warren r asked:


During mid summer, sports in the USA are at its weakest. No football, no basketball, no hockey….all you see on TV is tons and tons of baseball.

But many overlook that US soccer is here in addition to baseball. The soccer Gold Cup between USA and Mexico beat the NHL Finals and attracted attracted 41 % more television households in the United States than the Stanley Cup finals clincher . Heck it wasn’t even posted on standard TV, but on the Fox Soccer Channel and Univision spanish channel. It is a disgrace that American TV…especially ESPN didn’t even show our national soccer team come back and beat Mexico in a dramatic fashion. They are now ranked 11th in the world too.

ESPN could have showed this game and reached a higher mainstream audience. The ratings were very good considering how very niche both channel stations are. But instead ESPN 1 & 2 showed poker, billiards, and baseball. Neither bothered showing the game!

Anyone else thinks the same?

Alice