of course Association Football

I like and play both, but mainly baseball. A soccer game is easier to watch and usually more exciting, but there are exceptions. Sometimes they're equal lol. Sometimes baseball is better, but usually the soccer game is more fun to watch, and to play. but they're hard to compare since soccer is a faster paced game with less breaks and in baseball you get to smash a baseball someone is trying to throw past you. Have you ever hit a baseball with your full power, at the perfect launch angle, right on the sweet spot of the bat? It's something else man. Like scoring the perfect freekick.

Depends on each individual’s taste,but the metrics don’t lie about the worlds favorite sport and the fastest growing sport in the United States,so for me it is soccer/ fútbol.

@@drewbranch7700 thanks man. Seeing an American appreciate Fútbol made my day

@@drewbranch7700 Why are you trolling everyone in the comments because they called it football instead soccer.

Damn thats deep

Fr 💯

He simply doesn't like at the same level that you don't like baseball or american football

imo the thing that hurts it the most in America is that leagues such as MLS and liga Mx don’t really have exciting and tactical build up thus leaving the game kinda boring, whereas European and some south American teams use amazing tactic and set pieces to score

@@wholelottateothey also produce amazing/legendary players plus amazing coaches (managers)

soccer isn't even in the Top 3, we have other sports that we're into, there is a perception issue that people think soccer is less exciting, until you figure that part out, this will be an obstacle

I did I used to hate seeing it and now I wanna be a pro at it

Penalty for Penaldo. Clear Penalty for Penaldo FRIUUUU

😂 I agree!! I'm British, I love a good game of basketball, I find the nfl tactically entertaining if not a little dragged out but baseball 😯 it's not even overly fun to play let alone watch

@@leefox5596 as a baseball player I also think that watching baseball is generally boring. But I also think that about all sports. However, major league baseball has 162 regular season games and they only recently got sped up to take less time. Ain't nobody got time for all that. I like watching the San Francisco Giants in the playoffs, otherwise I usually don't watch their games. I also like watching team USA in the WBC and I like watching some of the games in the men's league I play in (if it's before or after one of my own games). I think it's really fun to play (especially if you pitch) because hitting and pitching are fun.

​@@leefox5596 soccer is different than baseball, it takes half the time, has only one break which is half replays and analysis, and has less games, so of course it's going to be more exciting in general to watch than baseball. But if you like a team you'll like to watch their big games.

To enjoy it properly you have to understand pitching and hitting. There is always pitching and hitting going on so if you understand it then you're always into it. It gets pretty deep with different pitches and pitch counts and stuff that influence the pitching and hitting. The more you understand the more exciting it is, because there is always that question on every pitch of "what's going to happen". Its like a PK shootout, you are wondering what is going to happen for each kicker. In baseball the hitters are like PK kickers because each player gets a turn to bat and hit/score. Ie each player gets a turn to play offense.

I only watch baseball during playoffs or championships finals so yeah baseball could be boring sometimes but I’m an American and I’m a die hard Yankees fan but yeah it could be boring a little but the most boring sport is golf I really hate golf but soccer is growing really big for gen z and millennials alike the ones who don’t like soccer are these boomers not all of them some do like soccer but most don’t but they don’t understand that soccer known as fute’ball is getting really popular in America.

Appreciate the thoughts! It really is all about perception, right? American football fans will say soccer is slow and then soccer fans will say American football is slow. Interesting

Can confirm they still exist

For real

Don't worry. Baseball is a dying sport.

Come down to Australia; they’re everywhere around here.

@@bans5not at all

There’s a world baseball classic tho

​@@kingrazo10Yeah, and Japan are the champs!

don’t forget about the Blue Jays 😉

Can't dispute what you're saying! Soccer definitely has a long history in the United States, but perhaps an inconsistent one when compared to the other major sports, no? It took a long time for there to be an established domestic league. And when even looking abroad, having Champions League, Premier League, etc readily available to view on US Television is fairly recent too.

Except that the Boston Game to which you refer wasn't soccer (Association Football). It allowed carrying and looked as much like future American football as it did soccer.

@@MrMM1007 I think you are referring to pre code football? Rules had not been set during this time in England or the US. I was going on about early established soccer teams in the US that predate all organized sports with the exception of baseball. Soccer is as American as apple pie unless you don't want it to be. The networks would have us believe that there are levels of Americanism to our sports and that some are more patriotic than others. Baseball - level one American - the best kind. 5 jets fly over each game. A traditional sing a long style anthem and so on.

