why is lacrosse the fastest growing sport in america?
602089
i guess because not a lot of people play yet but someone's answer said it wouldn't be popular until it was played in the park on saturdays and it definitely is my season just ended and everytime i have a game there are about 5 oter games going on
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.
298155
Not sure what the allure is in other countries, but here in the U.S. most televised sports contain more action.  Few other sports can run the entire game with only one score. OK, hockey is like that, but there's more action without scoring than in soccer.  Soccer is gaining in popularity here, but don't look for it to bump any mainstream sports off the tube in the near future!
216350
Because the pro sports league (MLS) historically hasn't been as big as the other pro sports leagues (primarily MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL). Until the MLS makes it as big as these four sports, the US Soccer team will probably always be popular once every four years during the world cup.
1028134
The reason being is becuase United States hasn't been that big in soccer untill like 10 years ago. The reason why Everyone on the other side of the world is so much better, is becuase they all grew up with it, They play and practice everyday and it has been over there for many many many years so they familirize themselves better and better where as the United States is still learning many ways and skills in soccer.
406679
Of course the other first division leagues are better.  Those teams have been around for a hundred years.  The MLS is only 10 years old.  Give it time before you start trying to compare it to the EPL.  It may not be as pretty as the games from other countries, but it is still soccer and still great to watch.  It is also helping move the game along and make the US a more competitive national team. No complaints about it here.
995347
Word. Lacrosse is huge where I live (Denver). Lacrosse is a trendy sport (in a good way), but the only places that it's really popular are the east coast, and a few places in the West, such as Denver, Cali, Arizona, some places in Texas and the Northwest. Basically wherever there is a big city. I'm not sure how many people play lacrosse in the U.S., or are just spectators, but soon it will be nationally recognized.
980717
I used to play quite a few sports in school.\nI would have to say that I enjoyed playing volleyball and lacrosse the most.\nAs an adult, I am still keen on lacrosse.  I like to watch it as well as play it.  It takes such skill, eye hand coordination, and speed to play the sport.  It is a unique mix of football, hockey, and even basketball skills.  I think that is why I like it so much.  Said to be the fastest game on two feet.... you be the judge.\n\nI also like to attend LIVE football and basketball games.  I can't get into watching them too much on television.  I love watching Nascar, but get a bit tired of watching after 100  or so laps.  I turn the race back on when they are down to about 20 or so laps left.\n\nSo my all time favorite would be lacrosse.  My youngest son has fallen in love with the sport and really enjoys playing it.
600399
The relative popularity of sports is often measured in terms of how many people watch the game or are fans of it, not how many Americans play the various sports.\n\nThrough most of the 20th century, the big four have been considered baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. They were usually in that order, but there are many regional and local differences across the US. There are football schools, basketball states, hockey towns, etc. Baseball was called the national pastime. \n\nSoccer has become increasingly popular in the US. It is, by far, the most popular sport played (and watched) around the world. For Americans in the 1980s and 1990s it was considered something young kids played. But more and more older children and adults are playing the game. \n\nGolf, bowling and tennis are very popular. \n\nOne of the biggest movers in 2005 was Ki-o-Rahi. This sport originates from New Zealand. It is a fast and exciting full contact ball sport which is played on a large circular pitch. Recently our National Curriculum Directors introduced it into over 30,000 schools. It is like no other sport in the world for its mental and physical requirements.It requires great co-ordination, physical conditioning and quick intelligence.
1175754
Yeah i play lacrosse for my school and for a different team in the summer i m defense and i love lacrosse it is probablly my favorite sport and yes i live on the east coast i think most lacrosse players do\nlike lax guy below me i also live in md and play defense
799548
While soccer has the biggest international following of any sport, in the USA, there's just too much competition and too little interest in America.  Baseball, basketball, hockey, football, NASCAR and college sports all eat up precious amount of media time.  MSL, America's soccer league, gets covered but it's secondary.  \nIt's fan interest and papers and other media cater, as they should, to what their readers want.  It's a shame, soccer is a great game but the competition with other sports is just too great.
164765
IS this the second time you ask this question?? Have you tried make furter search with Lacrosse. I know Shanahan almost leave is Hockey carreer to play Lacrosse. During Lock-out he pratice a bit with a team of Lacrosse. I heard he did pretty good.
380214
Baseball is being played and loved for years in the US. It certainly would be a extremely remote possibility if Cricket could ever come remotely close to Baseball in the US in terms of popularity.\n\nHowever, you would find cricket being played in most parts of the country with immigrants from England, West Indies, South Asisn region and others.\n\nWith shorter versions of cricket like the 20-20, it might certainly gain some visibility in the US very soon.
290245
I gotta go with Football(not soccer, american football) and the fastest growing sport in america, Lacrosse. I play and watch them both.
721680
It is just not the "IN" sport. Americans are different to the rest of the world. They want contact sports and/or high scores. Soccer is considered neither. World football is not shown much over here so when American think of soccer they think of that pathetic excuse of a league, the MLS. Because the MLS is boring and slow, they think that all soccer is boring and slow. It will take a while to become the number one sport but i think it eventually will. The problem now is the parents. Because they were brought up with baseball, basketball, american football, and ice hockey, they want their kids to play it. I actually know someone in America whose dad wouldn't let him play soccer! All it will take is for the soccer loving generation (in about the next 30 years) to have children and pass on their love for the game, then it will spread like a forest fire. It is definately becoming more popular but at my school, about 1500 people think it is a stupid sport. So that means that when they have kids, their kids will have similar views. One generation is all it will take.
1017179
There are a few things that make a sport exciting:\n\n1.  High speed. \n2. Continuous action and movement.\n3. Physical contact.\n4. High skill level.\n5. Visibility of the athlete in play.\n\nFootball (Canada and the US) has 1, 3, and 4.\nFootball (world game) and basketball have 1, 2, 4, and 5.\nBaseball has 4 and 5.\nTennis has 1, 4 and 5.\nAuto racing has 1, 2, 3, and 4.\n\nAnd so on.  But only three sports have all five attributes: hockey, lacrosse and rugby.  \n\nHockey is better than lacrosse and rugby because of skating.  In every other sport, if you stop moving your feet, you stop moving.  That doesn't apply to hockey.\n\nHockey has one other attribute that NOT ONE other team sport has: substitution during play.  (Well, box lacrosse does as well, but not field lacrosse.)\n\nEven in football (soccer), players cannot enter the field without the referee's permission, and they don't allow it while the ball is moving.  You could play 60 minutes of hockey with the only stoppages in play being the end of the first and end of the second periods.
620313
Football(American). People dont get hurt as much as you think. If you live in the US, play the original american sport....Lacrosse! its so much fun.