"I don't know if anyone knows this or not, but MLS held their championship yesterday. That was smart![sarcasm voice]" Not sure what his take is yet, listening to the taped show now.
paraphrasing: Major League Soccer had their championship yesterday. What a great idea to have it the same day as a full schedule of NFL football, and game 2 of the world series. I'm sure that the casual sports fan is going to find his way to the MLS among those choices. Adding in a 60 minute scoreless tie is a sure way to grab those people who couldn't change the channel. I bet they loved that game. 60 minutes of nothing. Let's see: Great NFL football. A World Series game featuring 21 runs, or 60 minutes of nothing. Maybe next year they can tweak their schedule next year and put it up opposite the Super Bowl. Let me help you fellas out. You play soccer. Your not going to draw that many people anyway. You don't want to put it up against the NFL and the World Series. Not even the electric play of Clint Chasta-dona-ham or Alexi Meola-stain are gonna be enough to get over on that. And no, I'm not going to tell you who played or who won. Because I don't care, and neither does anyone else.
The MLS final contained no scoring, people from Orange County dressed as monkeys, sharpies or bling bling. What a rip off! Im off to McDonalds
Yaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwnnnnn! Is he still on tv or radio? I guess nothing is new, his head is still up his ass.
60 minutes Can't even get the amount of time in a game correct. If his hard facts are wrong, what does that say for the rest of his ravings.
That's journalism...reporting the event, but not the score. If it weren't for people on here complaining, I wouldn't know the guy was still on the air.
I only care that Rome is able to hog a mike and camera and spout on national TV. If I'm wrong, I don't care, but I'm not interested in attracting the casual fan. If they drop in out of 'casual' interest, fine. What matters is building a fan base for MLS -- and soccer in general -- that realizes Rome has no idea that what makes soccer unique is what makes soccer good for us. In other words, it is not a sport designed to accomodate his atrophied attention span. I enjoyed what was an ugly slugfest BECAUSE it remained scoreless. That's something Rome will never fathom. Something was bound to break or be settled by pks. The tension was fantastic, and there were enough moments of individual brilliance (truly) scattered through the match to make it appealing to me. Frankly, it's guys like Rome who spoil the other sports for me. If HE likes them so much, they must be prolfeed for the brain-dead.
This guy is obviously a closet soccer fan it's not funny. Name me one other sports talk show meathead of this ilk who even knew that MLS Cup was yesterday or would bother to namecheck soccer players. Watching Jim Rome bash soccer is like watching a good friend you know is gay take a beautiful woman to the prom. It's interesting, it's sad, and someday, you will look back and laugh.
Maybe he noticed the abysmal overnite tv rating also. He's half right, outside of us who cared? How many people at your office talked about it today?
I'd like to see the Galaxy have a Romey appreciation night. Give out bobblehead dolls of him, etc. Thank him for mentioning soccer so often.
I wouldn't say he confirmed it, Wahl just noted that for a guy who claims to hate soccer, he knows an awful lot about the sport. Anyway, WHO CARES! I had a great time yesterday, saw some friends I hadn't seen since the Holland game, ate sausages, drank beer, and enjoyed a beautiful fall day.
i rather see jim rome mention it even if he bashes it than not mention it. i rather have people know about it than not know about it.
Or maybe, he can have Ruiz on his show, and keep calling him Carla. Then we can watch Fish go full volley upside his head
Don't watch Jim Rome. Don't care to. I have a problem with writers and broadcasters bashing our game. If they don't like it, that is fine. Just shut up about it. Seriously. Why do they feel they have to constantly bite on soccer. Where does it get them? Do fans turn in because Jim Rome hates soccer? Do they read articles because of the soccer bashing involved in them? Seriously. Just about every article I read on the World Cup this past summer was in general positive, but still all of them had to include at least one line of bashing. Like it is a editorial decision: "We'll print/televise it as is, if you toss in one line about how bad the sport is." It doesn't make sense. How high are sumo ratings? How about Arena Football? NFL Europe? They feel no need to bash those sporting leagues at all. Is there any sports event out there that gets the consistently negative media attention that soccer does? Rome doesn't like it, that's fine with me. I could care less. But why does he feel the compulsion to constantly tell us how bad it is? I watch Sky Sports on FSW and I've never seen the broadcasters there ripping on sports. Until journalists act like adults, I don't care to watch or read them. As for a low rating, so what. 61,000 were there. It was a great game. That's what counts. MLS needs to concern themselves with attendance first and foremost, thus yesterday was a success. AS for the ratings, how many viewers even knew it was on? Once MLS can afford the promotional blitz nationwide, that rating will rise a bit more. Fans can't watch what they don't know about. As for the guys who played rather then watched, what's wrong with you? I know playing is great, but you could have missed one game (or got the league to postpone for a week) to watch.
It is ironic to hear this from Rome, who likes to poke fun at 'whiner soccer fan' griping about soccer being broadcast at a bad time. Hmmm...
I sent him this: Jim, soccer probably is one of the top five most popular participation sports in the US. And it's probably the fifth, sixth or seventh most popular spectator sport in the US. Here is reasonable ranking of the most popular spectator sports in the US: 1. football 2. baseball 3. basketball 4. hockey 5. Nascar 6. soccer 7. golf 8. boxing 9. tennis 10. figure skating The MLS Cup drew over 61,000 spectators. MLS’s regular-season average-attendance for this season was almost 16,000 fans per game over a 28-game schedule. Also, soccer is by far the most popular spectator sport in the world. It’s not even close. In fact, it's ridiculously unclose. Finally, there are a lot of people immigrating to the US. For a large percentage of them, soccer is their favorite sport. Jim, try to say some positive things about soccer. You are an influential talk-show host. And soccer -- even though some people don’t enjoy watching it -- is a good sport. Many people enjoy it. It also fosters fitness, skill, teamwork and discipline. And, partly because it is by far the most popular sport in the world, it provides a positive way of bringing together people from different countries and cultures. Soccer would be even better if it had more 4-3 games and fewer 0-0 games. FIFA, soccer’s governing body, should tweak the offside rule so that if favors the offense more and probably make the goal 2 feet higher and 3 feet wider. But there are some advantage to soccer's being low-scoring. Blowouts are rarer in professional soccer than they are in many other sports. Moreover, each play in soccer can affect who wins the match. Compare that with basketball: Whether Shaq bricks a first-half free-throw almost never affects whether the Lakers win or lose. In contrast, if Alexi Lalas misses just one tackle in the first five minutes, it can affect whether the Galaxy wins, loses or draws. If Lalas' missed tackle results in the opposition scoring, then the Galaxy must push forward in order to try to tie the match. The will leave them more vulnerable in the back. This kind of scenario is typical in soccer, and it produces tension in many matches. Sincerely,