Ted Talk - Why Americans will never accept Soccer

Penn State University English 137H project

[@anthonychitic9096]

*American team beats another American team "We are the best in the 'world' "

[@spektrumdzidzor9794]

Kiddy brains

[@amzxar5049]

"America number 1" lol

[@thirdbnico]

American football is international now. There are American football teams in asia, Africa and Europe but let's face it, none of those teams can beat a division 2 college team let alone the worst NFL team so by default the Superbowl champs have the right to say that.

[@thomasgoldbart689]

yankees double header American football is huge in America only, football is large in every country apart from America

[@thirdbnico]

@Kabelo Ntsala there's an american football league in nigeria I don't remember if they're amateur or semipro but it does exist and quiet a few past and current NFL players are nigerian descent.

[@adilpikle351]

another reason is americans cannot play a full 90 minute game running around

[@robloxgod883]

Go fuck yourself

[@VasTheKid]

haha

[@tamaragrizzle5316]

Sadderino Kripperino another reason we hate NFL is sitting is stands watching 30 minute of the players playing but i have to stay for 2 fucking hours

[@missybaker1875]

Most European spectators can't run for 90 minutes. People watch sports they don't or can't play all the time. Soccer is just too simple and boring.

[@srikausthubhah1729]

Missy Baker So you like chess? After all, it is highly complex. Football isn't boring, lol. Play it someday, you'll realize why.

[@robertlaw164]

In Scotland everybodys crap at football but we still watch it play it it's literally the most important thing for most people

[@n0body550]

Robert Law theres top class scottish footballers that dont play for any teams we’re just drunks and druggies 😂

[@n0body550]

Kurama Kyuubi for one im scottish and thise “where” good players

[@SteMCFC79]

Kurama Kyuubi Neil Lennon is from Northern Ireland

[@n0body550]

Kurama Kyuubi yeh you dumb

[@n0body550]

Kurama Kyuubi you are a nice human i therefor no longer find you dumb because i too am a nice human i’m not one for SPL games either i just go to some

[@TagusMan]

Americans would love soccer if they added lasers and an exploding net every time a goal was scored. And 1000% more commercials.

[@jkjk6724]

But Americans love football just U.S people like Handegg.

[@runeknoph1]

Lol true

[@vpgbreezy3794]

TagusMan ? That’s just obnoxious 🤣 nobody likes commercials

[@SandlapperSam]

TagusMan well at least it will be cheap for thr owners yo have exploding nets since games finish 0 - 0 in a tie.

[@marcose1137]

Yeah, I'd watch.

[@mesumisfahany8490]

Soccer=Football American Football=hand-egg

[@bulldogsbob]

There is no sport called handegg but and there is only one football in America.

[@jobslaghekke209]

+bulldogsbob you know every country in the world calls it football just america

[@jobslaghekke209]

+bulldogsbob you know every country in the world calls it football just america

[@bulldogsbob]

Soccer is also used in Canada Austrialia and New Zealand.

[@georgebennett8550]

+bulldogsbob Still only 4 countries out of 196

[@raj8294]

Americans do not understand the tactics of soccer. They think oh well it's just a bunch of people running around and a kicking a ball but in reality the game has so much skill and technique they would never understand.

[@EZ1000K]

true

[@KingRobbStark]

+Mac Dre Same goes for American Football from the perspective of a European. People are too lazy to give anything a chance.

[@bulldogsbob]

You are nuts if you think soccer will ever be a popular sport here.

[@devoncottle1929]

+KingRobbStark americain football is so slow and they have a bunch of fat bastards pushing each other and try to get ten yard to convert downs

[@ThaTyphon]

+Mac Dre That generalization.

[@tobiasbaines]

elclassico >>>> Superbowl . , Manchesterunited vs Liverpool >>>>> Superbowl ... its really funny😂😂😂 but its true

[@angwl8781]

Hahaha so true, btw, just wanted to say that it's actually "El clásico" or "El clasico" but no classico

[@jakovteklic2212]

3rd spanish league matches >>>>>>>>>superbowl

[@Jakin200]

United vs liverpool >>>>>> superbowl

[@sjisisksnzkz]

@Peanut Live good I also don't care about your country

[@Boooooooooo541]

Well we Americans don't care about your opinion because football is really fun to watch unlike trash soccer. You can hate all you want but thats just what we like.

[@jefffuller6789]

she was nervous as hell during this 😂

[@markrezk9775]

The reason why is because there aren't enough commercials

[@properplank6729]

She says this

[@markrezk9775]

+Benn Leyland I know, I said this beforehand.

[@properplank6729]

Mark Rezk Ah, my b

[@andrew7taylor]

I don't get it. For a network it would be important, sure. But people don't watch programs for the commercials, do they? They watch a match for example because it interests them. And so if enough people would watch an international match, they would have to broadcast it.

[@finnmccann446]

+andrew7taylor commercials make the network money

[@jessejames9149]

Champions League! The best tournament ever created by man! Something that NFL, Hockey, MLB and NBA doesn't have!

[@slingyfc3434]

Jesse Hernandez you are right, it's a lot more exciting

[@talhahzn8179]

Jesse Hernandez you forget FA cup

[@Josh-yf4ub]

Erm World Cup?

[@vb3830]

Talha AlsGamer not everyone is a premier League

[@Eluvien737]

Talha AlsGamer FA Cup is shit compared to the Champions League

[@kevlarvesty1195]

Because it's a sport with such a big fanbase it can't be americanised, look at the transfer system of players in USA.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

They should adapt it to America. 4 Quarters. Time outs. Make each goal worth 3 points and penalty worth 1 to make the score seem higher (plus a pk is easier so it should be worth less anyways). Add a backboard above the goal to encourage more shots and make game funner. And finally - nix the goalie. That will shoot the score way up.

[@ryansmith1044]

@@nofurtherwest3474 Fun fact: The bid committee of the 1994 World Cup, held here in the USA, actually suggested having 3 30 minute periods instead of 2 halves in order to allow for more adverts. Thank God that didn't happen! (American football/soccer fan in case you couldn't tell)

[@nofurtherwest3474]

@@ryansmith1044 Interesting. That would be weird. But I think 4 quarters would work well. The game needs to evolve. It's too hard to score which makes it kinda boring. Lowest scoring game in the world. Make a goal from outside penalty box worth 3 pts, like in basketball. It's dumb that every single goal is worth only 1 pt; some goals are harder than others. Make it dynamic!

[@jdredwine7224]

@@ryansmith1044 I actually don't mind a 3 30 minute period system. It would really be beneficial not only revenue wise, but also for those hot days where their is usually a 3-5 minute water break usually around the 30 and 75 minute mark anyways. It doesn't hurt the flow any either.

[@vvdisking5218]

@@nofurtherwest3474 that's shit it's fine the way it is Americans think it's boring because they don't understand the skill and tactics they also don't have the passion we ain't changing the game for u it's our game not yours

[@ShortsIdenticos]

My brain just don't process the word soccer as football

[@eksortso]

Mateo GGG Well, where you're from, you don't need to. Lucky lucky you.

