dan patrick is a cool guy he speaks sense about footie from an american perspective without being ignorant. much appreciated from a brit
@bucsfan2565
8 жыл бұрын
Dan Patrick is god
@lukaspuchalski4335
6 жыл бұрын
Hello from Germany... Dont forget, that you have a worldclass Player in your Team. Christian Pulisic. Young and talented ... Keep going and supporting this sport and you will enjoy it in the future
@dudebro6902
3 жыл бұрын
Now that star will be CHRISTIAN PULISIC he is the youngest player and first American player to score in the Champions league
@thehomas86
9 жыл бұрын
TV makes a huge difference. Most of us see the USMNT once every four years. We have no clue that they play year round whether it is friendlies or other tournament. I missed out on WC qualifying because the information wasn't there. Likewise, I was not aware of the Gold Cup that we won in 2013. I've caught matches prior to the past WC because I was flipping channels and happened to see USMNT playing on Univision or Telemundo. Now, I know when the USMNT is playing because I make it a point to know what is going on. Likewise, for MLS and USWNT. In the early 1960s, the NFL took off because of TV. Likewise, soccer in America will not take off until there is more visibility on TV. Now we have it on ESPN and Fox Sports, but the exposure is still limited.
@christianastorga4555
8 жыл бұрын
i was born and raised in america, and for some reason, i never liked the american sports, but i instantly fell in love with futbol (soccer) and i watch it on a daily basis, and yes give U.S. soccer and MLS time, and i guarantee you they will become mainstream
@ecbennyj8078
9 жыл бұрын
I love this sport, but I have to agree with this man. We don't have, and won't have for several years, a star that transcends all barriers in soccer. We need a Messi, Maradona, Pele, etc in our country that will open the eyes of our people. But, I have found on kid who's fucking amazing! If you guys want to know who he is, his name is Joshua Pynadath, although it is extremely hard to find him on youtube just by typing in his name. Type in his name in google.
@lavampire100
2 жыл бұрын
i love this man. he makes so much sense.
@a.noniem2168
7 жыл бұрын
This fellow has a great voice.
@HelmetVanga
7 жыл бұрын
Soccer is to stay. 2026 world cup might be held in North America the the nations hosting could be Canada, USA and Mexico...and more teams like 48 teams in all..It will be massive .
@gnawershreth
9 жыл бұрын
There are a few good points here, but I think you're selling the USA short to be honest. You guys do have good players. You don't need a Pele, Messi, Ronaldo etc. for the sport to be exciting and worth watching. Of course it helps having them, but most countries don't.. And if they do they probably play in one of the big leagues. Not in their home country. That doesn't mean people don't watch football from their national league though. Think of it like NFL. Just because your local team may not have a chance of winning the Super Bowl this year, it doesn't mean their players are bad or not worth watching. They're still some of the best players in the world and are able to do things most people can only dream of doing. I'm not American myself, but I think a lot of people underestimate the US team. They performed well above the expectations of most people. Considering how new the sport really is to the USA, they've done really well. A lot of the European clubs are from around 1890-1900 and so on. I personally think it's a typically American thing to expect a bit too much though. It almost sounds like "If we don't win, we fail." to me, which isn't really fair to the players. It's also completely unrealistic expectations to have. The American team has done an amazing job at representing a new-ish country to the sport and they've already passed many countries in quality. That's a victory in its own right. Football (Or soccer if you prefer) is insanely popular in a lot of other countries. I'm from Denmark, and I can easily name a bunch of American players even though they aren't Ronaldo or whatever. You don't have to be Ronaldo to be good and still be worth watching and be well known among fans of the game. When you look at some of the best nations in the game (Germany, Spain, Brazil, Argentina etc.) it's almost like they're often playing simply to not disappoint. People have so insanely high expectations of them. Being a bit of an underdog can be an advantage in my opinion. If Germany wins the next world cup as well, it won't be a big surprise. There won't suddenly be "German fever" or whatever. We kinda expect them to be up there.. Or close to it at least. They won't be going crazy in the German streets every time they win a game either. They're expected to. Getting on board with the American team now and seeing them continue to improve would be a smart thing in my opinion. You have the potential for a lot of partying and positive experiences with your team. There's no reason why USA shouldn't be able to become one of the best teams in the world. You have a huge population, so it should be very possible to find great players. Getting on board now and watching things get better and better and better could be for an awesome journey in my opinion. :)
