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I can't believe how far we've come
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:09 am
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:09 am
In terms of the sport's popularity and growth.
This years's attention and coverage of the USMNT and the entire WC is many times what it was four years ago, much less 8 or 12.
It's nice to sit back and see the rest of the country see the beauty in this game.
I remember Cowherd four years ago saying ESPN did a study that revealed soccer was the no. 2 sport among males 12-20 and that ESPN was investing accordingly.
I'm glad they have. Friends of mine who didn't even watch a minute in 2010 are fired up about this team. They've embraced it.
American Outlaws is a hug part of it. The I Believe stuff, people are eating that up.
Regardless, it's fun to be a part of.
This years's attention and coverage of the USMNT and the entire WC is many times what it was four years ago, much less 8 or 12.
It's nice to sit back and see the rest of the country see the beauty in this game.
I remember Cowherd four years ago saying ESPN did a study that revealed soccer was the no. 2 sport among males 12-20 and that ESPN was investing accordingly.
I'm glad they have. Friends of mine who didn't even watch a minute in 2010 are fired up about this team. They've embraced it.
American Outlaws is a hug part of it. The I Believe stuff, people are eating that up.
Regardless, it's fun to be a part of.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:11 am to Stewie Griffin
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I remember Cowherd four years ago saying ESPN did a study that revealed soccer was the no. 2 sport among males 12-20 and that ESPN was investing accordingly.
Except they let their rights to pretty much all soccer go?
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The CL and WC moving to Fox will set soccer back many years.
This post was edited on 6/22/14 at 9:12 am
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:18 am to Stewie Griffin
20 years ago, I was a college student with a great interest in sports. I watched the World Cup because hey, why not?
I fell in love with the game and gradually learned more and more about the game.
4 years ago (16 years after the 94 WC) I talked my way into my first professional coaching job.
Now I am a high school soccer coach - and a darned good one at that - without every truly playing the game. But you don't need to have first been a horse to become a jockey, right?
My hope is that the coverage and popularity of soccer will coincide with a transcendent performance by the USMNT and continue to draw more and more athletes AND coaches into the sport, which will only make us grow and become more rich as a soccer nation!
I fell in love with the game and gradually learned more and more about the game.
4 years ago (16 years after the 94 WC) I talked my way into my first professional coaching job.
Now I am a high school soccer coach - and a darned good one at that - without every truly playing the game. But you don't need to have first been a horse to become a jockey, right?
My hope is that the coverage and popularity of soccer will coincide with a transcendent performance by the USMNT and continue to draw more and more athletes AND coaches into the sport, which will only make us grow and become more rich as a soccer nation!
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