[@Alubuto]

I thought I was the only with the same issue as I watched the video

[@istayinpubs6923]

Soccer is the best sport

[@rxfinestgaming8641]

its the most popular sport in the world lol

[@dimitripayet9829]

Football*

[@domhnall8340]

+Dimitri Payet Americans call it soccer to distinguish between American football and soccer

[@trippydrew8492]

+Dimitri Payet The English were the first to use the term "soccer" as a shorter way of saying "association football" and as an easier way of distinguishing it from "rugby football" that was subsequently shortened to "rugger" for the same reason.

[@domhnall8340]

+DrewPeacock69 ok thanks for that, Americans were probably just too lazy to name it another name then

[@tsp8855]

"If we cant be good at it, there's something wrong with the sport" gets me every time

[@immanen2574]

To be honest though, i don't care that the USA don't love soccer as much as Europe or Asia do. Just don't try to force that your sports(american football, basketball, baseball) are the best in the world, because out of those 3 probably only one(basketball) do outsiders really care about.

[@jakethesnake-io9wm]

baseball huge in Asia

[@yhuger619]

alghi fari baseball is huge in Asia and the favorite sport in the Caribbean and second behind soccer in south and central America. In Puerto Rico, Dominicans were being killed because they won the world classic. There are also some good teams in Europe. I think alot of soccer fans are to delusional to realise though that another sport is famous world wide. Yes it is the most famous sport but there is no need to hate on the people who don't enjoy it.

[@jackfrozt2588]

jaxxx 1 Dafuk you talking bout, baseball is not the Caribbean's favourite sport not even in top 5 and I live in the Caribbean, it's actually football (not the rugby like bs)

[@yhuger619]

Jack Frozt I don't know where you live here in the Caribbean but I gotta ask if you really live here or if you are some European dude pretending to live here to make a point that soccer is the best, you see Americans spell it favorite not favourite and you know what that makes me think

[@adriansampson65]

I am from the west Indies is 1-football 2-cricket where I'm frm basketball will be 3rd cant speak for the rest of the West Indies as I'm not sure if they play it

[@dwc_]

It's not soccer. It's football. True Football.

[@randomgames2809]

@Scott McLean MERICA BABY

[@wohfab]

*Football**. Don't call something Football, where you are supposed to play with your hands..

[@wohfab]

So what? Americans call their hands _feet_? I just wanted to call this choice of word as it is: garbage!

[@wohfab]

Get your facts straight, _Dude_ .. NFL Rulebook says different. operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2016-nfl-rulebook/#section-1-dimensions59

[@omega0195]

+wohfab America needs to call Football to "American Football" because other continents will get confused, I don't know why the US calls it "Soccer"

[@nerfmyaccount]

American Football WAS played with your feet in its very early days. It was a variation on traditional football (soccer) where you could advance the ball down the field by kicking it while players were allowed to tackle you. Then later more Rugby rules were introduced and it became more like Rugby where you could hold the ball, and kicking it was no longer allowed. But everyone had already been calling it football so the name stuck. They didn't realize that 100 years later there would be the internet and global media satellite TV and the name would cause confusion...get over it...

[@RetroEsteban]

Eric Westcrip You say that because the Americans won't reach anything at the male level

[@nitelite78]

Your point on materialism and advertising is important. In fact I would say it's a reason why sports like baseball and American football are not popular elsewhere in the world. I have often read it is linked to Americans having short attention spans. So much stopping and starting in American sports it hardly seems like a sport. The flow of football is part of its magic. Americans seem to be obsessed with stats too. Constant onscreen player and team information. If a sport is good to watch none of that stuff is necessary in a sport that is genuinely good to watch. Interestingly I think most football (soccer) fans would agree that the low scoring aspect of football (soccer) is a huge part of its attraction for fans. Scoring a goal is difficult. Goals have a value. When a team scores it means something. It's a big moment and fans go ballistic. It's really a part of footballs beauty. What value does scoring 1 of 50 baskets in basket ball have? It gets a round of applause and a few whoops. Compare that to a whole stadium standing up and going mental with joy.

[@bulldogsbob]

Stats having nothing to do with why any sport is popular we don't like soccer cuase it's boring.

[@nitelite78]

bulldogsbob Stats and ads fill time because the sport itself isn't that interesting. Football doesn't require that. There is a real elegance, skill and beauty to football which is why it's the worlds most popular sport.

[@bulldogsbob]

nitelite78 You clearly have no idea what you are talking about stats mean nothing at the end of the day.

[@philipmcniel4908]

+nitelite78 As an American soccer fan, I'd say that that sport has its share of stats--in addition to goals and assists, it has possession %, shots, shots on goal, pass completion % (mainly for midfielders and defenders), tackles and clearances (mainly for defenders), fouls committed, yellow cards, red cards...and then you get to goalkeeper stats such as saves and cross captures. And why would you keep track of possession and pass completion percentages, tackles, and clearances? Because such things make up the "small goals" of soccer that may or may not add up to the big goals. With so few goals, you need to have other metrics to fairly judge how players are doing, and how the whole team is doing. The nature of these sorts of "small goals" or sub-goals are a major reason why soccer has struggled to catch on in the USA, as I will discuss in my own comment...

[@MattTheEpicness]

I totally agree, I'm British and I love basketball and also enjoying watching it but I CANNOT STAND the constant breaks, they irritate the hell out of me

[@felixkjellman8399]

Watching a game end 0-0 but the menatlity, the play and the crowd gives you gosehumps for 90 minutes, its better than eating burgers for 2 hours watching egghand.

[@jonatanvillagran3253]

they couldent be the best so they made their own sports, it's like playing solitary on cards you allways win youre allways the best

[@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw]

+Caesar Vespasian footballers are some of the best athletes in the word. Do not say stupid things. Height and weight make no difference in how good of an athlete you are

[@KrowwJaeger]

Caesar Vespasian Football players are sumo fighters in armor, shut the fuck up. A lot of "soccer" players dashed faster than bolt in 50 meters. That's not being an athlete, right?

[@TehLemonsRUs]

America wins at anything? That's why Canada had to cure diabetes for you guys right

[@ImWubzOG]

You englishmen couldn't last 2 min in our version of football 😂

[@anonymous5424]

Caesar Vespasian Dumbass they can't beat even the smallest football club if they tried

[@lordjirafa1149]

but honestly that was a good presentation

[@lemarmaynard]

It really was amazing

[@mjdutsar]

+Jackson Parker lol no it wasnt she was nervous af and couldnt control her voice fluctuations.

[@embrew2727]

+Michael Dutsar shut up

[@DELT4WOLF]

+Embrew really your kidding me he was right she was nervous not to say here presentation was bad but she didn't do well vocally . Like really grow up

[@darky2106]

+DELT4WOLF Perhaps he meant the arguments stated in the presentation were really good, the design of the presentation itself wasn't good at all, but that doesn't matter for me and yes she could work a lot more on her presentation skills, but that doesn't make the whole presentation awful.

[@manzilla48]

I agree with the girl, Americans don't watch the beautiful game because they are not good at it.

[@ronaldomessi3839]

Yep and I'm pretty sure there's tall football players

[@moritzpbbarvencik]

Ronaldo Messi Ofcourse there are. Center defenders and goalkeepers are generally tall. Also some strikers and center midfielders. But being tall isnt necessary in football. It's about skill.