@kasparhauser88
9 жыл бұрын
Gnawer Shreth We do need a Pele, Messi or Ronaldo, probably more than that actually. America is a nation loaded with sports legends ....we can't start, in 2015, from mediocrity in one sport we only sort of care about when there is so much excellence, a history of excellence, in other sports we already care about. A guy living in a mansion doesn't buy and accept a Honda for a car. America has been spoiled by a surplus of sporting legends in other sports. We are incapable of getting behind average players in a 2015 context in any sport. I also wonder if some non Americans don't grasp how established, profitable, popular entrenched American sports are. We're not some sports noob country with a huge untapped market. We're not India or China. We can't learn anything about marketing/establishing sports from other nations. We know how to do sports well and big, our leagues are huge profit machines with established stars, lore and history. America is a horrible country to try and make a new sport emerge. Our market is already beyond crowded. I think 4 of the top 5 revenue producing leagues are primarily centered in the US...NFl, MLB, NBA and NHL. If College American football were included....boy. The catch 22 is that America needs to see greatness, but the existing hierarchy within America makes the emergence of needed greatness basically impossible in soccer. The great stars play in Europe. American sports fans know this. We're not going to settle for our third rate MLS players as anything beyond niche entertainment, and our best athletes are not going to play soccer with other more illustrious/better paying sport alternatives within America. They don't need to be American stars even. The US slowly embraced the NHL as our 4rth sport, and few elite players are American....but the elite world players DO PLAY in America in that sport. The NHL is the best hockey league, we get to watch the greatest Canadian, Russian, Czech, Finnish, Swedish etc stars. This is why Ice Hockey (a foreign sport) crept onto our plate....because we got to see greatness in it.....but Ice Hockey's rise further kills that soccer dream, because it already filled our 5th or 6th slot (behind NFL, MLB, NBA, college football/basketball).It's probably too late for soccer in America barring demographic shifts, or some European calamity that paves the way for a massive influx of stars to come stateside. It's that simple. Soccer has an unimpressive ceiling here, it's starting from very very very far behind
@YashSingh-rf7nk
4 жыл бұрын
Cheryl Turley tell me the names of us legend sportsmen in team games??
@LeFaviere
8 жыл бұрын
The World Cup has a 3 billion audience in the finals. That's the question. Sports are created with idols, but football is not like that, is more than it ... reunites some big elements as a lot of countries and atmosphere of being the best in the most important sport in humankind. USA need a big national talent, them the things will change.
@bucsfan2565
8 жыл бұрын
The super bowl is bigger than the WC final
@thatANDREWperson
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Raynor what are you smoking?
@LeFaviere
8 жыл бұрын
lol, the guy doesn't know nothing above his country.
@a.noniem2168
7 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Raynor, you're having a laugh.
@hasibalfuad9652
4 жыл бұрын
@@bucsfan2565 What is superbowl?
@shredmond420
9 жыл бұрын
US is plagued by the notion, "We will be the best ever" or "We can do everything better than the rest". It carries over to decision makers in the MLS. The MLS demonstrates a top-down approach to creating a reputable and respectable league by global soccer standards. However, soccer is a cultural norm in every other country because it started from the bottom-up. Small towns formed clubs and challenged neighboring towns. People came to support and it grew. The US does not have that at the men's amateur level.
