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Pippy, you're right, it's not the Olympics. It's bigger.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Dec 2 '10, 07:32

The record for attendance at the World Cup is still the one that was hosted in the US.

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" ethical" is not the right word but maybe hypocrisy is - Epiphany Dec 2, 07:45 4
- But soccer is becoming quite popular here...it's a solid second tier sporting interest at this point -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 07:48
- but again, Americans do care about the sport. - Reagen Dec 2, 07:48 2
  - do they care more about now then they did? maybe - but is it to the same peak as the rest of the world - NO. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 2, 08:02 1
    - The rest of the world basically has soccer as it's sport....we have the NFL, MLB, NBA, college sports, NHL etc etc. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 08:08
Also, the listen live link on this is working for me for the announcement -- (link) - Reagen Dec 2, 07:34 1
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- especially when you have to build out zero infrastructure....nm - x Dec 2, 07:36 2
  - yeah, I don't think we'll get it either. -- nm - loosilu Dec 2, 07:37
  - agreed, on both counts. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 07:37
agreed. it will bring in tons of international fans. -- nm - loosilu Dec 2, 07:33
right. they'd break those records, too....nm - x Dec 2, 07:33

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