[@ronaldomessi3839]

Same

[@9214370p]

i love love LOVE soccer but that's not why Americans don't watch soccer... come on man

[@osu5inarow]

Just like you guys are not good in our sport as well

[@athul.sankar]

Football has done and will keep doing Great without America.We don't care about America😂.

[@angelolutas8388]

To be honest I am glad Americans are not part of the footballing scene I just feel they would take away the beauty of the game. I know I am pretty small minded saying that but it's just difficult to imagine them reflecting well the image of the game and appreciating it.

[@PoochieCollins]

*@Angelo : as opposed to all the flopping and riots in football? Americans mostly don't do that shit in our sports.*

[@MrBlue11900]

Poochie Collins lol have you seen the LA after the Lakers won or the Philadelphia after the Superbowl. Lol let's not act like Americans are innocent. But OP is small minded also for the fact Germany fans are passionate but have their fair share of hooliganism that fucks everyone's day. If being beautiful is destroying shit than that ain't beautiful.

[@PoochieCollins]

*@MrBlue : I did say "mostly don't." I'm of the stance that people should be allowed to like what they do, if it's not hurting anyone. Who cares if certain countries like certain sports, and dislike certain sports, more than others?*

[@zachpisciotta5170]

At least we don’t rig match fixing and monopolize leagues that are so fucking pointless to watch. Example seria A watched Juventus when the league every year that is not “beautiful” that’s fucking boring. Also you’ve obviously have never been to America but the people who do support football (soccer) here have a deep passion that every fan around the world shares.

[@jestajared]

Like the rest of the world paints a positive image? Congrats, you are small minded...The amount of racism by the fans in european soccer is obscene, especially germany so gtfo. FIFA is the most corrupt sporting organization in the world, but yea, let's just gloss over that. Also european players disrespect the sport by diving every other play. Watch any european match and they're diving all game. That's the ultimate disrespect to the game, and it pisses me off every time I see it because of people like you who claim football is for the rest of the world only because of your ignorant underlying assumptions of americans.

[@MovieRiotHD]

And another thing: It's called Football! American football is played with the hands for over 90% of the time so call it American Handball or American Rugby. You play Football with your feet and that's why it's called football!

[@bhutang]

Its called football because it is played on foot, not that hard,

[@NeoJhon69]

I vote for Eggball.

[@joshsutton6648]

You know what rugby is actually called? Rugby Football. Now why does it have football in the name? Because it as a decedent of the actual game football. Wait, but we Brits invented football, and you use your feet to shoot and score. Did we not? Yes you guys did, but that is called association football. Which is also a descendent from football. So what is football? Football is a sport where people run on foot (not horseback like the rich people playing polo were doing) and they can run the ball, throw the ball or kick the ball to a designated area. What we did was make it into two sports instead of one. One where you kick it, and one where you throw/run the ball to a designated area.

[@jrbrumby2080]

Maybe you should do some research before telling people what they should call things. If you knew th history of the several different football codes you wouldn't be making these stupid comments.

[@jrbrumby2080]

Association football is called soccer in the US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Fiji, etc.

[@njokedestay7704]

Lol you call it world series but you play with yourselves... lol world my ass

[@unreleasedmorrissey]

It's called the World Series because of the newspaper that used to sponsor them

[@cona6034]

Njokede Stay Toronto Blue Jays are from Canada at least

[@crispay9032]

Champions league, WORLD Cup, Europa League, Euro Cup, Copa America theyre all the most watch competitions but World Cup will always beat any sports even no matter what

[@adhidwiyana2723]

Thats why no american sport will be so much succeed outside

[@fortress5278]

Baseball is all over, from Japan to Canada, to the Dominican Republic and Mexico. Football is gaining traction in the UK and there is a Canadian League. Basketball is huge all across the globe from China to Argentina to Spain. Yes soccer is bigger, but I think it is also anti-Americanism that is why those sports aren't bigger.

[@sLewis-dz5hk]

Is not soccer is football!!

[@maxhernandez1277]

ItzLuis #LF Soccer=Association Football (a word created by the English)

[@user-uz5pk4wd4t]

Max Hernandez it may have been created by the English but English people do not call it soccer. Nor does the rest of the world, apart from Americans

[@DvdLr7943]

Soccer is football and football is football. Does it hurt you that americans say soccer?

[@halamadrid2370]

ItzLuis #LF same shit

[@caesarves]

LOL America is the USA, it's the only country that actually matters, especially for Europe who depends on it for protection like daddy LOL Soccer was called that by the British who invented the game, so what's your point Goldfarb?? LOL When the best player of soccer in the world is a child-like Latino midget, that tells you how pathetic a sport it is LOL Basketball's best players are true supermen, 6'7", 6'8" 250 lb, football players are built like trucks, they would easily squash a rugby player #LOL

[@NotKewl]

The USA didn’t qualify for 2018 wold cup lol

[@chrisagha328]

Ya. The only way usa will ever qualify for a world Cup is if they are hosting it. Because the host country gets automatic qualification

[@Machinelf]

This isn't a Ted Talk? Or can anybody just do that now

[@TheGer775]

same

[@Machinelf]

same what?

[@OverLordthe1st]

lmao

[@SenorBobby]

Same

[@agrillhasnoname]

same

[@Whyunounderstand]

Americans dont know how physical and exciting a game of football can be in England the sheer pace and explosivness they play the game their. Every league is different the spansih league is fast and skilfull, the Serie A is slower but technical, the EPL is phsically is quick the Bundesliga has a nice mix between all of them.

[@williamjones2767]

That's how we Americans feel about our sports

[@nathanwaskiewicz7776]

I'm American, but i love football so much, i watch all 5 of the major European Leagues and know mostc players. I support Poland's national team, too. about as much as i do the U.S. I really hope football takes off here though. also, i can understand the difficulty level as I've played for 12 years. most Americans just don't get it though...

[@monkey4129]

M8 have you ever watched Man United

[@nathanwaskiewicz7776]

EAMUNN I support United m8

[@willemgroen7546]

And then there's the Eredivisie in my country, which is none of those things.

[@saiyancomputer3891]

without respect football is nothing, i mean FOOT.BALL..... also...size doesnt matter at football so every single person in the world no matter what size, can play together at same team

[@caesarves]

LOL America is the USA, it's the only country that actually matters, especially for Europe who depends on it for protection like daddy LOL Soccer was called that by the British who invented the game, so what's your point Goldfarb?? LOL When the best player of soccer in the world is a child-like Latino midget, that tells you how pathetic a sport it is LOL Basketball's best players are true supermen, 6'7", 6'8" 250 lb, football players are built like trucks, they would easily squash a rugby player #LOL

[@thegooner-49]

@@caesarves he was born with a defect.

[@josephrolando5616]

Caesar Vespasian Lol your name sounds Latino. no offence. btw if Football player are so tough why do they wear so much Protection unlike Rugby players. Lol a Rugby player would destroy a Football player without their protection. I don't even hate American Football. btw. its a good sport but it would be better if they remove their protection. just saying. and no Football was what Soccer was called before Rugby and Gridiron Football.

[@oceanopty]

America is the whole continent, not only the USA... Soccer is really called football, that's the way it's called all over the world... The USA should call their violent papaya shaped ball & helmet game, North American Rugby, it's a more appropiate name for it...There is hardly any football play in this type of USA Rugby...

