Yesterday morning it seemed like every Sports Talk Radio show was trying to make a big deal out of the fact Mexican supporters outnumbered USA fans by appx. 100:1 on Saturday night at an international match held in L.A. ....

  Isn't that ratio pretty reflective of the local population?
• Tiernan

  My exact words were "...every Sports Talk Radio show was trying to make a big deal out of it" but very few folks were bothering to take the bait and call in. Nobody gave a rats ass.
• gorocks99

  

  Why do you care where people spend their entertainment dollars? Soccer gets good enough ratings, especially among Hispanics, so to say "we should just ignore it" isn't reasonable, and attendance figures are very good in certain markets - not all. Media outlets are going to continue to cover it because they don't want to risk missing out on a slice of the pie.
• Tiernan

  Can't wait until the Somalian National team plays a game in Columbus...should break every attendance record at Crew Stadium.
• Laley23

  

  Tiernan;815291 wrote:Can't wait until the Somalian National team plays a game in Columbus...should break every attendance record at Crew Stadium.

  
  Thats silly. We wont ever play The Ocean Stars in Columbus!
• Tiernan

  Laley23;815297 wrote:Thats silly. We wont ever play The Ocean Stars in Columbus!

  I'm embarrassed for you that you know their team name.
• Laley23

  

  Tiernan;815311 wrote:I'm embarrassed for you that you know their team name.

  
  Google is a wonderful tool.
• sleeper

  

  It's soccer. My 84 year old grandma plays it.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Tiernan;815254 wrote:proves Americans are never gonna embrace this B.S. of a child's playground game.

  
  So then why did an ESPN poll that read "what are you most interested in watching this weekend?" show that the #1 response was the US-Mexico game? Over baseball and other more traditional american sports?
• Fly4Fun

  

  SportsAndLady;815376 wrote:So then why did an ESPN poll that read "what are you most interested in watching this weekend?" show that the #1 response was the US-Mexico game? Over baseball and other more traditional american sports?

  
  Clearly the media is trying to push their own agenda, duh.
• gorocks99

  

  SportsAndLady;815376 wrote:So then why did an ESPN poll that read "what are you most interested in watching this weekend?" show that the #1 response was the US-Mexico game? Over baseball and other more traditional american sports?

  
  Illegals, and the homogays.
• vball10set

  SportsAndLady;815376 wrote:So then why did an ESPN poll that read "what are you most interested in watching this weekend?" show that the #1 response was the US-Mexico game? Over baseball and other more traditional american sports?

  
  are you sure that wasn't the poll on ESPN Desportes?
• Azubuike24

  

  Yep, exactly. ESPN rigged the poll voting because they make so much money off soccer they wanted to really push it into the spotlight.
• Laley23

  

  vball10set;815383 wrote:are you sure that wasn't the poll on ESPN Desportes?

  
  It was ESPN. The results werent all that close after I looked with over 130k voting.
  
  ...and just to get it out there, ESPN wasnt covering the game. So no, they were not pushing "their product".
• vball10set

  Laley23;815391 wrote:It was ESPN. The results werent all that close after I looked with over 130k voting.
  
  ...and just to get it out there, ESPN wasnt covering the game. So no, they were not pushing "their product".

  
  LOL-- sorry, Laley, I was being sarcastic--but thanks for the confirmation
• hoops23

  

  Soccer is for teh gays
• Laley23

  

  vball10set;815393 wrote:LOL-- sorry, Laley, I was being sarcastic--but thanks for the confirmation

  
  haha, I wasnt trying to be a dick. I actually wondered the same thing when it was initially posted, so I went and looked. Granted, the major sports didnt have much going on, but the Confed game ran away with the voting.
  
  The second part was because thats all we heard during the WC and the very strong ratings it brought to ABC/ESPN.
• Automatik

  

  I saw that poll. I thought it was rather surprising, but there wasn't really much else going on.
  
  Even though the US lost, I'm still glad it was an entertaining game. Full of goals and emotion......not to mention shitty defense.
• like_that

  

  Fly4Fun;815257 wrote:I think the fact that in your own words every Sports Talk Radio show was talking about the game making a big deal out of it proves that your last statement is inaccurate.
  
  I don't think anyone is surprised that the game in the Coliseum was a "home game" for Mexico... people knew that would be the case going into it.
  
  Also, the continued play of the MLS also proves you otherwise. Soccer might never be #1... but America already has and continues to embrace soccer.

  
  Surprised you didn't jump in joy to give him a troll point.
• I Wear Pants

  sleeper;815338 wrote:It's soccer. My 84 year old grandma plays it.

  That would make your 84 year old grandmother cooler than you.
• Classyposter58

  

  Soccer really is a terrific sport IMO to play and watch. We just don't have a very entertaining league over here and it's hard to root for a european squad that you've most likely never watched live. When us americans have a team the ratings are up there with any other big major sports event