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Don't see it happening as 'soccer' will never be the main sport in the US, whereas it is in all the main European countries.
Also, surely players are interested in history/prestige/glory of playing in European competition, as opposed to the New York Red Wings or the Colorado Cop Killers. Wasn't it supposed to take off when Pele, Beckenbauer and Best went over there? Then when USA '94 happened? It's never come close to challenging baseball, basketball and that weird one where they wear helmets and sumo suits and bump into each other. |
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It will never be as big as NFL/NBA/MLB (too entrenched and too many with vested interests also who will continue to belittle football every chance they get) but I can see it replacing Ice Hockey as the 4th sport. Image wise it's still seen as a sport for kids, women and Mexicans/The Help. But this is changing steadily.
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Aguero didn't come from one of the elite clubs, and Yaya Toure wasn't world-class at Barcelona. Many players still care about things like the history and reputation of a club. Look at Van Persie, ffs. |
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But as far as taking over the BPL, EPL or any other Acronym league then no chance, players want to play in Europe because there's so many clubs to choose from and there's a competition called the Champions League (or European Cup for those with a decent footballing history) which is pretty £#%&!ing good. |
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