[@kilericoimbraw]

In America continent called football(⚽) not soccer or sucker , South America (Spanish,Portuguese,French,Ducth)Central and Caribe(Spanish,French and English) calls football/futbol/futebol/fotbol/Fussball/football ⚽

[@cessbuller7027]

Leo Goldfarb 😂

[@jsquared1013]

I agree, "American Rules Rugby" would be a more accurate descriptor. But then there's that pesky point that Rugby is also "football" (the game is rugby football with rugby football union and rugby football league variants). Ooooh well :-D

[@nathanieltaylor7196]

America is used to reference the USA and North America is used for the continent as a whole, hence “The United States of America”.

[@DCUnderdog3000]

Tadeo Catania in the english language america means united states. Are you a native english speaker? No. So stop saying stupid shit that isnt true

[@jakeotib3279]

If you loved the sport so much, you would call it football.

[@jakeg8604]

If you loved the sport it would be "fútball

[@jakeotib3279]

JG HoneyBadger55 I love the sport and it is Football not Fútball.

[@TheMrallende]

fútball does not even exist ahaha its futbol, football, or even fußball.. youre not the center of the universe get over it

[@jakeotib3279]

+Juan Allende Who?

[@shocktrooper8082]

+FMTBG If you love the sport, you call it whatever the fuck you want too

[@Mirkuzz]

You made good points, but soccer is growing in America. I've lived here since the early 90's and have seen a big change, in terms of soccer's popularity.

[@KevinRodriguez-ob1il]

football, fútbol.

[@dhananjayashok7474]

Yes, but why. I never understood why

[@enochkeoki5158]

Quick lesson: We took the name from the British, who originally called it Soccer, but changed the name back to Football for themselves. We decided to keep the name "Soccer" to more easily differ between American Football and Association Football.

[@KevinRodriguez-ob1il]

Keoki Kun bullshit.

[@enochkeoki5158]

True though.

[@danielanda9034]

Football is more than scoring, watching a good save by a goalkeeper is also spectacular, every time the show is close to the goal is exciting

[@didier_777]

A multi billion dollar organization called the MLS would disagree with your theory. It takes time to build a new league but the growth of the MLS is an undeniable proof that soccer is gaining popularity.

[@morgengabe1]

Something tells me this isn't really a ted talk.

[@JUSTBATO1]

Lol love your profile

[@MrDemon562]

I mean it's 2016 and it's grown so much since 2010

[@denzelflo_7972]

Tru tht. The MLS has grown a lot

[@beats41510]

+Denzel Florent exponentially grew in the matter of 10 years I remember back then I really didn't enjoy mls and now it's more exciting

[@shocktrooper8082]

+Guadalupe Ortega Thats because now more younger players instead of older players are playing in the MLS.

[@armydude5002]

+Kevin Durant wait till those parents see the broken tibia (shinbone) injuries

[@jdupree8438]

Soccer is the second fastest growing sport in America despite already being the most popular sport in the world. How can you say that Americans will never accept???

[@jas7374]

J Dupree not really bud. just this month alone @ my store we sold 6× as many basketballs as we did soccer balls and about 4.5× as footballs vs soccer balls. Christmas doesn't lie. Neither does American Sports

[@jdupree8438]

What? A 2014 ESPN poll reported that pro soccer ranked as the No. 2 sport after pro football among 12- to 17-year-olds.

[@jdupree8438]

The U.S. Youth Soccer organization says that participation in soccer is 30 times higher now than it was just 40 years ago. There were 103,432 children registered to play soccer in the U.S. in 1974, 1.6 million children registered to play in 1990, and more than 3 million registered to play in 2014. The Wall Street Journal noted that youth participation in soccer is double that of tackle football and larger than baseball by about 1 million participants.

[@jdupree8438]

Joe 7374 Do you have any real arguments or claims?

[@jdupree8438]

MLS attendance has increase by 273% from 2,215,019 total gate in 2002 to 8,270,187 in 2017

[@hugq14]

Kelsey, I totally agree with you! Your analysis is spot on! I'll just say/add/repeat that soccer/football is the MOST played AND watched sport in the galaxy!!

[@deonal]

She calls it soccer lol....

[@michaelnguyen3159]

soccer is the English word of futbol.

[@GloverBonez]

+Michael Nguyen people in England call it football

[@Ennugget]

+Michael Nguyen its the american word for football

[@yagunnersya9601]

Some people in England call it soccer

[@JKickify]

+YaGunnersYa nah I have never heard someone call it 'soccer' and I live in Scotland

[@pastirot]

Great speech, great points. Well done! One more thing I would add, not just the commercials, but in soccer you go to the stadium and you watch 45 min of action, then a 15 min brake and another 45 min of action. In Basketball, Baseball, Football...there is an action-pause-action-pause-action-pause...time out home team, time out away team, commercials time out, short brake, long brake...and people sit there eat something, drink something...on average NBA game lasts 2-3 hours and the game itself it's 48 min. NFL average action time is about 11 minutes and another 174 minutes in replays, commercials, time-outs...

[@gabe3770]

Football action time is a complete 60 minutes bro. There's action every single minute and because of those pauses it allows the players to go full speed 100% every play to go at it as hard as they can

[@pastirot]

Gabe Delao I am talking about the delay between the actions. I love NBA very much, but when one team goes hard at the another after 2-3 plays there is time-out. It's kinda boring. As soon as you get all pumped up for action...time-out. Just imagine MMA...few punches...time-out...and again and again. Would you watch that?

[@josebonete9612]

+Gabe Delao cuál es el full speed of a 250 pounds guy in some cases fatter ?? No mames !

[@Rearar100]

i think in the us the whole culture is different. the dont go to watch a game in the stadium just for the game but to enjoy these many hours for example with the family and to drink and eat with friends

[@pastirot]

Rearar100 Yes I agree, totally. It's more of a show than a sport event.

[@iBekir100]

1.Real Madrid 2.FC Barcelona 3.FC Bayer München 4.Paris St.Germain 5.Manchester City 6.Chelsea London 7.Juventus Turin 8.Atletico Madrid 9.Napoli 10.FC Liverpool This are maybe 10% of the teams who can win the CL trophy every year. We love football. Beacause everything can happen.

[@salviniusaugustus6567]

10% of the teams who can win the CL trophy every year? You should say, the 10 only teams that can win the CL trophy...

[@hurriyetperver5272]

@@salviniusaugustus6567 He is right

[@N8tebt]

It's called football not soccer!!!

[@alexlemelin3217]

Noura not in America, buddy.

[@manuelmendozajr9519]

@@alexlemelin3217 But in the world is football, buddy.

[@DeadPizza]

@@manuelmendozajr9519 it doesn't matter what you the world thinks its soccer

[@matejkostovski4918]

@@DeadPizza did you are stupid

[@DeadPizza]

@@matejkostovski4918 no you just know what the rock is cooking

[@isorozco511]

Baseball and basketball are the dumbest, biggest waste of times out there. At least football you get to see people hit each other. But lets be real. the world cup will ALWAYS be superior to the super bowl, world series and whatever the basketball final game is called

[@christianpuglielli2151]

That's a comment coming from a guy whose never played any of the sports he has just dissed...

