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Football fan from Germany here....its beautiful to see the rise of the sport in the USA so they can share the Joy with the Rest of the world finally. Eventually it will become not just a hobby or an interest but as in other countries world wide , a deep passion

#1 reason: Baseball is like watching paint dry. Game takes 3+ hours for all 9 innings and you get about 15 minutes of actual gameplay. Big waste of time. Soccer also has a much wider appeal. Soccer is probably played in every country in the world due to its ease of access/low barrier of entry. Baseball is very limited--US, Canada, Japan, and a few others. Soccer is growing in the US and I'm glad to be watching/participating in that growth!

Im mexican (living in Tijuana) and im tired of liga mx and how corrupt and inefficient is, that's the reason why i moved to mls a few years ago, it's a more solid football and more entertaining at this point

I started watching the sport in 2009, I remember watching Premier League games on ESPN 2 (and FSC), the match where Arsenal destroyed Everton at Goodison Park was the first match I ever watched on ESPN 2. During the 2010-2011 season they showed a decent amount of Monday night (in England) matches on ESPN 2 and I always made it a point to watch those games. Given what they could do with their limited licensing rights, ESPN, not in terms of how the sport was covered on shows like Sportsnation, PTI, Around The Horn...etc. Shows where soccer was not often spoke of well, did a solid job in broadcasting the EPL during that time (and to an extent, the sport in general). I think it’s understated how much ESPN helped grow the EPL and in general soccer in the U.S. for the 4 year span they had the limited rights to the EPL.

It might be because of where I live (south Louisiana), but soccer is still far behind the other sports, including baseball/softball. BUT, the prospects even here are are very bright. I teach high school French, so I get to talk about French/European culture, including The Beautiful Game. When I show highlights of the top matches, even students who have never kicked a ball are interested. And, in our small rural town, we didn't have enough coaches to handle the number of U-10s who signed up for the brand new league.

If only Peacock showed all EPL games live.

I’ve honestly consider getting into watching MLS or premier league. It looks like a fun sport and could be fun to add to my list of sports I watch (MLB, NFL, NHL, and NASCAR)

Just wow Jake! This is an amazing video! Very professional! Destined to go viral

Atlanta United used to regularly pack the Benz 70K plus; beautiful thing to see in real life (and in FIFA)

Fantastic video, Jake! This is one of the reasons why I love being a soccer fan in the US. I've had the joy of watching the sport grow from an afterthought on the US stage to a major player in the world of entertainment. It is seriously one of my favorite things.

Jolly good sir, this is going tu be a fun couple of years to see how soccer grows leading up to and after the world cup and seeing the mls TV contract.

I dont mind soccer becoming popular here, but i also want hockey to get even more popular and some unique sports too. I hate seeing one sports everywhere

You didn't mention the Spanish TV/streaming soccer deals in America. Do the numbers eclipse baseball if you include those deals?

Jake... this video was great but you ignored the number 1 league watched in the US.... Liga MX.... How much would that have added to the valuations you mentioned... I'm not a MX fan but if it's soccer in general we're talking about you have to mention this league. You mentioned respect a lot in your video as a reason for growth right... One other thought I have on this is that the fact that ESPN and other major media outlets never picked up the sport locally and internationally in my opinion, has lead to the growth of great channels like yours, 11Yanks, Tactical, etc. Now there's an abundance of really good and diverse content. Much better than anything SportsCenter would do. I think y'all are part of the growth here in the US! All the best and keep putting out your great content.

I want to strongly endorse your praise of NBC’s coverage of Premier League. It takes a smart, straightforward tone without all the forced happy chat or fake provocation you get on Skye, Paramount or Fox. I really appreciate that-to the point that it becomes hard for me to listen to the others.

Hockey would be great but it’s so hard to follow when you can hardly see the puck.

Before 2010 European soccer was hardly on Cable it was premium aka fox soccer channel, or on univsion or telemundo or some spanish premium channel. So it wasnt a thing until 2013 2015 when NBC got thr EPL rights

Football (soccer) should’ve leapfrogged the NHL from Day one. Simply due to the accessibility to play it anywhere at any climate & all you need is the ball and some make shift goals using a couple of coats, whilst Hockey is filled with pads and ice. Through that you would’ve thought generations sooner would’ve taken to it, even on a domestic, but now with the idea on board and the online services, the game is exposed to American families that haven’t I guess.

I'm English and never really got into football/soccer. But I became obsessed with basketball when I was 10 years old back in 1996. Obviously a Bulls fan. I thought I'm going to be 6ft'6 when I grow up and dunk on everyone, never stopping to realise that no one in my family is over 5'10 😞 I think basketball suits someone with ADHD like me, whereas with football you need more attention span

One day the US will be a football powerhouse 🔥

Hopefully football will be more popular in USA.

Awesome video! 👌

willing? more like forced to switch to digital. ESPN+, Peacock, and Paramount+ all built their product around soccer. Its just a question of which one I want to pay for.

How Major League Soccer will overtake baseball in America *Ha! Ha! That's great. Get the* *Food-Under-Car-Keys* *out of here with that!*

I think a big part of soccer’s growth in America is gonna be the growing Latino population

MLS is crap but look at any playing field in the US. Kids are playing soccer, not much baseball or football anymore.