@Tripps2564
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but that had already been filled by other sports which is the issue for soccer's growth. Soccer does well in places like the Northwest where there had been a gap in something to route for. Either way growth will have to happen slowly
@kxsoldier
9 жыл бұрын
Dan Patrick is right, look at the NBA, in the 1970s college basketball had higher ratings then the NBA and it was struggling. Then in he 80s, two super stars Magic Johnson and Larry Bird came in and saved the NBA. Everyone wanted to watch them. I love soccer, but you can't expect it to be popular in the U.S in one night. Let it play out as Dan says
@BlaizeV
9 жыл бұрын
We in the rest of the world and especially Europe should be glad America doesn't like 'Soccer'. Why? Because if they did and especially had always done then ALL the best players would play in America. Because thats where the money would be. American Football might imo lack the aspect of being a good entertaining game, but what it certainly doesn't lack is spectacle. America know how to put on a show i.e The Superbowl. Even now the best players from Europe are treating the MLS as a perfect place to play out the last few years of their career (Henry, Kaka, Beckham etc). They do so because they want the American Lifestyle, Money etc etc. Now if America had one of the worlds best leagues then you can be almost certain that the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Ibra etc would all be playing there. Thankfully Soccer and the MLS in America barely has any chance of making the sort of breakthrough that would ever take the worlds best players in their prime to America. So while America's often insulting ignorance on Soccer/Football can be quite frustrating to say the least it's good to remember two things. 1. Be thankful they don't like it, it's better for the rest of us. 2. 'Soccer' is the worlds game. 'Football' is America's game. A few hundred million might not care for 'Soccer'. But billions don't care for 'Football'. So don't worry about it
@freddyd17
9 жыл бұрын
Blaize Great comment and I agree. If America did like it, then all of the players would flock there and there only and the best players in the world would be Americans. I wouldn't underestimate America's economic power and ability to produce talent in sports they love. If soccer was as big, I could only imagine the U.S being as arrogant as they are and will have a situation like the NBA where all the stars are in the U.S. and the U.S. only. People should be thankful the U.S. doesn't like it. Its better off that way.
@JAlves88
9 жыл бұрын
Have you ever been to Europe? I live in the U.S. All my life but I rather live in Europe.
@superbob3331
9 жыл бұрын
+Blaize Yeah the US does not win in a lot of sports the US caring about a sport does not mean they will win. How many sports does the US actually dominate at that are followed in a bunch of countries.
@albertocruz5032
8 жыл бұрын
Europe has the CL to offer which is the most prestigious club competition in the world. If it was about money Messi and Ronaldo would be playing in China or the Middle East.
@AJB_5
8 жыл бұрын
Man United doesn't have CL but they got Pogba and Zlatan. it's becoming more and more of where the money is.
@dudebro6902
2 жыл бұрын
Pulisic Steffan Dest Reyna McKennie These guys are on the come up so keep an eye out
@adamgottlieb5818
8 жыл бұрын
'the fascination with the World Cup is the following. it's an event. it's the atmosphere.' -DP. But that's exactly why no one follows it here. if soccer worked the same way here ad the way it works in Europe or Latin America, there'd be a much greater atmosphere. they have so many quality competitions, and you don't see that in the US. we're excluded from the atmosphere of Copa America or the European championship. We're excluded from epic club competitions like Copa Libertadores and Champions League. We don't have a meaningful and significant league championship, because we decide the league champion by the playoffs and not the point standings. we also decide that we need a playoffs because apparently we can't treat the Lamar Hunt tournament the same way.
@starllama2149
8 жыл бұрын
maybe federer? lol he had a good year that year
@Rproduct1again
10 жыл бұрын
Agree with most of what was said. Dempsey was in the Premier League and one season he was the third leading scorer in the league. No news about it.
@AA-nk4cv
9 жыл бұрын
Dempsey was always just an average premier league player
@lordcristopherv
8 жыл бұрын
he describes the real madrid fans and Ronaldo, when Ronaldo goes out, everbody does...but dont be afraid dan, this not going started dan, its happening, nice vid from brazil
@irisfailsafe
10 жыл бұрын
You are right sir. Also 1 more thing needs to happen. An MLS club has to win an important tournament, like Copa Libertadores and then the Teams World Cup, and if that player you're talking about is the leader of that team, then you get something going.
@JonnyTainment
10 жыл бұрын
2:30 Give it time. There will be one where we can say that.