[@bobafett979]

Soccer = "alright team I'll see y'all in half time" - coach; basketball and football = strategies; baseball = fun to play shitty to watch

[@christianpuglielli2151]

+bobafett979 You realize that that comment is very vague and doesn't represent any of the sports. In soccer there are many things you must do tactically in order to have a chance to score (hence the low scores). In basketball there are many ways you must attack the basket based on how the defense is read, and the moment you score you must immediately rush back to your side to defend quickly. Same goes for American football in that you must read what the defense will do next which isn't always easy. And for baseball (the one I have the most experience with) isn't easy to play at all. Hitting a round ball, with a round bat, that is being pitched at speeds of 90+mph is one of the hardest things to do in sports. And no sport is hard to watch if you spend time going into the details of a play to occupy yourself

[@bobafett979]

+Big Cat23 look, I play basketball know very well about it, played football beginning yeas of my high school time, baseball I played as a past time. But soccer? Simply stating 4-3-2-1 isn't a tactic, just a formation and that is what appears to all people. I played soccer casually and noticed that it doesn't really take much strategy

[@christianpuglielli2151]

+bobafett979 There is the problem. Casually playing a sport doesn't do it justice

[@Mrwiseguy101690]

Another reason I noticed is that soccer is way more difficult than football. I've played soccer for 7 years and football for one and I'm better at football than I am at soccer. I mean, it's mostly just strength honestly unless you don't even know how to hold the ball.

[@Mahim270]

+BuildMeASnowmanBiatch Then perhaps you can call it football as its real name is that?

[@Mrwiseguy101690]

Mahim270 I call it soccer so that there's no confusion.

[@Mahim270]

We call our sport football because thats whats its name is.You can address yours as gridiron,American football(or handegg)

[@YUnitedFootball]

+Mahim270 Why are you trying to start an argument that has been had millions of times before? Does is really effect your life in any way when he calls it soccer?

[@Mahim270]

It does indeed.You would too if your sport was called handegg.And the shit she said about heights is falso.An average footballer is about 5 11.

[@njldst2007]

That final point was pretty eye opening :) From a 'soccer' lover in India, well done video

[@lucapires6183]

Soccer players make a lot of money, more than any sports’ players....

[@smdFrozen]

Have you heard of that Mahohmes guy?

[@osousa17]

Tennis players make a lot of money as well

[@ReSunDestin]

It wasn't really the case 7 years ago, it's only recently with Messi and Ronaldo going higher than any US sportsman

[@harshittoppo6464]

@@ReSunDestin that's why even retired football players like David Beckham makes more money than NBA players except LeBron

[@harshittoppo6464]

@@smdFrozen even heard of neymar who earns 95 million euros per year and mahomes earns around 40 million dollars whole Ronaldo earns that much money just from Instagram

[@MriPandaHD]

Here's the thing about soccer that I fell in love with (I'm American, that was originally into basketball/football). The Energy of the Sport. The energy is big to the games,players, and rivalry. It makes me upset that we can't have that energy in our American sports. I think if more people were exposed to it in America then we would love it.

[@M4n44n]

Football/Futbol (soccer) has passion. Like you said it's a religion. I would devote my whole life to it if I could. The atmosphere in the stadiums is just amazing. The arguments you gave for why basketball, baseball and American football is so popular in the US are also the arguments for why I think the sports are so lame. Advertisment everywhere, constant time-outs, lots of goals/points. A football match flows and the fans dance like it's a living thing. The build up to a goal, the explosion of joy it brings and then the celebration afterwards make it so much better. You can really lose yourself in a match. I can't even describe the feeling when your team wins the Champions League in the final minutes of a game... or lose it... (Bayern fan here :D)

[@thienquangle6011]

#GGMU

[@cathychen8527]

Mia san Mia!!!! -Bayern fan from China :D

[@chavezdanny21]

Hala Madrid.

[@DoctorySuper]

M4n44n I agree 100% with you. Im a Porto fan. We won a CHampions League in the final minutes from you. :) eheheh This year we meet again, this time at the quarter-finals, but ill be honest, odds are totally on your side. Cheers from Portugal.

[@jamescolrman8289]

I like your ethusiasm and it is fun to play soccer but I cannot watch it after playing it now I love football. But I know you love this sport with all your heart so keep playing

[@HydraMann]

I just dont like soccer, and I do like American Football. Soccer is just boring to me

[@f3p]

All the European elitists making fun of Americans thinking they’re better because they watch soccer LOL

[@kenu3884]

Soccer is a 10x more popular now than when it was posted. My local team, the timbers, sells out every game, and the whole city loves them. It's growing.

[@bulldogsbob]

It's a very liberal city that is why.

[@amaurylannes]

+bulldogsbob lol so true.

[@chazmichael7967]

+bulldogsbob I voted Trump and I also drive a pick up truck and work construction, I play soccer religiously......you were saying?

[@bulldogsbob]

Chaz Michael Polls show the majority of soccer fans are liberal.

[@amaurylannes]

Chaz Michael you're a bad anomaly.

[@ReaLityBlue]

Who cares? i would be concerned if Brazil, Germany or Italy refused to accept "soccer".

[@fryzzmc775]

ReaLityBlue or france or argentina or England

[@iamteem481]

Ein Fisch you get the point

[@loszunigas5895]

ReaLityBlue or Chile 🇨🇱 or Colombia 🇨🇴 or any other countries in South America like 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇪🇨🇵🇾🇵🇪🇺🇾🇻🇪

[@mikayla7612]

You're missing the point of the presentation

[@CORKSCREWBEAR]

ReaLityBlue the point is what if US could have potential rival these teams if they had invested in football or had supported it early on.

[@sbongadlamini388]

Then why dont Americans enjoy cricket...there is food in the stands, scores can reach well over 400 runs

[@davidyasser9591]

You just saved my whole semester

[@emanueldasilva6322]

foot + ball = football eggball(for some stupid reason) + hands = football???

[@harveywills9758]

Go read a history book

[@jkjk6724]

Shrek Cosby who cares is time to change that name also the name America and american you are a country not a continent you don’t hear people from Germany say they are europeans they say Germans or people from Italy they say italians etc you are the only people in the world who put wrong names to things and the worst thing is you believe you can

[@rotua98]

Shrek Cosby 4 what read to just one country , read whole planet history

[@lukaspieper633]

Harvey Wills you are telling me that your history books have segments about American football? What the fuck?

