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Look at how hard a time the NHL had several years back, and that's when Gretsky was still playing!! If the NHL is any indication on how something popular can struggle, the MLS is going to need something really big.

I was thinking of something... Not to get too political here, but I wonder if soccer's lack of popularity is due to the fact that Americans don't view it as an American sport? Baseball and Football are "American Pastimes" and anything that isn't American, we tend to lose interest.

Soccer is very similar to hockey, but hockey does seem to have enough breaks in the action to allow for commercial breaks.

That was them! They had the flame logo.

I remember going to see the Cosmos play in Giant Staduim! We also had a team (indoor) that played in the Hartford Civic Center. What was thier name? They had like a flame in their logo. I remember Shep Messing (sp?) was their goalie and everytime he'd make a save, we'd all yell "SHEP, SAVE!!"...

Andy, I've said before that my family was into soccer (my dad was a coach and my mom was part of the state league). My brother played from a kid through his late 20's. We lived and breathed soccer every day - There's an indoor league in the next town over from me and it is VERY popular. I worked...

Not at all. How many adults play softball? How many shoot hoops? How many play touch football? etc. Most adults engage (whether for fun or for real) in some version of the 3 main sports - This also explains why hockey isn't as popular as the 3 major sports. Not many people play it as a...

Probably because a LOT of adults play golf...A lot of adults are into sportscars, etc. - Not many adults play soccer. It will always be a "Kids game" to most adult Americans.

My childhood was SURROUNDED by soccer. My dad was a coach, my mom was part of the league, my brother played, etc. etc. - I liked the game as a kid (not enough to play), but I did start to play when I was older (in an indoor league), but I grew out of it and I really can't stand the sport...in...