Comments on: Surprising: Web Shows Growing US Interest in Football (Soccer)

By: asmith1

asmith1 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:14:58 +0000

“what does this article have to do with the web or the internet even?”

I thought Sitepoint was as much about Business and Marketing as web development.

Use a bit of intelligence and start making some ’soccer’ (sorry its football) blogs and forums. In the UK you would be up against the BBC and Sky Sports sites, but I am sure the US still has some openings to make a profitable site.

By: tidalx

tidalx — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:27:41 +0000

Or you could just say the interest came from immigrants, without mentioning illegal or not, or bringing politics to it. Since the sport is widely popular in almost every country, it makes sense that any immigrant, Hispanic or not, would be very familiar with it.

But the other logical explanation is that our younger population is warming up to it. Just driving around, I can see the growing numbers of high school (or younger) soccer tournaments and leagues. They have been growing in the last decade. Where do you think the term soccer moms comes from? The sons and daughters of soccer moms have grown up and become likely spectators.

By: bvarvel

bvarvel — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:01:02 +0000

I know this is going to sound horrible, but I imagine a huge percentage of those visits from America came from either Nationalized hispanics or illegal aliens. I think Justin Timberlake got it right when he said the Beckham single handedly increased Soccer’s popularity in the States ‘about thiiiis much’.

By: Stan

Stan — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:59:27 +0000

@XLCowBoy: Umm, what? Yes, it’s about soccer. . . AND its internet presence.

By: spence_noodle

spence_noodle — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:58:14 +0000

For the internet or not, it shows both are doing very well. Football (soccer) is on the rise due to a world famous footballer (whats his face ;P) within the USA which I’m glad because I feel the USA is always left out of the sports in Europe and it’s nice to see them.

As for the website gaining hits, just shows you what PR and a well known face does.

By: XLCowBoy

XLCowBoy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:12:49 +0000

Errr. No. it was about soccer (of which I am a fan, mind you).

By: Josh Catone

Josh Catone — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:18:21 +0000

@Ian: I’m not really sure how to respond to that… the article is about web traffic data and its possible correlation to real world trends. I don’t really see how you could argue that it isn’t about the Internet…

By: ian

ian — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:50:06 +0000

what does this article have to do with the web or the internet even?

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:01:03 +0000

It may take a generation or three, it’s only a matter of time before football (soccer) becomes a major, major sport in the US.