[@celebrim1]

No, he's telling you to read a history book on the history of sports, and not some grade school history survey book you uneducated, half-illiterate dolt. Anyone with a decent education would know why "football" is called "football", and why the sports of "association football", "Australian football", "Rugby Union football", "Canadian football", and "American football" all share the same name and have to be distinguished from each other. And in fact, since only one of those is played with a round ball and makes contact with the hands illegal, it soccer that is in fact the odd duck in the football family of games. Anyone in touch with the history of sport would know that much of modern athletics can be traced by to the village sports of medieval England, which were perhaps older than that but the history of how Roman children's ball sports intermingled with the Gaelic traditions still perversed by the Brits is lost to time. Suffice to say that we know for a fact that the term "football" dates back to the middle ages, and referred collectively to the sorts of sports played by peasants. We don't know what the peasants called these sports, because it wasn't written down but the aristocrats that mentioned them called them "football" because they were played with a ball by people who - quite unlike 'proper' sports like hunting and jousting - were on foot. Village sports were diverse with each village having its own rules, but they generally could be grouped into two sorts - those that allowed the ball to be moved by hand and those that didn't. Eventually in the 18th century, the rules for the games began to be codified, becoming today Rugby and Soccer. When the English colonized America, they brought their ball sports and their stick sports with them, but unchained from mother England American sports diverged in the rules. Rounders became Baseball, and the village sports that allowed movement with the hand became codified as American Football. Soccer as known and played in America, from the 1860's to the 1930's, but it never really caught on as a national sport the way Baseball had. During this period, it was common to refer to "Association Football" both in England and America as "soccer". Calling it football didn't begin until the 1950's, when the Latin American nations (which only knew one sort of football) exported the term back to Europe. But in America and Australia, with two sorts of football, one more important than the other, the old English term "soccer" stuck. The reason soccer died in America is complicated, but has to do in part with the Great Depression. Baseball was by far the national sport, but soccer was vying then for #2. But the problem was radio and the fact that American sports developed professional leagues that were highly organized and designed to entertain. Soccer on the other hand stayed mired in the amateur club tradition and the feuding disparate professional leagues all went bankrupt. By the 1950's, and the invention of TV soccer was already waning in the USA (but not enough to keep us out of early world cups). With no money backing it, only regional interest, and neither a professional league to give your love to nor a presence in TV to inspire anyone, soccer simply faded away and became a sport someone else played. Americans played baseball, basketball, hockey, and football. They played more volleyball than soccer. Until title 9 came along and someone noted that soccer would make a perfect girl's sport to pair with the more manly football.

[@Rjsipad]

i agree with most but i dont think the size of the players affects it.

[@metatv2273]

I don't think so either but I did think it was interesting tho

[@volundrfrey896]

Yeah, and the reason they're short is because it's an international sport. If you only consider European players then the height would be similar to that of baseball/handegg.

[@YesYes-yj1ep]

+Daquan Dequan call*

[@InklanUtterfield]

It's not just the size. I'm not familiar with American football, but I'm pretty sure that you're not rewarded in that sport for falling down. In football (soccer), however, falling down and making the most of a kick to the shins, for example, is rewarded by a free-kick or penalty, and this can sometimes completely change a match, especially in the case of a penalty.

[@denizakin5645]

+Völundr Frey That's not the main reason, most Spanish players are really short. The reason is, because in soccer you don't need to be +6 foot to dunk, the best players often are usually like 5'10" because they are faster , have a lower center of balance and can dribble better, which is important for midfielders and wingers

[@columbiars]

I'm from Chile, you grandpa's totally right :) In fact I still really frustrated about next WC won't have Chile (even though we won the last 2 Copas americas, and we played the Confederation Cup final). We screwed up evertyhing in the last 4 matches in our south american qualifiers :( Even though we still being a top 10 team (in fact in the ranking Fifa we are the best national team that won't go to the WC, and we have a better ranking that many national teams that will go to to Russia). Anyway, good you love football. I'm wondering what team your grandpa supported in Chile.

[@modestoney1577]

good work! was really interesting to watch.

[@periklispapadopoulos6989]

its fucking FOOTBALL NOT SOCCER

[@slingyfc3434]

Periklis Papadopoulos true

[@Belgi_88]

Periklis Papadopoulos in The US they Say soccer (Im not american, Im swedish so don't judge)

[@ShogunX11]

Periklis Papadopoulos it literally means football you idiot

[@MetalStreamXD]

Periklis Papadopoulos she said soccer, so it wouldn't get confused with American football

[@pierrepaullegault7571]

"Soccer" is a British word, coined in Britain over a century ago. There were several codes of football rules. The standardized rules were developed by an association of clubs and they called the rules "Association Football". They abbreviated it to "soccer".

[@johnsalchichon3605]

América is the whole continent not just the US

[@benjiselje4015]

yeet

[@isaacb.3105]

+John Salchichon So why are you saying it like América?

[@bulldogsbob]

Nope America is the usa, the continents are north and South America.

[@julianpreskar5855]

yea but in south america people play football religousli

[@johnsalchichon3605]

+itsjusta1234-56789 dumbass

[@BoundInChains]

I feel for the minority but then they call it soccer.😛

[@caesarves]

LOL Soccer was called that by the British who invented the game, so what's your point?? LOL When the best player of soccer in the world is a child-like Latino midget, that tells you how pathetic a sport it is LOL Basketball's best players are true supermen, 6'7", 6'8" 250 lb

[@eirik.9384]

Caesar Vespasian basketball players need to be high because the goal is 10 feet high you fucking dumb cow, in football (not american football) you don't need to be high because it's played on the fucking ground.

[@workspaceofduc]

@King Ninja Indeed but I think "soccer" is just invented by bunch of students in England and people mostly call it football. That's defenitely the real name for it

[@agdgdgwngo]

I feel sorry for them man. It'd be like living in England and everytime you mentioned football people think you mean rugby.

[@agdgdgwngo]

@@caesarves lol its not about masculinity in football. Its about talent and teamwork above all else. Messi is probably one of the greatest sportsmen to have ever lived, comparing him with NBA is an insult

[@twelveytwelve]

You see a similar thing here in Australia with Australian Rules Football being by far our biggest spectator sport- similar in the sense that this is OUR indigenous sporting code that no-one else plays at the same level as us nor even cares about.

[@rasheedmiller9301]

football (soccer) is life

[@ryansmithers6733]

Futbol

[@JuanPabloVivasR]

+Ryan Smithers Fútbol

[@merysunartha6452]

Football

[@johnnyhandegg4168]

*Combined social media following (in M)* : *C. Ronaldo* - 293 *FC Barcelona* - 182 *Dallas Cowboys* - 15 (lol) *Neymar* - 180 *Real Madrid* - 187 *US Sucker Team* - 7 (lmfao) Yep, Football shits on both Handegg & Sucker.. Don't fight it, Murica, just kindly swallow it

[@freckleheckler6311]

Johnny Handegg lmfaaao so true

[@brosephjames]

The third world has a lot of people, true.

[@RetroEsteban]

brosephjames England,Germany,Italy and more countries like that, they LOVE football, and they are not third world countries

[@-gxrc1a701]

Young Boy Rick i like burgers:)i think u mean boogers but yeah i like burgers:)

[@brysonmorton1968]

Johnny Handegg rip Cowboys fans like me :( I like world football quite well too though

[@AdnanStar1901]

soccer players have strong bodies especially in the premier league in England. Not all soccer players are as short as messi . Secondly soccer is the greatest and most popular game in the world, not in just one country . I respect your choices in America

[@salviniusaugustus6567]

"soccer players have strong bodies especially in the premier league in England." ---> How the fuck players have strong bodies "especially in the PL in England" while the PL is full of footballers coming from everywhere and the same can be said for other major leagues in Europe... So Ronaldo had a strong body at Manchester but not in Madrid?

