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Originally posted by Withcheese@14 July 2004 - 03:37
I fear the US doing well because FIFA has a real hardon for capturing the american audience and if they start doing well and beginning to appeal to that market who knows what FIFA will do to expand on this.
Remember some of the proposed changes back in '94? Making the goals bigger, letting the players dribble the ball in penalty shoot-outs and having the clock tick down instead of up. Oh, and they made the teams play at midday (when it's hottest) for peak time viewing audiences here.
Not that I'm anti-American but I just see no point destroying a sport to appeal to a market that, as a whole, has never got soccer...
its guna take a lot more than 7th place in the fifa rankings to spark interest here. I think it will just take more time - maybe a higher finish in next WC or even the upcoming olympics.