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Interesting topic. by IrishCavan

I think baseball is much more boring than soccer, but I think it is deemed "American" and thus palpable to the average American. I really think much of the disdain of soccer is based in xenophobia. Studies have shown the correlation between political views and sports. The NFL has been more popular with under educated and more conservative Americans (at least until recently) for example. Soccer, not surprise, is more popular with liberals.

Perhaps more importantly, Americans (at least of my generation) grew up with baseball. They did not grow up with soccer. Studies have also shown that soccer is becoming as popular as baseball and will probably surpass it in the next 10-20 years.

But I found the Spurs-Juve match very interesting, so what do I know?