[@anuelbennyyy8820]

Salvinius Augustus bc it takes a certain strength to play in the prem. most the time there are exception like bernardo. ur stupid as hell btw

[@Henchberg]

Really thoughtful and interesting, thanks for uploading

[@sniffrat3646]

I like this presentation, there's some good points raised here. Cheers from England

[@ethanstorms4826]

I'm American and I agree 100%

[@marcosbatta3508]

Ok bits 30.48 centimeteters ball

[@aronmitchelle7365]

+cam dabbin newton how's the national team for your sport going......oh wait no one apart from the yanks play egg hand

[@JorgeGomez-hb9eq]

+cam dabbin newton stfu U consider at least having the ball for more than a minute a reason to celebrate U bitches couldn't even score a own goal if U tried

[@zach3318]

I disagree except for the commercialism part. Americans like football because it is a superior sport with superior athletes.

[@JuaSa07]

It's called football!

[@Zlepey]

We live in a America it's soccer here chill dude

[@JuaSa07]

Ok, I'll chill, I respect the fact that you call it soccer, I just find it interesting!

[@tamermelegy6659]

⚽👍👍👍⚽

[@javierpedreira9212]

*northamerica, *football

[@javierpedreira9212]

***** you don't know which is, but I just don't care to mention it because I am not the nationalist type of person

[@OMGPrezzi]

Soccer is my all time favorite sport, but I toon into some NFL games and I enjoy them. Especially this year's Super Bowl which actually got me hyped and anxious since I'm from New England

[@Akazii98]

The american football players will be never better than football players from Europe or South America

[@weitzfc1]

very few euro girly men could survive football . soccer is for runty little euro and Mexican men .

[@PzPewwi]

yh ever watched Ruby

[@weitzfc1]

small Mexicans , are just plain boring . you never see runty little Mexicans playing football.

[@shenhue7041]

Wow xD You guys know that tall ppl play football too right? And btw the avg north/westeuropean guy is taller the the avg american men ^^

[@KrowwJaeger]

weitzfc1 are you going to snipe us from the couch? You might want to take your hands off the remote for proper aiming

[@lillypad2424]

Why does America HAVE to adopt soccer? Why can't we play what we want?

[@gabrichidze]

MLS has healthy average atendace of some 25000 per game. In my viuew Soccer football is very popular in USA. Question should be "why is USA media ignoring soccer"? Make soccer games prime time at Fox and public will love it

[@aaronloggia]

Sorry to disagree with you, but yes, you say that the MLS has an average atendace of some 25000 per game, but in what percentage? I don't know the numbers but i think is pretty low in comparison with countries like england, italy or germany, in which the average attendance could be the same but in percentage is much more.

[@DubCedSky]

25000 is decent, but teams like Manchester United plays for 75.000 every week, Arsenal 61.000, Chelsea + Liverpool 44.000, Manchester City 48.000, Real Madrid 80.000, Barcelona 98.000, Bayern Munchen 71.000, Dortmund 80.000 and that's just because their stadiums are full at that capacity...

[@yankeefederer1994]

How many games a season? 25000 is a very mediocre-low attendance for the MLB, and they have 162 game long seasons. The problem with soccer is that it has little to no commercial time, the driving force for sporting events to be televised. I agree with the need for publicity for a sport to succeed, baseball at its strongest had games on every day on free tv.

[@aaronloggia]

that's the sad part. a sport is popular only because there is a lot of commercial time? sad, sad and sad!

[@yankeefederer1994]

No, sports can be popular, but they won't run the landscape without melding into the culture. I'm speaking for myself, but I don't think soccer should be anything more than a top 5-6 sport in America, and never beyond that. It's good, but it doesn't tie into our nation's history nearly as much as baseball, and it never will. Baseball was in America since the Civil war, and nothing has shaped our nation's landscape like that war. It would be arrogant to say that soccer should supplant baseball, basketball, hockey or american football. Can it join them? Of course. But I get the feeling that other countries people's look down on America for not making soccer its nations pastime. Put simply, it doesn't deserve to. Baseball was in with our society since its defining moment. Rational americans aren't threatened by soccer, but are annoyed by the vitriol that they get when other nations complain that we don't worship soccer. I think I would like soccer more if other nation's fans wouldn't hate on my sports. To each their own.

[@rooneykeith8923]

Totally agree with this!,thank you for your truth!

[@vredepeel]

This is so spot on👌🏻

[@Ni1996Ki]

First thing to make it popular: Call it Football, Second thing: Use the metric system like the whole world does. I had to google the hight of the players.

[@Ni1996Ki]

And you need a league system like in Europe. The Franchise system is shit because there is no way to go to first league.

[@Ni1996Ki]

***** I know that there is for players the possibility to go to MLS. But not for clubs from the second league.

[@Ni1996Ki]

***** In Germany clubs don`t have "owners". There is not that one person who decides what happens. For the clubs the highest goal is to go to first league and win it.

[@ShogunX11]

Why should we be like everyone else? We are not changing anything

[@ShogunX11]

That wasn't what I was talking about but ok...

[@abbaszaidi8371]

Excellent talk. Back to the issues of scores, the quality of a "soccer" match is not defined by the number of goals scored, but how the game is played- nuances that can't be measured (e.g. England 0 Brazil 1 in 1970). I've tried watching basketball but the event of scoring is diluted through the quantity of points scored

[@ralphkiszakiewicz1030]

I grew up with all types of sports. Going to school I seen different types of sports of an importance. To me it doesn't matter I like both soccer and American football and try to understand both. They both have different feels. If it was all the same feel then it would be boring but when you watch soccer, you get a different feeling when watching American football and vice versa

[@yusein890]

3:04 why didn't you put up Lukaku or Ibrahimovic? They are tall

[@WinduWaika]

Yusein Ali I assume she meant on average soccer/football players are shorter compared to players of the “Big 3” sports in the US.

[@Masterpaul76]

Jan Kolher

[@Charles-rn3ke]

I don't under stand why baseball player are big in size.

[@DuchAmagi]

Yeah, that's interesting. I get why basketball and American football players are big but why baseball players?

[@ritchie376]

They should've just put Peter Crouch

[@BreserCZ]

Football (soccer) is best sport in the world!

[@brandonneumann5294]

zdeněk čuhel ......Boring......

[@KamiKazeE9999]

@@brandonneumann5294 NFL is boring

[@1964Loukas]

Soccer scores 2.2 goals per game? That is because it is SO difficult to score!! Hello darling!!! which in turn makes soccer...WAY more excting than WWF on grass...or ping pong on a basketball court....any day..any time! Also I believe that the young MLS league is averaging around 20,000-25,0000 per game....and things are looking brighter and brighter every year....so who told you that Americans do not like soccer? Fox "news"....perhaps?

[@cagepondroad]

1964Loukas, excellent points. Maybe the nay-sayer non-fans of soccer should pretend that each goal is worth 7 points. Think of all the 21 to 14 games the EPL and the MLS would have.

[@1964Loukas]

Another issue that most Americans suffer from ADD..and unfortunately...soccer demands a certain amount of attention to enjoy it! :)

[@osu5inarow]

Life did and compare 20,000 to 100,000 fans and your at a huge reason why even basketball averages 40,000 and baseball 30,000

[@osu5inarow]

1964Loukas SAIL!!!

