Is Beckman worth the trouble?

[Frank Cunha]

this writers are the reason why soccer is having a hard time catching on
Soccer's status woe - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports

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Originally Posted by Frank Cunha

this writers are the reason why soccer is having a hard time catching on
Soccer's status woe - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports

The end of the day it will depend on the fans..They are plenty of soccer fans living in America enough that their is 3 soccer channels...It's the number one youth Sport in the Country and we are producing more young soccer players then Baseball players...The Mls have over 90% American players on their rosters while Major league Baseball have a percentage that is probably less then 50%...In order for the Sport in America to grow the soccer fans need to support the MLS. The quality will never be as good as in Europe, but it is better then having nothing.

[Jager]

Not that David Beckham is bigger or better than Pele, who tried this back in the 1970s. And not that getting a single player, even one with global star power, is as important as staging the World Cup, which the U.S. did in 1994.

But after neither Pele nor the most popular sporting event in the world managed to make soccer even close to a major, mainstream sport, the fact that someone is still trying anyway is telling.

I'm sorry, but I sort of agree with this statement. Why can't the sport grow at a natural level?

It seems to be growing nicely. I'm not sure if that money could not be spent better, but that is just me.

Beckham will help, but he will not turn the MLS into the NFL.