UsA really doesnt need relegation, thats a misnomer.. just because europe does it doesnt mean itll work elsewhere.. soccer is culturally the most non american sport because soccer focuses on immgrants not on americans

My 3 fav leagues MLS, LigaMx, and EPL!!!

In Japan, where I live, baseball is losing popularity and soccer (football) is gaining popularity. Baseball is a shitty sport with long game time and little player movement.The only people who like baseball in Japan are the elderly.

The only thing I never understood and probably won't is why they say Sooccer instead of Football?

You are missing the best passionate league of all, the argentina league

Make a video about concacaf e conmebol.

As a European American I love to see this 🇵🇱 🇺🇸

GGS

If MLS is ever going to be taken seriously, 1. Get rid of the stupid "Euro" names of the teams. 2. Stop listing the home team first. 3. Stop putting ties before losses. 4. Play some music during stoppage of play (like the others). 5. Have a goal horn whenever the home team scores (ala hockey). 6. Don't fold a team just to give them a replacement a couple of years later (Tampa Bay and Miami 1.0's foldings were necessary evils though). 7. Never sign players to a ludicrous contract that gives them the right to own a team ever again. 8. And most important of all, do not name teams after your sponsors! I feel so sorry for Sacramento, for this league to continue to screw them like this! At this point, I'm all for them pulling a "Robert Irsay" on Miami, Chivas 2.0, Utah, Houston etc.! I also hope the owners of the Cosmos gets their heads out of their rears and save the former MetroStars from their sponsors by converting them into the new Cosmos. Is it any surprise for why "Steinbrenner" soccer has surpassed the "MetroStars" at this point (ala the Yankees surpassing the Giants and Dodgers 100 years ago)? Until then, enjoy these curses MLS! # SacramentoCurse # BeckhamCurse # RedBullsCurse ... Pacific Division: Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Utah Sovereigns Los Angeles Raiders San Diego Rockets = Northwest Division: Portland Timbers Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders Minnesota Loons Vancouver Whitecaps = Southwest Division: Austin Oilers Houston Dynamo Kansas City Scouts Dallas Steers St. Louis Browns = Central Division: Chicago Fire Toronto Huskies Cincinnati Kings Nashville Thundercats Columbus Crew = Northeast Division: Montreal Impact New Jersey Cosmos New England Revolution New York Settlers Philadelphia Union = Atlantic Division: Miami Spice Girls Atlanta Flames Orlando Lions Washington United Charlotte Bobcats

Calling it Ice Hockey is cringe lol. Just say hockey like a normal person.

The great thing about the European football scene in the US is that it has its own time slot because of the time difference that isn’t unreasonable for American viewers and doesn’t conflict with any Major US sports in their late afternoon/evening/night game time slots

Finally. More Americans need to get into this beautiful game.

First???

It will overtake baseball because baseball is boring and let’s be honest, it’s not a good tv product.(baseball)

Perfect Video for dancing.

It doesn't matter how big the country is and how much money is given for soccer. In the USA and Russia, soccer players have no instinct to play soccer. That's why successes can only be temporary. The greatest team of the USSR was made up of Ukrainians, Georgians and Armenians. Soccer in USA is not a popular sport, because it is not practiced daily, only organized.. It doesn't matter how much money is given. The system is wrong. So there will be only temporary, random success. Another problem with the US is the MLS. There isn’t no promotion or relegation system so there’s really never gonna be progression

This sport is growing rapidly, the only thing holding it back is pay to play, once that's gone. Oh boy we'll be an international powerhouse mark my words

Where did you take these polls? At a soccer game? 49% enjoy watching it on tv?! That’s absurd. It’s closer to 10%

This is my only issue with soccer, and it’s my american ignorance, Im still confused about how the seasons work. I guess the leagues pause often to participate in various tournaments... which is atypical of other American sports. There’s so many tournaments it’s weird lol. But I’m getting into it big time

This is FootBall not soccer

Yeah the NFL = Not For Long

Finally America joins the entire globe in regard to soccer craze. Now we just need to adopt the metric system, adopt universal healthcare, and reform the for profit prison system. These should be easy bc I never thought soccer would make it into the top 4 American celebrated sports

I would still say it is behind nfl nba mlb and nhl by a lot where I live even though we have a mls team

Where is the viral button?

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ. Soccer? over baseball in USA? JAJAJAJAJAJAJ

Where'd my comment go, Jake? CENSORSHIIIIIIIP!!! Power to da people!!!! Eat the rich (and the content creators)!!!!!

Check your e-mail! :D ALSO! AMAZING VIDEO!

The premier imo is overrated and dull, wow Liverpool and City up top again. MLS is always competitive

Yes, but football is not just EPL people!!!!

Soccer will never overtake any of the three big us sports. It will NEVER HAPPEN.

Well baseball is boring and not global like futbol (soccer)

In 15 years the most popular leagues in America will be the NBA, NFL, Super League (or whatever it gets called), MLB, Liga MX, NHL and MLS. In that order.