[@FIFAracer]

osu5inarow Average in Dortmund: 80.000

[@elenabrambilla8675]

But I have to say that women soccer is more appreciated in the US than in Europe

[@ahmadiarismaharto9897]

7 years on and I'm still entertained by this video.. Right on!

[@chemicalz]

This isn't a Ted talk

[@jacobcook1399]

I hate that she said EVERYONE in america doesnt care about soccer. Like Jesus has she even lived here long enough to know that there are still quite a few people in america that love the sport with there life. Not all of us only like american football or basketball etc. She should stop trying to be an outsider so people feel bad for her or all that crap. I will love soccer forever and so will a lot of people in america. So stop saying everyone in america doesnt like soccer. Im really starting to hate america. And stop saying that all americans are getting fat and all that supersize bullcrap. A lot of americans including soccer lovers are very fit, and eat healthy. Stop saying ALL AMERICANS and get ur facts right

[@achtzehnhundertsiebenundac1186]

im really sorry for you. lovibg football but living in fucking usa, you cannot even see the great atmosphere and the great football of europe. mls seems like a cheap copy of real football

[@1Deathwall1]

+Jacob Cook she is american, isnt she? and she loves the sport and said she was rased loving it

[@nightbot.2817]

its just a prank bro

[@coolcool3192]

+Oliver Bauer I mean MLS isn't a cheap copy..it's just lesser

[@danielaleman1363]

where the fuck do you live?lol

[@jimmychoo795]

Top 10 List of the World's Most Popular Sports rank Sport Estimated Fans 1. Soccer / Association Football 3.5 Billion 2. Cricket 2.5 Billion 3. Field Hockey 2 Billion 4. Tennis 1 Billion

[@cambridgefutsalclub]

Views expressed in this video are very thought provoking. Really enjoyed it. Thank you. Maybe USA public would prefer Futsal which appears to tick more of the boxes suggested as being required by a US audience...other than height of the players!

[@chrisfish4788]

The size of the players let that sink in is one of the reasons that Americans don't like soccer.......ok

[@slingyfc3434]

Chris Ryan k 😕

[@ShogunX11]

Chris Ryan nope... try again

[@chrisfish4788]

I was being sarcastic

[@ShogunX11]

Oh... Ok

[@JoshMcSwain]

In regards to "valuing leisure time", watching a football game now takes 3+ hours because there are so many commercials. It's the reason I started watching soccer recently. Those games go quickly because there aren't any commercials during the two halves. Players are also moving during that entire time, as opposed to football where players move for maybe ten minutes of the sixty in the game. Listening to these reasons, I bet you could apply them to hockey as well (to a lesser degree).

[@pokafaceP4K]

she has a point but she was a little hesitant during this whole thing. One more thing football* or futbol*

[@jkjk6724]

People don’t see NHL (national handegg league )just the commercials of the super bowl

[@roqfortt]

It's NFL you fucking idiot

[@workspaceofduc]

@@roqfortt It's handegg, not football lol

[@glenn1001]

NHL is national hockey league you idiot and it's more popular in the US than soccer

[@MKTheGreat]

@@glenn1001 who cares? It's handegg, not football, you fucking idiot.

[@hellobro1422]

@@MKTheGreat the nhl isnt hand egg or football its hockey dipshit

[@LL12Gaming]

Football not soccer and American football not football

[@GTAGamerization]

Get a life.

[@cardinez6848]

agree

[@trippydrew8492]

+LL12Gaming The English were the first to use the term "soccer" as a shorter way of saying "association football" and as an easier way of distinguishing it from "rugby football" that was subsequently shortened to "rugger" for the same reason.

[@a.ali.k]

+LL12Gaming American football is named by it's characteristic, it's a foot long.

[@ShogunX11]

+A. Ali Khwaja it's actually named after Rugby Football

[@oldhauntedbat424]

Football or "soccer" is the most watched, and the most popular game in THE WORLD. like it or not. #LiveForTheBeautifulGame

[@bulldogsbob]

Soccer sucks.

[@helllitsme7922]

+bulldogsbob u suck

[@bulldogsbob]

Truth hurts I guess you can't defend a sport with 0-0 ties and fake injuires.

[@bulldogsbob]

Why for not liking a crap sport.

[@bradleyastle9183]

bulldogsbob so what if it has 0-0 ties part of the game.

[@SamuraiKnight]

She is trying but she has no idea what she talking about. The main reason why America doesn't focus on soccer compare to Football Basketball and Baseball is schools. In middle and high school you have three seasonal sports seasons. Fall, winter, and spring. Soccer and football are fall sports so you have to pick one to join, and football is an American version of mod football compare to soccer. So less people tend to join the soccer team compare to the football team, and as we watch our family and friends play the sport those who get into the sport more will watch higher levels football also has more "action" compare to soccer so play by play we feel something happens even if they don't score compare to soccer were it feels like they kick a ball and sometimes someone makes a goal. (Think Nascar, unless you're into the sport it just people making a left turn all day unless their is a crash.) As to why we are bad at soccer. It is a skill/money issue. If you good in soccer you are better off playing another sport as the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, etc you will make more money than FIFA. Compare to many countries where their soccer teams make the most hints why our woman's team is one of the best in the world. Our best female players tend to head toward soccer, volleyball and tennis compare to baseball basketball and football.

[@enkeksinimee6388]

ITS FOOTBALL

[@weitzfc1]

snoozeball.

[@chrisagha328]

@@weitzfc1 usa football is shit ball

[@weitzfc1]

@@chrisagha328 a sissy like you couldn't handle it . look up footballs hardest hits.

[@chrisagha328]

@@weitzfc1 just because a sport is more manly and tough does not mean it is better. In soccer you don't have to be strong. All you need is skill, speed, passion and the love for the game. But you have to admit. The usa soccer team is shit. Pulisic is the only good player in your national soccer team. And pulisic plays for a big club. And that club is Chelsea

[@weitzfc1]

@@chrisagha328 i don't know how you stay awake during a soccer game . three hours later no score . boring! zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[@larkturner7136]

This must have been filmed in the janitorial closet at TED Talks

[@BKMAG]

This was very well said and fun to watch. GREAT JOB!!!

[@JeremiahFrog2]

As an American, I like both sports but honestly love American Football. I’ve even played it and can tell you that there is one thing that I really like about the sport. I love how we all work as a team, Americans are not greedy, we don’t care about being rich or having that care or what not, also yeah we like being the best but we feel great sympathy for the worse team in the NFL and end up supporting them more. The thing is, is we like team work. In football, if one person is not putting there soul into that play, or is not putting there all, the play could crumble. Like if a guy forgets his route, the play is ruined. Football is the one sport in which everybody in the field is risking themselves for a goal, as a team. Another big thing is us Americans like to see the unknown, and football provides that with trick plays and random hits. Unlike soccer which is just basic shooting and passing. The sport of football is also more difficult in a way. With plays you have to know, formations and the constant injuries that you inflict. Us Americans like strength, and this sport shows us strength. It’s as simple as that.

[@user-dl1xz3mj3i]

GRM JeremiahFrog soccer is all about passion..dramas..atmosphere..pride of each country..rivalries..emotions..it unites countries!!

[@diegol4307]

She is from CHILE ❤️🇨🇱 of course we love football.