Quote:I don't think the elite athletes our country produces will ever choose soccer over football, basketball, ect.  Other sports like MMA are also growing, so although soccer popularity is growing, it is still way behind.

 

Other countries like in Europe only have two really popular professional sports (Soccer and Basketball).  We have at least 6 (NFL, NHL, NBA, UFC, MLB, Soccer).

 

 

Exactly, and there in lies the problem.  There could be an outlier occasionally....a quick corner or receiver could easily go soccer instead of another route....one leads to two, and so on.  It's not out of the realm of possibility.

 

Dez White played at Bolles, and was an amazing soccer player.  He ended up at Georgia Tech for football, but I believe there was a decent chance he almost chose soccer.  Those are the guys soccer need to become bigger.

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