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Not sure if this rules out the possibility of a stadium expansion this year, but it appears they're considering turning part of the General Admission section behind the goals into Reserved Seating. Could this be because they're not expanding the sides? The reserved seating sold out last year.

Kitchen readies for permanent role in defensive midfield http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012...ensive-midfield

Sounders coach Sigi Schmid tells 950 KJR he's "very, very encouraged" by Zakuani's progress http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soun...schmid_tel.html

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for the Zips MLS Fantasy League. The code is 3415-824 http://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/my-leagues/824/invite/

I'm not trying to attack baseball. I enjoy going to Areos games and I coach little league, but this does not look good for baseball:

91% of young people play video games and here's the sports games they're playing numbers in millions

Find out who the 24 voters are and you'll probably be able to figure out who the 12 are that voted for the JOY

When I was a youth, I had to watch ESPN Sportscenter to get sports news. With the rise of the internet and smartphones, no one ever needs ESPN Sportscenter for sports news. That's why ESPN has a bunch of dumb shows with talking heads, the baby boomers like them. ESPN Sportscenter is the last place to go for sports news. It's like regional cable tv news, they report the stories that everyone already heard through Facebook or twitter

how's that Coach of the Year doing in the MAC playoffs?

a very good article from the Wall Street Journal about baseball Has Baseball's Moment Passed?

Teams seek solutions to declining crowds Check out the viewership, 2011 was a jump from 2010, but still very awful compared to the past http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_television_ratings Here's a comparison for 2011 vs 2010, remember that 2010 was awful http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/...ttendance::none

this guy could be an example of a phenomenal athlete, especially when he's on the dance floor.

did linemen in the NFL chose football because they were the best athletes? http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/29/Sports/A...e_problem.shtml do you think any of these guys could go 90 minutes?

The point of this thread was to highlight the trend that young people are favoring soccer over other sports. This is extremely important for the future. GP1 had to chime in here saying he knows nothing about athletes, then Skip throws in that he doesn't understand change. No one's here saying soccer is supreme in the United States, but we do have evidence to make a strong case that soccer's relevance in the United States is growing, and growing fast. I don't understand why it's usually the American Football fan that feels threatened by soccer's growth in the United States, the MLS season is during the same time as MLB.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/collegesportsmadness.com The site has very poor viewership Global Rank - 734,435 US Rank - 217,049

things have changed a lot over the last half century. Fight the facts all you want, but MLS has been experiencing very strong growth over the past few years. 2011 was a record year for attendance and viewership, 2012 will top those records.

see post #30 Soccer requires a different type of athlete than Football or Basketball. Could you imagine Lebron James, Michael Jordan, or Kobe Bryant trying to play soccer? Could you imagine Brian Urlacher, Joe Thomas, or Jason Taylor trying to play soccer? American Football is a sport that everyone can play. Whether you're very tall or overweight, there's a position that allows you to participate in the sport. 17% of high school kids are in the obesity category.

You could assume that MLB represents all of pro-baseball because college isn't popular at all. Baseball is a dying sport according to attendance trends. When the baby boomers die off, MLB will struggle big time. Baseball would be considered a traditional American sport and soccer is indeed taking over it. Both the MLS and MLB seasons are during the same time so they're direct competitors. According to your logic of merging the NCAA sports with Pro, soccer would be the 3rd most popular sport in the US for that age group.. I love college basketball and won't try to argue against basketball's popularity, but I don't think the NBA is heading in the right direction with having a few super star teams and a bunch of mediocre ones for the good teams to beat up on. This "When the best athletes in the US decide to play soccer as their primary sport, like they do in Europe, it will always be the sport kids play who couldn't play any other sport." is the dumbest thing I've ever read before, grats on that!! I believe you said the same exact thing on these boards a year ago and you were proven incorrect. Sad that you have a hard time with this.

I'm not going to single out the baby boomers and mention how wrong they are when they say "no one cares about soccer," see post #13 as an example, I mean no offense. It appears that soccer has a very bright future in the United States

Last year, we had multiple threads for Zips in the MLS and it was hard to keep track of them all. I figured we could start a thread for the 2012 season. Also, I started an MLS Fantasy league if you're interested in joining. http://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/my-leagues/82...n-code=3415-824.

Note to Akron: don't use songs from Sony because they limit the playability on certain devices like the iPad? Another reason to short SNE

Mattocks scores around 2:06 Interview

With WVa, the MAC wouldn't need Florida Atlantic. which is costly for other teams in the MAC Temple does have a soccer team http://www.owlsports.com/index.aspx?path=msoc I agree to the point that Akron doesn't need WVa, but it helps other teams in the MAC.

The MAC could definitely use WVa. in soccer. I think it should be the other way around, if Temple and UMass want to compete in the MAC, they should toss the conference a couple home-home soccer and basketball games per year.

Top Drawer updated their rankings for the top 100 girl recruits. http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/players-to-...2-Girls-Players 8 of the top 100 are from Ohio and Akron does not have a single recruit from the list. Here are the 8 from OH with their college choice: 22 Strongsville, OH - Virginia Tech 45 Cincinnati, OH - Kentucky 47 Rocky River, OH - Maryland 51. Dayton, OH - Florida 62 Mansfield, OH - Kentucky 67 Dublin, OH - Purdue 91 Brecksville, OH - Florida 96 Michela Paradiso - Ohio State