Will the American soccer league take off?
964155
no, not until they stop calling headers "head shots"
517667
It depends on how good they are. Some of the best play with the national teams. There is a professional league that is becoming more popular. I went to a game last summer and there were a ton of people there.
563768
Add to the fact that it is a country the fact that Tampa couldn't support an MLS team and is too hot in the summer.  Even if the US gets the games again in 2022 or some other year I doubt it would put any games in Tampa.
427355
MLS is definitely not the calibur of the leagues overseas in England, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc.  I have to admit that the MLS is definitely trying to get up to those levels though.  I say give it some time and the MLS will soon compete with the aforementioned leagues.
1072943
I am american so I will answer this a little more in your area unlike those who are looking at MLS from the outside. I started to get into MLS after watching the 2002 world cup and falling in love with the game. It is not as excititing as the world cup, obviously. However, it does start you out on the right path. The MLS teams are really improving quality of play and alot of the players go on to play in really high level European teams (aka Beasley, Bocanagra, and McBride all from MLS Chicago Fire). The players you see in MLS are usually young so they are still playing for the love of the game. That's why I love it. It is honest and simple play. I recommend watching it, though. If you like MLS, then you will really like European play so start off with MLS and grow with European play...\n\nand cheer for the Chicago Fire!!!
386264
Not soon!  Paul Tagliabue, NFL Commisioner is eager to to get a team in L.A. but he will soon retire.\n\nTagliabue has told the 32 team owners that unless a plan for Los Angeles is formulated soon, getting a team back into the nation's second-largest market won't occur by the end of the decade. For now, a six-man committee is handling the issue.
526885
Yes but I dont believe there are any national leagues. I can just get a bunch of your friends and play. If you are refering to indoor soccer than you can sign up at a local sports complex.
1151323
I don't think so. They encourage fair play and that's what is being acomplished. We don't want soccer to become a version of American football.
1091054
LA doesn't have a team now, but that doesn't mean the it won't have a team for ever.\nmany of the most successful teams we see today, were not in the cities that they represent today.\nnational football is a sport that has a long history and will have a longer future.\nand I think that LA will have a team in time.\nand I suggest calling it:  LA illegal immigrants.
844736
Depends where it is going. I think that right now Arena football is bigger then Hockey in the U.S. If you only go by the AFL though I am not sure. I'm also not sure how long the fad will last. See right now you have alot of independent Arena and Indoor leagues popping up. Some are bound to succeed and some will fail. They also play by different rules then the AFL. I like my local Indoor Football League, although the rules are slightly different then the AFL and I think they improved teh rules.
999331
First and foremost, I don't think that the dedication to the game of soccer is strong enough in the States.  There isn't anything a coach or more money will help if you don't have players that play the game from the time they learn to walk.  Americans have so many things on their plates, that they don't dedicate 100% to any particular sport.  In order to be competitive in the world arena, we need to have programs that offer the sport more than four months a year and the players need to dedicate their sporting lives to the game.  If they don't, we will continue to be mediocre.
1082688
No, I don't think so. I mean, in 2002, they got to the Quarter Finals, so they're pretty  good. Even though they've never won, can you blame them? In America, soccer ( football ) is not the biggest sport played. It is Baseball, Football, and Basketball. The US soccer league ( MLS ) is not as big and rich as the NBA, or the NFL or the MLB, so you can't really get much fame off of it. In my opinion, USA should keep on trying and may eventually get to the finals.
268163
I think DC United (Washington DC) because they have a superstar in Freddy Adu. There are other starts in the league like Landon Donovan, and Dwayne De Resario, but Adu takes the cake.
1117413
nope for americans its pig skin all the way none of this synthetic crap american football will never be toppled which is a shame because i am a soccer fanatic but i can't kid myself thinking that soccer will become americas'top sport it just wont happen.
355933
pitiful. in Europe, their futbol is as popular as our football, baseball, basketball and hockey combined. Fans have both killed, and been killed over the game. the entire professional entertainment world revolves around the Premier League scheduling. In the US? name 5 of the professional soccer teams in the US.....
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.
1058891
If things go as I see it. Someone will start a European League, and within a couple of years it will fold/merge with the NHL.