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Article: EMBRACE OF SOCCER NOT IN THE CARDS.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- June 28, 2002
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Byline: LEONARD KOPPETT Columnist
WILL THE SUCCESS of the U.S. team in World Cup soccer make that sport as popular here as it is in the rest of the world?
I don't think so, but my reasons are somewhat different from the conventional wisdom.
Soccer's limited popularity on the U.S. sports scene is attributed to 1) too little scoring; 2) unsuitability for television commercial breaks and close-ups; 3) widespread ignorance of and indifference to the game's finer points; 4) obstacles presented by the entrenchment of baseball, football and basketball; and 5) the absence of overt violence provided by American football, hockey and boxing.
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