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USA-Portugal match draws more viewers than NBA Finals or World Series
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:50 pm
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:51 pm to benhamin5555
Pussification of America
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:51 pm to benhamin5555
1. Take this shite to the soccer board.
2. Wake me up when more than 8 people watch a MLS game.
2. Wake me up when more than 8 people watch a MLS game.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:52 pm to benhamin5555
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:59 pm to benhamin5555
I watched it, while I didn't watch a single game of the world series or NBA finals this year.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:01 pm to benhamin5555
Good time slot, and was probably the most exciting soccer game in terms of action and enjoyment we'll see in a good bit
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:02 pm to benhamin5555
That match drained my liver
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:02 pm to benhamin5555
not really surprised.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:03 pm to benhamin5555
And it should, it's once every 4 years.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:03 pm to benhamin5555
Or maybe it's because we have a subpar league in the US?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:04 pm to benhamin5555
It's because it's USA. People like watching hyped up events where the USA competes against the world.
Don't flatter yourselves, soccer fans. They aren't watching because they love soccer.
Millions of people also watch ski jumping or water polo once every 4 years...
Don't flatter yourselves, soccer fans. They aren't watching because they love soccer.
Millions of people also watch ski jumping or water polo once every 4 years...
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:11 pm to benhamin5555
Doesn't really mean anything. I tuned in and I hate soccer. It's the United States going against the world in a sport we are traditionally not that good in. It's a great story line and draw for that reason alone.
The whole nation has a rooting interest in the outcome of the game which is most certainly not the case with the NBA Finals or the World Series.
The whole nation has a rooting interest in the outcome of the game which is most certainly not the case with the NBA Finals or the World Series.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:11 pm to benhamin5555
it was a great fricking match
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:15 pm to benhamin5555
I like how Univision is being added in, when no other sport does that. Can we include the Canadian television networks when discussing hockey now too? A lot of people are signed up for League Pass and MLB TV, can we include them?
I don't have a problem with soccer, but the sport looks desperate when it includes every single last number for soccer, and then forgets to do that for all the other sports.
I don't have a problem with soccer, but the sport looks desperate when it includes every single last number for soccer, and then forgets to do that for all the other sports.
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:28 pm to benhamin5555
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:42 pm to benhamin5555
It is because Tiger didn't play in the NBA Finals or World Series.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:56 pm to benhamin5555
It's the only event where I see an entire bar or room never taking their eyes off the tv. Go to a super bowl party and half the people aren't watching.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:00 pm to benhamin5555
I sort of like soccer (been to a few MLS games), but the truth is we watched because it's a four-year event.
Cross-posted from the Soccer Board:
More at The Atlantic...
Cross-posted from the Soccer Board:
quote:
Americans Love the World Cup—We Still Don't Care About Soccer
The United States' mostly inspired—and occasionally soul-crushing—group play in the World Cup this year has garnered record-breaking ratings. Our first match, a victory over Ghana, was the most-watched soccer game ever on ESPN. Official ratings for the second match, a brutal tie against Portugal, are still being processed, but they will certainly (and deservedly) be astronomical.
Does America finally love soccer?
No. Or, more specifically: No, there isn't yet much evidence that rapt TV audiences from the World Cup will keep watching soccer between quadrennial worldwide championships. Soccer isn't becoming America's new baseball. The World Cup is becoming America's new Summer Olympics.
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In 2012, 32 million Americans watched Usain Bolt win the 100-meter race. It wasn't a reflection of racing's emergence as a major TV destination. It was a reflection that the Summer Olympics are a special glimpse of rare global talent that air when America's most popular sports, the NFL and NBA, are dormant.
The World Cup is essentially a single-sport Summer Olympics introducing tens of millions of viewers to a thrilling contest in a sport they typically don't care about. Unfortunately for America's soccer fans, the vast majority of yesterday's domestic viewers won't watch another soccer game between August and 2018.
More at The Atlantic...
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:03 pm to benhamin5555
This seems to have ruffled some feathers
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