@@tripperdelaluna1 I have no problem with soccer being popular in the U.S. or any sport for that matter. People should play and watch the sport that brings them joy. But too often people misrepresent a sport, and ignore it's history, in order to claim superiority for their favorite sport. Usually that misrepresentation is about soccer and how it is the original football (it isn't, none of the codes are the pure original). The Oneida Club played the Boston Game, which was not soccer. It was more the pre-code type football that mixed rugby and association. I have heard that a more pure form of soccer was in the U.S. before 1869, but I don't think it was the Oneida team. Not that it matters because Americans do NOT hate soccer. It is quite sad how many sports fans seem to NEED that to be true. Like everywhere else in the world, Americans fall in love with the sport that their family, friends, and neighbors love . It is really that simple. I agree that there are people who use sports, like the networks, to claim fake information. In my opinion, international soccer fans are much more likely than our networks to use sports fandom as a tool to divide. There is a deep seated anti-Americanism streak in some fan bases, and it is based mostly on false presumptions

Really good comment! There's definitely a lot of factors. Some people have said similarly to you that soccer just doesn't make for good "TV Viewing" if you're a casual because you won't really understand and it'll just look like "pass pass pass" as you say

Why would soccer need cheerleaders or halftime shows?

@@almostyummymummy they do have halftime / pre game concerts for big events like champions league and World Cup final but not necessarily cheerleaders

Imagine a 116-114 soccer match😂

@@supersubsoccer it would be just like all the other American sports - boring as hell lol

@@supersubsoccer you should do a video about US Soccer's recommendations to FIFA on how they should change the game to capture the American audience back in 93/94 before the World Cup. Proposals included making the goals much larger, having scoring zones and more points for harder goals. Pretty funny.

Would be in an interesting one! Will add it to the list of ideas. Thanks!

Bu that logic, cricket should be the most popular sport in the US, considering how high-scoring a sport that is.

we have other sports we're into, there's a lot of foreign players in the US, it's like having 3 premier leagues, this is a perception problem that soccer is boring compared to other sports, that's the real issue here

Interesting. I've never really gotten into tennis. Might have to check it out!

lol no. Baseball can be very intense and suspenseful because anything can happen at any given situation. Where in other sports you know when a team is close to scoring as they get closer to the goal/endzone etc. baseball on the other hand one swing can change the whole outcome of the game

@@kingrazo10 Well in Baseball you also know that they are close to scoring or hitting or hitting a home run because the team is clearly batting and the other defending is no surprise while in Soccer it can go from Defense to Attack with a single pass.

@@GravaJ that’s true but generally speaking the amount of scores in baseball is around 5-6 per team, per game, so a total of 8-12 scores for the whole game. So you more likely to see a batter change the outcome of a game with one swing. While soccer is a lot lower scoring, So those counter attacks in soccer almost always never amount to a goal. It’s like how in soccer the team that scores first usually wins the game due to the lower scoring environment but that’s not really the case in baseball.

Seeing an American appreciate the beautiful game make my day bruh.

I think that's the key, get Americans interested then it will happen, like Wrexham and Burnley because of the owners

It would definitely be fun for us here in the US, but some other fans definitely won't like it

I agree! But do I have to call it football?😅

​@@supersubsoccerIf you are talking about the game plays under FIFA better call it Football.👍

What should I call NFL football?

@@supersubsoccer American Football

​@@supersubsoccer American rugby

it's not that the US isn't there, people are generational fans of their NBA/NFL teams, we have other sports we're into, that's the real issue here that we just aren't into soccer as much as other people, they have to figure that part out

@danielzhang1916 yeah I agree, you guys have the generation to generation thing with other sports I mean culturally the NFL is a behemoth, I can one day see football overtaking the NHL and MLB but I doubt it'll ever overtake the NFL, it's a similar story in places like Australia (AFL is king over there) it's growing now, more people have got more access through the Internet, and MLS is not a bad league, and your National team is improving generation on generation (even if I think you could do better than Gregg Berhalter as manager) even if it does eventually get to be one of the Top 4 sports in America, the US sports market is a huge market in terms of money

@@mrmr5580 yeah the national team is like League 1/2 playing in Premier League, we don't have the training and stuff like Europe does, Berhalter is the only good coach we have, I think they're getting better with Pulisic and other players, we're just still years behind in development

@danielzhang1916 well there's more Americans at the top clubs nowadays (e.g Pulisic and Musah at AC Milan) the US doesn't have the level of facilities and coaching that Europe has, but things are improving all the time, you've come a very long way since USA 94

@@mrmr5580 yeah I think we're starting to see a new generation of players coming up

just being yourself tho. Don't forget 4 BILLIONS fans just like you fr

that's the real problem, they don't even know about the World Cup, how do you get them interested in soccer at all

GGMU!

