does anyone think that beckham is going to improve soccer here

brucedanger · 01-02-2008, 03:43 PM

From what I have read, all the games the Galaxy played, the attendance was way up. They played a game in Australia that had 80,000 people, the most in the states was in New York at about 71,000. Do you thnk that it will continue to rise over here? and since he signed a big deal here that will over superstars signed with the MLS?

smin54 · 01-02-2008, 11:32 PM

i doubt it will rise even higher..it will probably even decline.

Beckham hasn't produced, and it still is considered a boring sport to many americans. It is very difficult to compete with the other sports.

Pure_muscle · 01-03-2008, 11:20 AM

yea its difficult as the US have so many high profile sports. Whereas in the UK Football (Soccer) is the most popular sport which almost everybody has an opinion on.

Didnt Pele play in the MLS at one stage? if he cant raise the profile i dont think anybody else will help too much.

HUNTER1492 · 01-03-2008, 11:34 AM

Maybe for the younger crowd but I could care less if some famous soccer player and his wife are in the States. Its way too boring IMO. I don't mind watching the end of a game but to watch a whole game with only a few scores or none during the entire game bore me. Soccer's largest problem in the States is we have too many other sports to watch like:

NFL Football
College Football
Baseball, both leagues
Moto X
UFC Fights
Boxing
Racing
Basketball

I'd rather watch all of the above sports or even Rugby before Soccer.

paperchampion · 01-04-2008, 04:41 AM

i think so he is a wonderful ambassador

cabUK · 01-04-2008, 09:18 PM

I think its gonna be difficult to break soccer into the mainstream in the US.

It is tough to break any new sport into countries that have a couple of sports that they are brought up with.

In the UK we are brought up with soccer, cricket and rugby as our main sports so to bring say the NFL to us is going to be difficult as we have rugby which has been embedded into our culture for over a hundred years.

In the US you have football, baseball and basketball as your main 3 so unless we can offer something more different and something that can catch the imagination its gonna be tough.

Sports like UFC can and have broke mainstream as it brings a new thrill and excitement to it and boxing has suffered in big name fights over the last couple of years and UFC has offered this. So unless one of the major sports starts to lack the sparkle it had and another sport can offer the spark then maybe it could go mainstream.

One big reason soccer is stuggling as we have a bunch of prema donnas whi cry when they get looked at so it is seen as a wimpish sport.

well IMO anyway

BigPoppaPump · 04-05-2008, 06:34 PM

When he first came over it was crazy and he was selling out every stadium, but I think that will quickly change and no one will care about soccer.

otrebmu · 04-05-2008, 06:39 PM

shit son i'd rather watch rugby

GBLynden · 05-04-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by otrebmu

shit son i'd rather watch rugby

Or watch the fungus on my toes grow.

KG3 · 10-23-2008, 01:51 AM

well that didn't really work out but he's gonna to milan during the off season he gonna get paid more or does ac milan pay the galaxy?

WHoYoU · 11-13-2008, 12:44 AM

he did get a lil buzz going, he might improve attendence, but he wont improve the game here in america, still sucks.

Diego Sanchez · 11-13-2008, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by WHoYoU

he did get a lil buzz going, he might improve attendence, but he wont improve the game here in america, still sucks.

Exactly. He's playing for AC Milan starting in January, I don't know what good it is now b/c they are all ready stacked. I would've liked to seen him play in Italy instead of Spain way back when. I always liked Beckham, I think he still has talent.

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brucedanger Army of Darkness Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,148 180630	does anyone think that beckham is going to improve soccer here From what I have read, all the games the Galaxy played, the attendance was way up. They played a game in Australia that had 80,000 people, the most in the states was in New York at about 71,000. Do you thnk that it will continue to rise over here? and since he signed a big deal here that will over superstars signed with the MLS? __________________ Your stupidity is a terminal illness, I just cured you

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HUNTER1492 Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,243 3314757	Maybe for the younger crowd but I could care less if some famous soccer player and his wife are in the States. Its way too boring IMO. I don't mind watching the end of a game but to watch a whole game with only a few scores or none during the entire game bore me. Soccer's largest problem in the States is we have too many other sports to watch like: NFL Football College Football Baseball, both leagues Moto X UFC Fights Boxing Racing Basketball I'd rather watch all of the above sports or even Rugby before Soccer. __________________ SPARTAN

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cabUK Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: England Posts: 471 404583	I think its gonna be difficult to break soccer into the mainstream in the US. It is tough to break any new sport into countries that have a couple of sports that they are brought up with. In the UK we are brought up with soccer, cricket and rugby as our main sports so to bring say the NFL to us is going to be difficult as we have rugby which has been embedded into our culture for over a hundred years. In the US you have football, baseball and basketball as your main 3 so unless we can offer something more different and something that can catch the imagination its gonna be tough. Sports like UFC can and have broke mainstream as it brings a new thrill and excitement to it and boxing has suffered in big name fights over the last couple of years and UFC has offered this. So unless one of the major sports starts to lack the sparkle it had and another sport can offer the spark then maybe it could go mainstream. One big reason soccer is stuggling as we have a bunch of prema donnas whi cry when they get looked at so it is seen as a wimpish sport. well IMO anyway __________________ My Journal: http://www.allthemisc.com/workout-jo...s-journal.html My personal web page http://www.freewebs.com/cabuk/

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01-02-2008, 11:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
smin54 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 91 3593	i doubt it will rise even higher..it will probably even decline. Beckham hasn't produced, and it still is considered a boring sport to many americans. It is very difficult to compete with the other sports.

01-03-2008, 11:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pure_muscle Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,084 160087	yea its difficult as the US have so many high profile sports. Whereas in the UK Football (Soccer) is the most popular sport which almost everybody has an opinion on. Didnt Pele play in the MLS at one stage? if he cant raise the profile i dont think anybody else will help too much.

01-04-2008, 04:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
paperchampion Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 117 10046	i think so he is a wonderful ambassador

04-05-2008, 06:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
BigPoppaPump Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20 22	When he first came over it was crazy and he was selling out every stadium, but I think that will quickly change and no one will care about soccer.

10-23-2008, 01:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
KG3 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 23 10	well that didn't really work out but he's gonna to milan during the off season he gonna get paid more or does ac milan pay the galaxy?

11-13-2008, 12:44 AM	#11 (permalink)
WHoYoU Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 12 5572	he did get a lil buzz going, he might improve attendence, but he wont improve the game here in america, still sucks.