to say that soccer is popular here because kids play it, is like saying the WNBA is popular but little girls play basketball. could soccer here work? maybe, but at the end of the day the MLS is a league that is losing money and probably won't be around in another 10 years. soccer is not an american sport and it translates horribly to television, so it will NEVER thrive in the US. let the MLS come here, it won't bother me at all, as long as the baseball stadium gets built in the RQ. oh and football is big here in the states, but it's real football, not futbol.
Did anyone say anything about kids? I believe were talking about young people here < 30. Which your obviously not a part of, considering your trying to compare football to soccer, completely different sports. Article in the Oregonian today, the Seattle Sounders MLS expansion team has sold over 20,000 season tickets of its 22,000 spots. http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/03/former_portland_stars_keller_a.html "If we could get teams in Portland and Vancouver, the Northwest would be the heart of soccer in North America," Wright said." If you still think soccer is unpopular here your simply out of touch.