​@@supersubsoccerI subscribed just because of that 🇾🇪

Because America already has a heavy contact sport which is the most popular sport in the country, gridiron football. Your question is also nonsensical because you're asking why they don't watch Australian rugby when, 1, that's not a thing, 2, aussie rules football doesn't have a reach anywhere outside of Australia, and 3, most in Europe haven't heard of it let alone such a culturally isolationist nation as the US.

Some good thoughts here. Definitely love the limited ads when it comes to watching soccer

Especially here in Houston. Baseball is king

Because it’s not boring, you just don’t get the sport

@@kingrazo10 it's the same play over and over again, and the other play is catch a ball thats it.

@@mem5860 that’s wrong. Every batter changes after each at bat and each pitcher has a different set of skills. You aren’t seeing the same thing, it might seem like it but that’s like me saying in soccer it’s just pass pass pass without any urgency to score.

@@kingrazo10 soccer is pass pass and other clearly differents pass, You don't need to know the Game to see the differents kind of passes.droping people,creative plays, tricks, pauses ,turns thst turn to passes. While baseball You have to follow the Game to see the slight changes ,

Hopefully in 2 or 3 decades as you say! Do you think a higher level domestic league would help raise popularity? There are a lot of soccer-loving countries that don't have the best local league, no?

But in those countries children are born with a soccer ball and play with passion without being a power, the majority of Americans still do not have that passion for this sport, for the MLS to be The most popular players must have higher quality players, either they are born or you buy them and that option is very expensive.

It's definitely growing and these next few years will hopefully only boost it more

It's called football not soccer across the world.

@@David1991.In most countries yes,but there are other countries that also call it soccer too.

@@drewbranch7700 Only plastic fans called it soccer while real fans call it football. American football is a copy of rugby.

@@David1991.I guess you know it all Sherlock lol

Change can definitely be hard especially if you're already happy with the status quo. Rather than trying to get today's adults to change, perhaps focusing on the young generation and getting them interested now, could result in soccer being more of a norm in 20-30 years? Thoughts?

@@supersubsoccer well that's the thing, we barely even have to focus such efforts. Soccer wasn't around when these older generations were growing up like it is today. Now that the sport has cemented a guaranteed place amongst other major sports in America, we really just have to let the growth naturally happen. Because it will grow, it can only grow, and I personally see it as inevitable that it'll take over. The young generation is naturally getting more and more interest in soccer at a high rate as the years pass. Fast demographic changes in the US are also heavily fueling the rise in popularity of the sport too, as well as having a knock-on affect of decreasing interest in the status-quo sports. Time will do it's thing, no need to force it more than it needs.

@@EvieWillNotDie Some great thoughts! I hope you're right. The traditional top dog sports won't go easy though. They're trying to capture the next generation just as much as soccer is. Will be interesting to see which sports the future fans gravitate towards. You think one of the traditional sports (NBA/NFL/MLB) would have to drop off for soccer to join in or could they all co-exist as a "top 4"?

@@supersubsoccer soccer's growth will far outpace any major decline in those sports. They can and will coexist for many, many years, with soccer slowly overtaking them. Basically, no, but less interest in those big three would only help soccer in the US and I don't see gridiron or baseball growing much more in popularity.

"quite literally foreign to most ". No, it is "quite literally" the third most popular youth sport in the U.S. Also, you don't know what "literally" means. Also, there is nothing worse than a douchey American (or Canadian) sucking up to Europeans because they think it will make them appear more sophisticated. You aren't.

I think you're right about the "local culture" . When the players on the team are people you grew up with or know from the area, you're bound to be more interested. You think that's possible to replicate in the US with how big the cities are?

​@@supersubsoccerThat's why we have neighbourhood teams.

No one sees it as an issue? Are you serious?

Why, it is almost as if every person is different from every other person and has different preferences. Who would have thought!?!

