Recent content by DevoTids

I apologize if I've offended anyone. Personally, I grew up playing soccer, and in part of high school, but was a collegiate American Football player. I dig fútbol, but I wish that things were structured differently to allow lower income, and inner city children be introduce to more soccer...

MLS is only stories to people who pay attention. If you see TV ratings, which is where most big boy sports organizations get their primary revenues from, MLS doesn't even move the needle. The common American doesn't watch or care for soccer. That's okay, though! People get to emotional about...

As long as MLS' highest paid player(Clint Dempsey)makes $6.6 million and Clayton Kershaw(LA Dodgers) banks @ 7 years, $215 million, $30.7 million annually, MLS will always fall short athletically. The little guys trying to play big guy sports will always happen whenever people believe they can...

The only people that believe soccer is going to be the next big thing are unfortunately, delusional. It isn't a coincidence that U.S. soccer-guy weighs in @ roughly a buck 65, and is 5'11... Had they been bigger, faster, or stronger they would have without a doubt have played football...

The U.S. blows @ fútbol because we have sports like the NFL, MLB, NBA, etc....and those sports have a much longer, more rich "American" history. When you take into account the staggering salaries of professional athletes in just those three sports, it's quite easy to see why we suck @ soccer...