@Josh-md9kk
4 жыл бұрын
Pulisic soon
@pyrokyro96
10 жыл бұрын
This is what I say everytime I argue about some about football is that yes it's gonna grow or it is growing but one day. USA will have a micheal Jordan or magic johnson in order to make the sport mainstream to American audiences
@SI-cd7xs
8 жыл бұрын
Why do ppl have to be disrespectful? Ok ur not into it, but why be rude about it? that's my only problem. I agree if soccer is going to happen let it happen naturally.
@wuxiagamescentral
9 жыл бұрын
Tim Howard is our guy but no one cares about goalies until they give up the winning goal
@miroa12004
7 жыл бұрын
Messi Ronaldo Beckham Spot the odd one?
@MrAdrenaline1982
7 жыл бұрын
Aside from Beckham, they're unknown in the US. And he's mostly known here from being married to a former Spice Girl.
@hasibalfuad9652
4 жыл бұрын
Beckham might be having an orgasm because of the fact that he's named in the same list of Messi and Ronaldo.
@iansanchez966
Жыл бұрын
Imagine being scared of Beckham 🤣🤣🤣. He had some nice free kicks, but by and large, he was a pretty boy who wasn't willing to play tough, cost his country a World Cup goal by jumping to avoid a tackle. P.S. He came to MLS bc he was washed
@JonnyTainment
10 жыл бұрын
0:50 We'll see after Tim Howard's feat.
@conservativegentlemen8329
8 жыл бұрын
premiere league averaged 500,000 american viewers per game in 2014-2015
@avoo93r89
6 жыл бұрын
Conservative Gentlemen
@mickb2009
9 жыл бұрын
I truly do not understand why Americans are so obsessed with how popular Football ( Soccer in your terminology but as an Englishman i claim superiority over the language we speak ENGLISH ;-) and the clues in the name a ball propelled with the foot) is or isn't . I like American Sports or rather i like Baseball and NFL but being a fan of the NFL for 30 years or so hasn't made me less of a Football Fan so why should an American liking Football mean that they love Baseball or Basketball any less,
@Tripps2564
Жыл бұрын
I think the issue is that some snobbish cosmopolitan Americans speak of the inherent superiority of Soccer over every other American sport and the provincial nature of those that don't happen to embrace the game. In effect, some Americans care about soccer's growth to show how their leftist worldview is better and strong among the Youth... or its about Soccer folks making more money in the huge US sports market... probably both!
@chrisbball23able
9 жыл бұрын
Yedlin is going to play in primer league, he's our future
@shredmond420
9 жыл бұрын
wrong.
@CNYoungboy
9 жыл бұрын
No offense but you need an attacking star not a defender
@benjaminjonathanjamessisko7095
7 жыл бұрын
It was supposed to be Freddy Adu, oh well!
@Roadtoparadiseable
9 жыл бұрын
he's beating around a not existing bush
@anarkey2956
6 жыл бұрын
So by this logic. Unless the USA are the absolute dominant force in the competition, there is literally no point in showing up.Typical 'merica "fuck yeah" attitude.
@tobiasiversen4095
3 жыл бұрын
They are only best in the sports no one outside USA play
@AmandaFromWisconsin
3 жыл бұрын
Not all Americans are the same.
@craigmiller2101
8 жыл бұрын
They say premier so fucking weird. It's annoying.
@waqarkhan25
3 жыл бұрын
only the one's who hate soccer
@taylorsmith2446
9 жыл бұрын
baseball is soooooooooooo boring soccer is too to an extent the only sports worth watching are american football and basketball watch hockey only for the highlight similar to soccer only watch the highlights the watching hockey or soccer is not alot of action.
@bucsfan2565
8 жыл бұрын
Playoff hockey Not much in regular season
@AJB_5
8 жыл бұрын
Taylor, thats a common misconception. You'f think that at first but there is a reason millions of fans fly to the location of the World Cup every four years and hundreds of thousands fly to the location of the Euros, Gold Cup, Champions League, etc. People don't spend all that money for nothing. Give soccer a true chance next World Cup (2018) and I bet you'll fall in love with it
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