This World Cup is making me appreciate Asian and American fans more. Waking up at stupid o’clock to watch Premier League games every week must be brutal 😭
@INManofLeisure @unusual_whales Again. We invented the “sport” and only the little island countries play it (better than us). Soccer will continue to grow as it has forever. Baseball will eventually disappear from any country outside our own. I understand how that can make a guy sad lol
@INManofLeisure @unusual_whales 7 of the 64 matches ended scoreless. And you are actually just being ignorant if you think every stadium won’t be filled by kickoff. Baseball fans should know that the salary cap is the only reason MLS can’t grow. No other soccer league in the world has a cap.
@INManofLeisure @unusual_whales Honestly you are so lucky that Disney and espn keeps your sport alive. They won’t cover soccer because they don’t OWN it. Enjoy your dead sport. Its background noise and nobody in the world cares about it
@INManofLeisure @unusual_whales Comparing MLS to baseball is fucking stupid. Everyone knows why the MLS can’t compete with other leagues it’s the salary cap. A baseball fan should understand that. We are not talking about the MLS we are talking about soccer viewership which includes USMNT
@INManofLeisure@unusual_whales Alright Grandpa. I wouldn’t expect you to know this but the EPL gets more USA viewership than the MLS in America. Those number continue to climb every year and see a significant bump after the Olympics and the World Cup. You seem very stuck on the MLS, i don’t get it
@INManofLeisure@unusual_whales The last World Cup final had 2 random countries and played in Asia and US viewership was 25.8 million.
The World Series averaged 16.1 million. And game 7 barely peaked 27 million. A US hobby that we invented… embarrassing.
Americas Hobby. Notoriously full of elite athletes
@INManofLeisure@unusual_whales You realize the pitch clock saved your niche sport right? 😂 The World Cup had 1.5 billion viewers for the last final alone. Nobody outside of the US and a couple of tiny island countries play baseball (and they are scaling more talent than the US) embarrassment of a HOBBY 😂
@INManofLeisure@unusual_whales Not even close to true. Whatever makes you feel better. 5-10 years and Soccer is going over baseball in this country. It’s the last sport that hasn’t jumped baseball yet