Is Soccer in the USA on the Rise or Decline?

A deep dive into whether the popularity of soccer is growing or shrinking in the United States at the same time that the English Premier League has cemented its place as THE soccer league in this country. What can LaLiga, MLS, Serie A, Ligue 1, and the Bundesliga do to catch up with the Premier League? We also discuss how the Premier League is close to surpassing the popularity of the most popular soccer league on US television.
Why hasn’t soccer been able to make an impact on the mainstream? We pinpoint what is missing to make the sport more popular in this country, and what that means for the future of soccer in the United States with the 2026 World Cup around the corner.
In addition to these topics, we share what the consensus is about Apple’s deal with Major League Soccer from key executives in the sport at the Soccerex Miami conference.
As the Premier League continues to grow in popularity, does this hurt or help the popularity of the different national teams among soccer fans in the United States?

[@Portugeezer148]

Argentine viewers don't also want to listen to the Lord Alfred Hayes announcing types but ones that make mistakes but has passion run through their calls

[@davidday2373]

How are MLS Matchday Revenues doing? Am I correct that teams average nearly $30 Million (per season), $865 Million combined?

[@davidday2373]

MLS is MORE about "Community" than any other league/sport (besides maybe College FB 🏈) in the U.S. I live 700 miles away from my LAFC 🏆 , but i make the drive to games multiple times a year. The 82,110 at the Rose Bowl on 4th of July was magical.

[@davidday2373]

Record-Setting Attendances x3: 1) 10,900,802 = 2023 MLS Reg Season 2) 645,000 = 2023 MLS Playoffs 3) 1,300,000 = 2023 Leagues Cup

[@davidday2373]

MLS sponsorship revenue was $587 Million, a 15% increase from 2022.

[@eddygee694]

Lol @ all the EuroSnob comments read typical though

[@ryanjohnson6272]

So anyone who criticizes your beloved MLS is a Eurosnob???

[@eddygee694]

@ryanjohnson6272 When they act like their beliefs are more reality and carry more weight. Hell yeah, the last 10 mins of the pod went off the deep end in Euro Snobbery they can't help themselves, lol.

[@ryanjohnson6272]

​@@eddygee694the majority of the soccer community in this country is "Eurosnob," as every poll shows. If it wasn't, then MLS would be the most popular league in this country

[@eddygee694]

@@ryanjohnson6272 Disagree as even the pod says no one watches the vast majority of Euro Leagues. The EuroSnobbery comes when the most watch MLS game pulls over 2m aeven higher than the most watched EPL match and multiple times more than the most watched La Liga/Bundesliga/Serie A/ Ligue 1 match yet Euro Snobs have this smug attitude against MLS and look down on MLS as not worthy when more ppl in this country watch MLS than the vast majority of the aforementioned leagues.

[@ryanjohnson6272]

​@@eddygee694the most watched MLS game is MLS Cup, ofc it will have the highest ratings. But on a weekly basis, the Premier League is way more popular, and that's a fact

[@davidday2373]

Is Soccer shrinking in EUROPE? If I'm not mistaken, didnt *LIGUE 1* 🇫🇷 have 20 teams, now only 18 teams??? Meanwhile, we're welcoming San Diego to MLS in 2025.

[@danield8528]

Why did you reply SIX TIMES LMAO. Ligue 1 is restructuring.

[@davidday2373]

@@danield8528 IDK, they cover a lot in each ep. So why not?

[@danield8528]

@@davidday2373 Six my guy. Easy lol. Did Garber send you? We don't hate MLS teams. We hate MLS' owner.

[@davidday2373]

@@danield8528 Who's "we"? First of all. And most sports fans don't like their team's owners, that applies to all leahues, so what? But these weirdos straight up lie about stuff, hating on anything they could.

[@danield8528]

@@davidday2373 What did they lie about?? If they're so "weird," why do you listen? 😭😭🤡

[@ek3910]

Argentine league with American announcers is painful and horrible

[@PooToe69]

Or the Brasilerão announcers speaking English with a Brazilian accent lol

[@BobbyNotBrown]

The amount of arrogance and incompetence in the US Soccer Fed could make any fan shy away

[@estebandee-doh9350]

It is hard to take anyone from WST seriously at all. With all due respect, most of your opinions/takes are biased and full of "feelings facts". Christopher Harris, supposedly is a "soccer" fan would do the sport a favor if he were to leave our football alone and maybe talk/report on American Gridiron Rugby.