Why does soccer not receive much attention from Americans when it is the most famous sport in the WORLD?
141943
There are two raisons, first the support from media and the big companies for this sport is around zero. Second the peoples in USA like sports with many goals or action like basketball the games always with more than 120 goals.
1159030
American football is really big here. Soccer is more of a local thing, doesn't have much of a following except for small teams and the few who cheer them on. Too bad really ...
1021912
In the USA, football (soccer) isn't one of their major sports - it's a shame cos if it was they would be brilliant at it as they are a huge nation.  It is getting more popular though, so in time who knows.
1017742
I've yet to understand the popularity of baseball myself but hey to each there own.  When I ask my family about world cup and I have to tell them it's soccer. They roll their eyes and yawn.  To those that never played the game it is rather boring and you can catch all the action on the highlight reel of the late night news.  When you get down to it, when one doesn't know someone that's actually playing it's hard to spark interest.  Baseball players, basketball etc...have become household names and hence an increase of popularity.
398722
I see it very difficult to happen since Americans don't like or don't pay as much attention to soccer as they do to other sports, but as soon as they start paying attention to soccer as they do to baseball or football I think it would only take them as much as 3-4 world cups since they can really afford sponsoring a very good team.... but hey that's just my opinion
409066
yes football is the most popular sport in d planet, becacuse its exhilarating to watch. firstly and clearly most significant, is the development of the world cup from an invitational tournament among a few elite soccer nations to a global television circus which commands greater attention than any other world sporting event. parallel to the world cup, has been the explosive growth of the highest-level club game. the european champions league not only commands attention on every continent, its dominant clubs have become dependent upon global talent. is a sport that is loved and played all over the world. bigs clubs in europe continue to play in different countries, like asia, and north america trying to break into the market and make it a even more popular sport.
1000461
It is the biggest single sport event in the world. It will be viewed by billions. FIFA world cup is for the best Football(aka Soccer to us Japanese, Americans, and Canadians)\n\nThe Brazilians are ranked #1 with the best players in the world but nothing is guaranteed.\n\n1  Brazil  \n2  Czech Republic  \n3  Netherlands  \n4  Mexico \n5  USA  tied with Spain\n5  Spain  \n7  Portugal  \n8  France\n9  Argentina\n10 England
356073
I do not think they it is about respect.. most of the people that do not understand the history or meaning about the sport.Have to be educated on  what the game is about and why it is played the way it is played. With the MLS making its march in our sports culture, things can only go up and the people will be educated more and more every year. They will see that soccer or futbol is a worldwide sport that is played all over the world with alot of passion. ,and soon the whole country will wonder why we have not won this prestigeous trophy. The USA has a good program from youth to professional and the more people see that hard work they will wonder how Brazil has won the world cup as many times as they have,or maybe they will remember the NASL and so many good teams and players that participated in making a lasting impression on the American sports culture.. The USA has alot of potential and always have ,,look in 1934 the USA did well on a world stage and in 2002 ,we were a post shot away from being in semifinals against Turkey. The Country is doing well and they support the USA team,but with a World Cup win that would really get people even more exited every time a soccer game is played.
305815
Simple.Not only are we hated by most nations for being the leading country,We are also pretty good in Soccer,we got by Mexico in the playoffs last World Cup.What we Americans can fix is respecting the game.It is number 1 in the world while in the USA it is pretty far down in the list.
465847
i had this same discussion with a friend/co-worker from nigeria, his name was sam larbi, and he asked why it is that people in the united states were not as passionate about the mls as they were about the european leagues, i think it's as simple as the person watching....if you are a soccer player yourself you have an appreciation for "the best" you want to see the most skilled players in the world, and the fact that MANY african players are good enough to not only play in the champions league but to thrive, should make anyone native excited enough to follow it HOWEVER they can, i think it's great that someone would cry when they're favorite team loses, soccer is the WORLD's game...and to answer my friend sam's question i simply said..."americans don't care about soccer, they aren't good enough to, yet" but guys like samuel etoo make it fun to watch, i still make every attempt to just try-out for one of those teams, that alone would be an honor, i would sell my house and move their just to try-out....and because soccer to europans is like basketball to americans...it makes us fellow followers of the best game on earth want to see the best players on earth play...you see, i applaud you for goin to watch the games at a friends house, i would walk miles and miles to see barcelona play !!!
40539
The international game known as Football (or Futbol) - what Americans refer to as "soccer" - has only gained popularity in America in the last few years, and has never been a popular spectator sport here.  Although American football does involve hand-touching, it is one of the few games played here that involves kicking the ball, so that's probably where the name came from.
1158248
The US is not a country focused on Soccer but I believe in this next generation of soccer players in the youth leagues will change all that and bring to light that the USA is a forces to be delt with. It's obvious that the US MNT needs to step it because their competition is not going to back down and the US WNT needs to stay on top as one of the top, if not THE top, team in the world!!\n\nGO USA SOCCER!!
974482
the answer to your question is found in the TV ratings, that's the true measure of who's watching what. so according to the neilson ratings, football is by far the most popular sport in america. NASCAR is second, baseball 3rd, and basketball 4th. soccer isn't even a blip on the radar screen, in fact very few soccer games are on TV here. the pro leauge does not have a network TV contract, because we really don't care about soccer here.
1179486
I don't think the country is being converted, and frankly don't think it will ever be popular than the major American sports. That being said it's popularity has indeed grown lately. ESPN is playing most of the World Cup matches, and the national sports news reports on the scores from the matches. It was not this way a few years ago, so it is gaining at least some popularity.
366716
Soccer is popular because of the tension that builds up during play.  Scoring a goal is like winning at chess.  The intricate strategy required to beat the offside trap and score while not being fouled or committing a foul is incredibly difficult.  So when someone scores, it's an incredible release and when you watch it you just go nuts.  Plus, the atmosphere at matches is incomparable.  Fans go crazy!  You just have to experience it to understand it.
1149574
Because Brazil has too many famous players, playing around the world. Also traditionally Brazil is the best soccer team in the world for the same reason, everybody  knows Brazilian players from the past like the Great Pele to Rinaldo, the TV spots propaganda, awards all that make Brazil players famous all over the world. They have the fun and pretty game, their fame is an entertainment, all that together make people think Brazil is the best team,also they have 5 world cups to support that. By the way my team is Argentina.
117934
According to wikipedia, over 240 million people regularly play soccer (aka football) in more than 200 countries.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer\n\nHere is a very unscientific survey of self-proclaimed most popular sports: http://www.johann-sandra.com/popular.htm