Never had watched a game of soccer before I moved to Europe, now I can't get enough of it. I think that it will always grow in popularity in the US as the number of Latin Americans continues to grow. Sure we have baseball and football and all that, but I have seen people grow increasingly disenchanted with these sports. Basketball is top right now because of very clever marketing over the last 10 years, and they have been scared for a long time without a true drawing card like Jordan. Anything can happen I suppose.
On a related note, I don't necessarily agree that the English Premier league is the best in the world. They play a different brand of football. The Spanish like to play open field and have a finesse game, the Italians are far more defensive while the English play a physical longball game similar to what the Germans play nowadays. Seems that at least in the past 2 years when these styles clash that the Spanish and Italians come away better than the English....
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