Read and heard quite a few articles and comments about folks bemoaning the lack of popularity of soccer in the US. I persoanlly think it is ok if soccer is not popular in the US. Sure, it could use the huge market that US provides but its popularity or lack thereof is not detrimental to the game of soccer or is it? In fact, in a way I am glad that soccer is not popular in the US because imagine a scenario where MLS really takes off...then the powers-that-be in the TV will take hold of it, break into 4 quarters, insert a whole bunch time outs to play commercials in between the games...by the time they are done with it, I won't recognize it as soccer...so I am one of those few people hoping that soccer will not take off too much here. Am I imagining this? Maybe but remember 1994 World Cup held in the US where I saw stats like "Shots taken from the red zone" and stuff like that? I grew up playing soccer and it left me wondering what was that? I enjoyed World Cup partly because it was one those rare opportunities to watch a complete show on TV without any interruption, without having to subscribe to HBO or showtime...so I hope World Cup stays out of the radar of TV execs. k'dude