So where have |Zach| and all the Soccer fans gone?

[Deberg_1990]

These guys were out in force last year.

I thought Sporting had surpassed the Royals in popularity?


Dissscustt please......

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Maybe I just grew up in a better community. Eyerolls, sure, muttering, certainly. Open criticism and belittling of players we knew we'd be playing an entire season with regardless, not so much.

Yup, that's it. You are the product of a superior community.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Well of course a higher percentage of people who play sports for a living and who have played them all their lives are more likely to care about other sports. That's Madden-level insight.

And of course our best athletes don't play soccer in part due to the perception and reality of market pressures in our society (it killed boxing from the opposite end).

You're not really formulating an argument as much as you are exposing butthurt.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Yup, that's it. You are the product of a superior community.

Oh, you're in one of THOSE moods.

Later, cosmo jr.

Sorry for esteeming you interested in actual discussion. It's not even really a debate. A 'learned man' gave you a wordy explanation why soccer is an inferior sport, and you took it as license to snark, despite the fact that the premise and it's underlying 'evidence' are flawed.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

So, if other sports have rising participation rates during ages of greatest competitiveness and soccer has a declining participation rate during the same period, who is leaving soccer?

Maybe they're just kids who moved exclusively from soccer to football, but the growth curve of football is too sharp to justify that alone.And again, I feel the need to add this disclaimer because you can't seem to differentiate between the two worlds he's talking about:

I'm saying nothing about the comparative competitiveness and desire of your 13 year old soccer peers. What I am saying, and Klosterman is as well, is that there is a higher likelihood that your seven year old soccer peers were playing the game because it was the least objectionable alternative, and once they grew to an age where non-participation was more acceptable, they dropped out.

My view on this for why youth soccer is huge then declines as teens get older is because for alot of towns and cities probably have youth soccer programs because it relatively cheap so that is the only option for certain age groups. As kids get older and get into middle school where there might be school teams kids will move to those sports. I noticed the middle school in my town doesn't have soccer but they have basketball and football teams.

I also wouldn't discount peer pressure in this as well.

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

As far as me. It being around it only has to do with life...well life and me having a an ounce of respect for my time and how I spend it.

All I know is since you and your little pirate posse took off it doesn't feel like the Daily Gay here anymore and for that I am grateful.

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

All I know is since you and your little pirate posse took off it doesn't feel like the Daily Gay here anymore and for that I am grateful.

Glad we dug this one up again for this post.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Don't care and they can take that gay ass believe will win chant with em.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Don't care and they can take that gay ass believe will win chant with em.

"Red is dead, baby. Red is dead".

[Ming the Merciless]

somewhere over the rainbow hopefully

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

somewhere over the rainbow hopefully

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

somewhere over the rainbow hopefully

Originally Posted by 505 Chief

Both of you know you'd be holding Big Gay Fresno Jim's pocket. You know it in your heart of hearts.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Both of you know you'd be holding Big Gay Fresno Jim's pocket. You know it in your heart of hearts.

lol

[Baby Lee]

Sunderland DID NOT enjoy Southampton today!!

[Iconic]

Real Madrid continue making every team not named Barcelona their bitch.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Kronenberg ****ing sucks. His replacement ALWAYS plays better.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

It's not. The brand was completely outdated and old.

This goes along with the trend in design of saying more while literally doing less. It's implementation on the jerseys looks solid as well. It uniquely identifies the league just fine while also giving some love to the club represented at any moment.

In the case of DCU.



But really this is just another example of those that don't understand the league itself or the state of US Soccer thinking for some reason they know more about it and what's right for its marketing decisions than the people running it.

You don't have to understand the league to understand brands and marketing. If you want to create a brand that people will gravitate to, you don't have a logo that changes because that defeats the whole purpose. There's a reason the NFL, NBA, and MLB doesn't color their logo differently for each team in the league and doesn't allow them to do that. Because it's really stupid as a business to do that when you're trying to spread brand recognition.