US is very capitalist when it comes down to anything.Therefore ,there is less money making in soccer, even from promoting point of view.Where as FOOTBALL and basketball they make lot of money.If they start seeing money in soccer they will be producing top class soccer players.But it is indeed sad people do not really have any passion. One thing i would like to correct you guys on is :People is america as whole are not really passionate on any game .You may say footbal but that is not true how many people actually see football everyday or has so much passion.i am talking about normal american.They are busy with thier own life .Some have little interest in baseball some have in basketball.So american as whole is divided in sports.So , soccer is not exception.It is just the american lack of interest in sports as a nation.