I am hoping that if I drink enough lager I can laugh at us being trounced by Germany tommorow.
USA knocked out by Ghana
by Simon 16 Replies latest social physical
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digderidoo
I would have liked to see the USA get to the semi's, i think they were in for a great chance for it.
Paul
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besty
my gut feel was that the USA would not be able to handle an African team
my money was on the USA
ouch.
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poppers
What I like about soccer, at least in Europe, is that teams who finish low in their division get relegated to a less prestigious league, and teams from those less prestigious leagues can advance to upper echelon leagues. This means that players' salaries are affected if they get relegated or advance, so players are going all out in their play so their teams win, unlike some NFL/NBA/MLB players who don't really care about their team, just their salary. For them, losing consistently doesn't have the consequences that it does in European football.
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MsDucky
Palimpset, I checked out that PDF. The PDF represents households and not organized sports. So, I'm thinking this applied to what families played together or did individually. Exercise walking had the highest activity. When I googled number one sport played in America, I got American football.
Table 1212.
Participation in Selected Sports Activities: 2007
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In thousands (265,381 represents 265,381,000), except rank.
Data are based on a questionnaire mailed to 10,000 households. The questionnaire asked the male and female heads of households and up to two
other household members who were at least seven years of age to indicate their age, the sports in which they participated in 2007, and the number of days of participation in 2007. A participant is defined as an
individual seven years of age or older who participates in a sport more than once a year. See source for methodology.]
Activity
All persons Sex Age Household income (dol.)
Number Rank Male Female
7–11
years
12–17
years
18–24
years
25–34
years
35–44
years
45–54
years
55–64
years
65
years
and
over
Under
15,000
15,000–
24,999
25,000–
34,999
35,000–
49,000
50,000–
74,999
75,000
and
over
SERIES I SPORTS
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,381 (X) 129,201 136,180 19,410 25,341 28,959 37,285 41,600 43,343 32,066 37,377 27,497 23,309 27,441 38,546 57,397 91,192
Number participated in—
Aerobic exercising
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. . . . . . . 30,340 11 8,867 21,473 1,053 2,134 4,266 7,039 5,943 4,785 2,749 2,372 2,196 1,747 2,381 4,083 6,186 13,747
Backpacking
2
. . . . . . . . . . . 12,980 18 7,623 5,357 1,187 1,636 1,903 1,993 3,057 2,061 835 308 1,167 834 876 1,280 2,600 6,223
Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,951 16 10,683 3,268 3,975 2,909 1,834 1,285 2,191 786 455 515 1,344 514 1,014 1,637 2,680 6,762
Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,145 14 16,651 7,494 4,923 6,952 3,496 3,360 2,524 1,662 733 495 2,602 1,496 2,099 3,111 4,462 10,374
Bicycle riding
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. . . . . . . . . . 37,405 6 19,904 17,501 7,046 6,518 4,395 4,766 5,684 4,639 2,549 1,809 2,512 2,394 2,911 4,764 7,908 16,916
Billiards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,491 12 17,799 11,692 988 2,543 6,015 6,999 6,045 4,206 1,901 794 2,784 2,409 2,897 4,488 5,888 11,025
Bowling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,466 5 21,542 21,925 5,091 6,813 7,720 7,207 7,575 5,277 2,113 1,669 3,031 2,617 3,955 5,640 9,522 18,702
Camping
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,541 4 24,226 23,315 4,863 5,518 5,831 7,902 9,924 7,432 3,707 2,364 3,548 2,840 4,733 7,150 11,678 17,592
Dart throwing . . . . . . . . . . . 12,093 20 7,114 4,979 652 937 1,803 3,285 2,969 1,699 498 251 909 734 1,176 1,674 3,185 4,415
Exercise walking
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. . . . . . . . 89,794 1 33,660 56,133 3,676 5,185 6,740 13,742 16,270 17,944 13,295 12,942 8,379 6,065 8,088 12,131 19,858 35,272
Exercising with equipment
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. 52,827 2 25,858 26,969 817 4,301 8,070 10,581 9,559 9,618 5,518 4,363 2,565 3,032 4,553 6,314 11,237 25,126
Fishing (net) . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,325 7 23,923 11,403 3,058 3,536 3,460 5,361 7,109 6,549 3,754 2,498 3,479 2,540 3,617 4,940 7,192 13,556
Fishing—fresh water. . . . . 30,825 9 20,898 9,927 2,894 3,107 3,027 4,779 6,177 5,613 3,220 2,009 3,338 2,344 3,148 4,241 6,356 11,397
Fishing—salt water. . . . . . 10,414 23 6,985 3,429 368 1,094 1,195 1,627 2,302 1,915 1,109 803 1,420 532 918 1,456 1,827 4,261
Football—tackle . . . . . . . . . 9,195 25 7,930 1,264 1,442 3,906 1,729 810 518 275 219 297 1,425 850 990 639 1,516 3,775
Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,729 15 17,583 5,147 654 1,441 2,165 3,765 5,169 4,535 2,845 2,154 757 854 1,033 2,093 4,912 13,080
Hiking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,633 13 14,746 13,887 2,038 2,720 2,517 5,182 6,083 5,976 2,760 1,356 1,862 1,248 1,643 2,895 6,381 14,604
Lacrosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,218 28 572 646 256 411 212 49 274 – – 15 – – 15 30 138 1,035
Mountain/Rock climbing . . . . 4,599 26 2,705 1,894 457 535 1,240 777 745 549 274 22 514 178 281 547 1,234 1,845
Running/jogging
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. . . . . . . . 30,372 10 15,852 14,519 2,211 5,071 5,904 6,978 5,087 3,547 950 623 1,892 1,641 1,975 3,918 6,321 14,624
Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,770 17 8,434 5,335 5,041 3,332 1,529 1,814 1,563 127 203 160 1,108 716 849 1,859 2,791 6,447
Softball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,958 24 5,139 4,818 1,155 1,795 1,815 1,933 1,578 1,131 415 138 609 376 787 1,580 2,209 4,398
Swimming
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. . . . . . . . . . . . 52,346 3 23,950 28,397 8,710 7,801 6,238 6,906 8,992 6,971 3,752 2,978 2,886 3,031 3,992 6,244 11,294 24,901
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Palimpsest
Although the survey was done by household, the numbers in the data set represent individuals, not families. I can't replicate your football result in a search, but depending on the keywords used, I got soccer, football, basketball, and baseball all as answers to the question of the most played (not most popular) sport in America. Like everything, it depends on wording and methodology. So I'm going to stick with figures measuring people actively involved in organized sports, since that seems to me to be the best way to do it.
But ultimately, it doesn't really matter. All that matters is that it's still a very popular sport for American athletes -- no one disputes that -- and the media miss out on a huge opportunity by continuing to ignore a fan base that could be easily cultivated. That's the real message people should take away.
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crownboy
Sad to see the US get knocked out, but hopefully Ghana can make it to at least the semi-finals. It would be nice to see an African team do well, since all the other CAF teams were so disappointing.
I echo the general sentiment of others on this thread about soccer not becoming a "major" sport in this country. Someone touched on this point earlier, but a big problem lies in the fact that many American soccer fans like myself don't watch the domestic leagues (the MLS being the biggest one). I'm a Man. U. fan, I watch EPL games on cable, I watch Champions League matches when they show on TV. I find the quality of soccer in Europe to be far better than that in this country. The soccer from the Mexican league is better as well, if you watch the spanish language channel games.
As long as the US continues to qualify for the WC, I think most people will care about the tournament. But will people watch the MLS, or even for that matter the US team in the Confederations Cup or the CONCACAF Gold Cup? That I doubt.