Football, or "soccer" as you call it over there, is a huge sport almost everywhere in the world, but why not in the US? Match between the US and England is played this afternoon, should be interesting!
It's just taking a while to catch on. There have been grass roots efforts to grow youth soccer in the US - there have been youth soccer leagues all over the country for some time now and it's becoming almost as (if not more) popular as youth baseball. It's slowly starting to attract the attention of the adults. Personally, I'm looking forward to the US taking part in a real world sports competition - though I realize we have a long way to go to build an adequate continent based supporting league to be competitive. I'm dialing in to the game this afternoon with the UK - it will probably be the first soccer match I've watched more than 20 minutes of.
The US exposure of the World Cup this year is 10 times what it's received in the past.