@@MrMM1007 I'm expressing my opinion nothing wrong with that

@@whoudinyy I am actually agreeing with you (using sarcasm). Some people on this thread can't understand that some people just prefer one sport and not another.

the guy in the thumbnail does

All of latin america plays baseball stop hating

Makes sense from a TV viewing perspective. Do you think it's a fair assessment that soccer offers a better live viewing product than a TV product?

But baseball is mostly dead time. A 3 hour game might only he’s 3 min of actual action. It’s objectively the most boring game in the world. Only cricket beats baseball… and Baseball is originally cricket… so make sense it’s the two sports nobody watches

@@marvinsulzer8258baseball has more action than you think. Statistically speaking it’s ahead of nfl and a lil under nba/nhl. Also they just cut out a ton of “dead time” last year and games are hardly ever past 3 hours. You’re more likely to attend a game that falls around 2 hours than 3+ hours

The move for soccer is definitely targeting a young audience. Hopefully that strategy pays off in a few decades

Yh but the thing is football(soccer) is very dominant in most countries with multiple pro sports.

@@PANDORA3.0 most countries do not have multiple pro sports that are on equal standing. they have soccer (football) and then they might have a couple others that are way below soccer. but in the USA there are many sports that are equal because they are played by the season. so as the season changes the sport changes. whereas for soccer it is played year round in every other country. except for like a 1-2 month break in the summer (see Europe)

@@nofurtherwest3474 you basically repeated what I'm saying bro. Alot of countries with pro level sports don't compare to football because it is dominantly liked and lucrative than the other sports. Americans are just too used to doing everything different for some reason,so it wouldn't surprise me if you were American from what you just said.

@@nofurtherwest3474 And believe when I say this if the US actually started promoting the game a long time ago you guys would've been big spenders. You're local league would've been bigger than all of Europe's leagues combined,but yh America will just be America."greatest country in the world"

@@PANDORA3.0 yes I’m American. It’s a multi sport country. Not sure what your point is. We play many different sport. This is why we aren’t very good at soccer.

And yet all those Olympic golds in track, swimming, gymnastics, etc. Be careful, one might think you don't know WTF you are talking about, sweetie :)

That says more about you then baseball

Go to a baseball game and not pay attention, get hit by a ball, ur point was dumb, stop crying about americans not liking soccer it is weird

Just said that it’s hard that’s why they don’t like it

You think if the men's team was better more fans would come?

@@supersubsoccer Obv (extra if there was a Zlatan or CR7 player type sh*)

Look at the average age viewer for each one of the sports. Soccer has the youngest audience, which means there is a lot of potential growth. Just look at the rate that the sport is growing. It's much more than the other sports in the US.

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Fair enough

I'm weird because I like soccer and baseball lol

@@nofurtherwest3474absolutely not tho. Everybody love Football (soccer). I did think Baseball is more popular than that American Rugby since Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Chinese and Hong Kong people play it (WBC classic, Asian Game baseball)

@@thienphuchuynh8378 as we see in the video not everybody loves soccer in America.

cricket seems fun

Cricket is a lazy game

"disgusting" lol does it actually disgust you though?

I recently got into baseball. (I love playing soccer). My kid started playing baseball and following his games made me understand it and how to enjoy it. You have to tune into the battle between pitcher and hitter. Follow the pitch count and how that can affect the game and how the matchups of pitcher / hitter are. So you kind of have to play attention to those little things, but even when I was a kid playing baseball I didn't understand that stuff. Soccer you can just sit back and watch and don't have to really think too much. Just hope a goal is scored and your team plays great defense. Baseball is more like watching PK shootout. Imaging 2 hours of PK shootouts. It might seem boring but the cool thing is each player gets a chance to score for their team. And you would start to really pay attention to the approach of each shooter and goalie and the matchup.

@@nofurtherwest3474 hold up. That may be how football is played in the MLS but at the top levels in Europe it's become so tactical and science-based that it's actually taking something away from the game (in my opinion). I don't know that much about baseball but I hear it's kind of suffered a similar fate where so much analysis has gone into game plans that games are now all about pitching now, which has led to far fewer home runs being scored and has made it boring. I play and follow cricket here in England and it seems to have gone in the opposite direction since they introduced shorter versions of the game such as T20. Now it's all about batting. You should check it out.

I guess not everyone thinks so

@supersubsoccer well, some people still think the earth is flat, but I guess we are all still entitled to our opinion...LOL!

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Okay I'll watch it

Well he's literally standing outside of NRG stadium yeah. Lol