re: Clint Dempsey >>>> Landon Donovan

Understanding of math is about as good as my grammar/spelling. If your going to argue so and so has done more to bring a casual fan to watch more soccer it wouldn't be a player. It be the media. But if you would have to pick someone with the team I'd argue Klinsmann. He has the most diverse group of players being watched my the largest audience. If you are wanting to argue which player I think you would have to argue someone not like LD who is white gifted and from Cali which already has soccer fans. I think players not white and not from Cali have brought more casual fans into watching. I grew up in the south and played with or against 1 minority that was not Latin before I went to college. That's games in TX. LA. AL. MS. FL and MO that I can remember. I live in the north now and my kids have played against or with 1 non Latin minority. That's county LA. AR. IA MO. and IL. I bet the majority on this board are white. So if you think who's brought this sport to a larger audience and look at TV viewing and drawing more casual fans who have never seen soccer before I'd argue against LD