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Message: [QUOTE="BigBird, post: 2369865, member: 4247"] There are two issues here. One is the matter of putting together a first rate men's team. The other is the presentation and marketing of soccer in the USA. On the latter point, I find it hard to identify with soccer when the American game broadcasts sound like the BBC after three Martinis. "Nil to nil," your arse. Every sport that has succeeded in the US was either invented here, or was adapted to the way Americans think and communicate. As long as the trappings, language, customs, and reportage of soccer are attached to the European umbilical cord, it will lack both in audience popularity and popularity with athletes. With the significant questions that have been raised about the health risks in American football, a serious makeover of soccer could do wonders, and attract a new audience. [/QUOTE]