Why do Americans think soccer is boring when come on American Football is the slowest to watch!?
488813
I have seen a couple of American games live and it is more of a family day out.\nThere is a lot of entertainment apart from the game plus great shows at the end of each quarter.\nThere is also a large selection of good food.\nI think many Americans see a football match as an event so short its not worth going to watch 90mins of men diving around, grey skys and lousy food.
1017873
I know soccer isn't big here in the US. I ref, watch (when I find it) and play soccer, so I'm into it. But here in America the majority of us are surrounded by NFL loving jocks who are so full of themselves and this soccer is for fags and girls. Thats because they have never played it. It really is a challenging sport and it isn't given due credit in the US. But the jocks always say "soccer is for girls" and most of the people who follow the jocks think "if they think its stupid then it must be" b/c the followers can't make an opinion of their own. \n\nAs for when it will catch on I don't know. I know it is the #1 played sport by kids in the US. But the pro-league here (MLS) is a joke so I think that has a major influence as to why people don't watch it. And its never on regular cable you need to "1,000 channel package" to watch it.
989804
Dude i agree with u 100% soccer sucks i can't stand to watch the damn sport when it is on t.v. i skip it and go to another channel. And how r the idiots who answered this question saying baseball and american football are boring both football and baseball are 1,000,000 times better than soccer because they r packed with action but soccer is like a 2 hr. long game and they only score once i mean come on how can u watch that.
995240
Wow same!  I'm American and this is the first year I've even watched a soccer match without just taking a glance and dismissing it with boredom.  I don't know what about this year caught me, but now I'm really into the WC.  However, I think once this dies down, I'm not sure if I'm going to continue sating my apetite for soccer w/ national games (mainly cause I'm a staunch supporter of European teams).  Too bad the rest of America is too intrigued by our own brutish version of football to care about soccer.  It's merely a reflection of us as a country I guess, and it fits well with our war-mongering image.
27577
No, a little boring ...more stops that actions ...Soccer's better!!!
1167169
it's acually very popular among small kids because it's such a cheap sport to get started in. but as far a spectator sport is concerned, no one watches. there is a pro leauge here but it's very small and unpopular, it has no TV contract. i would say less than 2% of americans are serious soccer fans.
249526
Soccer - I grew up in Europe, and I just can't and won't understand American football.
1112448
I'm guessing ur American cause americans know nothing bout soccer/football Anywayz watch it on (IF UR IN AMERICA WATCH IT ON: Abc,espn,espn2)
1081191
I hate to be the devils advocate here, but nobody that matters in America likes soccer, or football, or futbol, or whatever other names there are for it. Its viewed in LARGE part to be a sport for children, immigrants, homosexuals, and oddly enough, overpaid, underqualified prep schools. The simple fact is, it sucks. Its nothing at all like the sports we have here, which are, mainly, contact sports (even baseball has more legal contact than soccer). I dont want to waste my time or money watching an incredibly boring sport where a bunch of metrosexuals chase after eachother and a ball (but any contact whatsoever is severely punished), and then they kick that little ball at this enormous net guarded by one dude, but still manage to miss 90% of the time. I mean, wtf?! The scores should be, like, 40-39.
1183378
Tell me when and where!!!!!  American football is the most ridiculous sport I´ve ever seen!!  I think that the people who think that soccer (football for everyone outside the US) is boring have never sat through an entire World Cup match.  I don´t know how anyone could think it´s boring!\n\nAmen, brother!
792911
Soccer is just begining to get popular in the US as more youth and people are getting involved in it. As the more famous names come to the US, the more popular it gets.\n\nI believe it isnt as big in the US because American Football has taken the higher position here. As you see, soccer isnt even shown too much on TV or in magazines such as sports illustrated because half of their pages cover either American Football or Baseball. So when it isnt publicized enough, people don't really care much for it.\n\nThe rest of the world is a common place for soccer because it started with people as children. Many children in Europe, Africa, etc grew up playing only soccer (because soccer was their only main sport in the country) in their streets and I believe it spreads from there.\n\n\nHope that helps,\nGood luck
1089311
Its because we don't have a chance for it to grow on us. America is a culture that relies on the media heavily. Soccer isn't made for tv. It would be impossible to show commercials or anything like that. All of the other sports in America actually make breaks so that they can show commercials. Soccer just wouldn't fit in with what most people are used to. Therefore no big network would risk it.
1081355
YES! PLEASE let's move on!! Americans are mostlly fans of football, baseball and baksetball ( with hockey as the fourth sport ). Also, let's not bother and televise the boring World Cup proceedings on our television stations. The United States is unique in it's own way, and don't need other countries to shove their sports down our throats! If you want to follow the World Cup proceedings, please follow it on another nations' cable hook-up.
307405
To Watch....Football (The Real One American!) Not soccer! \n\nTo Play.....Baseball
434330
I think the problem is in the exposure it gets. Only MLS games are shown on broadcast television. Put some games on TV from other countries and I think that it would do better. Case in point, the Man U came to the US for a few games throughout the US and it was a sellout four months before the game began. The US would crave soccer if we could see high quality games instead of teh sometimes monotonous MLS.
1072572
if running back and forth after a ball is boring then all sports are boring because when you think about it...all sports involve chasing a ball\n\namericans don't have what it takes to play soccer. In fact, USA is the only country in the whole world who doesn't like soccer. What does that tell you?
1182855
No.  Soccer is not very important nor popular in this country like other countries.  You watch like a two hour game and only see like one or two goals.  Very slow and boring game to watch on TV.  Might be more exciting if you could be at the game itself though as the people are very entertaining and it would be cool to see some fights.