football is the worlds most popular sport
Yeah, because third world nations can't afford to have the NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB. Nevermind all the Collegiate Athletics. Soccer has always been in the backburner. All these countries that 'love' soccer have ONLY soccer to watch, nothing else.
It is not even debatable that if the U.S. put as much stock into soccer as the other teams they can dominate the sport. No one cares. They beat the #1 team last week, no one cared. If they won today, maybe 2 more people would've cared.