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Undertoad · 05-29-2003, 07:29 PM

It is slowly advancing in viewership, ticket sales, TV casts etc.

In the US it goes:

1. Baseball
2. Am. Football
3. Basketball
4. Hockey
5. Auto Racing
6. Soccer

But it may be the #1 most played sport because the young ones love it and the parents love their kids to play it. It rivals baseball amongst youth and is winning because it is more fun to play.

Single-game events are huge here. Man U. play an exhibition here (Philadelphia) in August and it will be sold out in a huge stadium. This is because so many of the kids want to see major-league level soccer but don't have an MLS team in town.

05-29-2003, 07:29 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It is slowly advancing in viewership, ticket sales, TV casts etc. In the US it goes: 1. Baseball 2. Am. Football 3. Basketball 4. Hockey 5. Auto Racing 6. Soccer But it may be the #1 most played sport because the young ones love it and the parents love their kids to play it. It rivals baseball amongst youth and is winning because it is more fun to play. Single-game events are huge here. Man U. play an exhibition here (Philadelphia) in August and it will be sold out in a huge stadium. This is because so many of the kids want to see major-league level soccer but don't have an MLS team in town.