Comments for After Beckham US Soccer Hires Brazil's Ronaldo at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 15 out of 15 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:57:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_13715 ronaldo is best of the best football star in this world. - desbandhu kc Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:41:53 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6488 http://web.mlsnet.com/images/2007/01/12/2SZey96v.jpg "Maurice Edu (center) with his family at the 2007 MLS SuperDraft. " - USA Footyfan Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:55:24 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6487 mms://a1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/11504/v0001/mlbmls.download.akamai.com/11504/2007/events/01/011207_superdraft.wmv - USA Footyfan Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:53:20 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6486 By the way, MLB baseball is popular in the Carrribbean and in Asia (Japan especially), NBA/Basketball is highly popular in Europe and in fact most of the better technical players in both leagues come from Europe or in the case of baseball, the Carribbean (Domincan Republic, Cuba, etc) or Japan. NBA is considering starting a European Division which would be in addition to the American divisions meaning NBA teams in Spain and Italy and the UK would compete each season with ones from US cities. NHL is not very popular in the US. MLS was on TV and got higher ratings last year than NHL. Its likely that MLS football will replace NHL hockey as the 4th sport in 2007 now. NFL "Football" will always be #1 and i have no idea why because i find it boring to watch but then again a lot of people say the same abou MLS Football The Beautiful Game of Football for many americans is the ONLY sport they watch and this group is growing which is why MLS is growing. 50 years ago no one heard of NBA or NHL 25 years ago NHL was where MLS is now, no one cared about hockey, which was seen as a Canadian and European sport then Wayne Gretzky went to Los Angeles and Mario Leimeux went to Pittsburgh and NHL blew up huge (well as big as it could get). David Beckham and Ronaldo and Edgar Davids and others will help make MLS football at least the #4 sport and maybe even bigger than #3 (Basketball) in 20 years time.) With the youth academies MLS clubs have set up more youth will have the chance to go professional. Here is a video of the last MLS SuperDraft, this shows the next generation is already starting: mms://a1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/11504/v0001/mlbmls.download.akamai.com/11504/2007/events/01/011207_superdraft.wmv - USA Footyfan Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:52:42 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6485 No one in US Football or MLS wants to change the rules. MLS is all about comforming to FIFA rules and standards wherever possible. FIFA like MLS because unlike the league before it it wants to be a PART of the world and play by THE SAME rules rather than change them. More football is good for evryone. Clint Dempsey just signed to Fulham in the Premiership for $4 million dollars so now even poor kids are going from dirt fields to the highest level. He is a good rapper too! - USA Footyfan Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:26:05 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6483 I think it`s incredible that NHL, NBA, MBL, NFL, all of them sports that aren`t popular worldwide can be so popular in the US. They have so much money that if football becomes popular it`ll make the sport even better. Of course that if they start wanting to change the rules it`ll suck, but then it`s a risk that`s worth taking... - Eagle Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:13:03 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6482 30 Million people play the game in the USA. That's more than the entire populations of some 'great footballing nations'. Just as China will someday be the economic superpower that surpasses the USA so will USA be the footballing power to surpass France, or maybe Argentina, or Spain or maybe England..... It will happen in due time. - USA Footyfan Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:00:33 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6481 TRUST ME FOOTBALL IN THE USA IS VERY IMPORTANT Just watch this video: http://football.skype-directory.com No one seriously here is talking about changing the game. If anything the opposite occured. When MLS first started it had a few rules that were different than the world standard but there was such an outcry from fans of the sport here that they had to comply with the normal FIFA rules. MLS will NEVER have "4 quarters and commercials". They are selling the space on the front of the shirt just like every other league in the world so that they don't have to slow the game down for advertising. Need I remind you this league has been around for 11 years. It didn't just pop up last year. Football WILL be the 4th and 3rd sport in the US eventually. FIFA is counting on it. - USA Footyfan Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:53:19 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6476 One of the things I like about world football, which is the largest and most popular global sport, is the abscence of the USA. It will be a shame if the likes of Beckham and Ronaldo speed up the process the game growing in the US. How long before 2 halfs become 4 quarters and other game slowing devices to increase maxium advertising time are introduced. The longer football remains the 3rd or 4th sport in the US the better for the game. :P - Fidel Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:37:22 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6473 I completely agree with you Ian, but I think both players also have to face reality. With so many young good players to compete against and with both national coaches on a mission to get these players ready for 2010, I think their chances of returning to their national teams is being reduced. I say both players should take the money and chart their course to retirement. - guest Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:54:06 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6470 As a supporter of a premiership team who regularly goes to see my team play I think I feel qualified in saying mls is a joke. The level of play is about League 2 / Confrence. The way it is structured it has been impossible for any players with any quality to be attracted to that league and any homegrown tallent is signed by a real team from another country. Players like Beckham will not raise the standard of play in that league, they will be dragged down to it's level (exactly what happened in the mls chelsea game). It's a shame that players like this will be brought somewhere where they will not be appreciated and are effectivley sacrifcing any hope of a national team place. - Ian Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:25:45 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6468 he is the best footballer in the world, he can play anywhere in the world not only europe - hamed Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:44:04 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6466 "is much better 4 ronaldo to move to the mls than to move to saudi arabia where futbol is not important" Football isn't that important in American though either, is it? Moving to MLS will be the end of Beckham as a player (he will have no chance now of regaining his England national side place). Ronaldo still has lots to offer, like Beckham, so both would be better off playing in a real league. - Wizard Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:27:32 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6464 is much better 4 ronaldo to move to the mls than to move to saudi arabia where futbol is not important - Jorge R9 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:19:13 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7764/54/#pc_6463 is ronaldo really comming over? - cheap web hosting Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:10:01 +0100