Soccer in America is not the most popular sport like baseball, football, and basketball. Most American's say that soccer is not their favorite sport but they have played it or have been involved in it somehow. T.V. broadcasters don't air soccer games in America because not a lot of American's like to watch it cause of the lack of scoring or exciment in a game. Just because there isn't of scoring in a soccer game doesn't mean it cant be exciting to watch. The excitement can be from a pass or a shot or even a good save from a goalkeeper. Those who don't like the sport of soccer see it as a boring sport cause there isn't a lot of scoring like there is in football or basketball. Therefor t.v broadcasters mostly air sports that most Americans like. The 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP was the most watched sport in the summer of 2014 in America. It had 24 million viewers which breaks records in America for past world cups. Soccer is growing here in America slowly but surely. There are around 13 million Americans that play soccer here in the states.
Resources:https://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/tournament-guides/world-cup-2014/usa-soccer-and-world-cup-2014/soccer-culture-in-the-u-s/
I can admit that I find soccer to be a fun thing to watch, yet I never find myself watching it. Granted, I don't watch many sports to begin with, but if I am going to watch a sport, it'll probably be one of the three you listed. Even if soccer is exciting, more people watch baseball, which is almost the most boring sport in my opinion. I think maybe a reason that many people don't watch soccer is because it's not originated from America and the American culture is one that's self-center and conceited so we only care about the games we invented or made popular. Soccer is way underrated.
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