1. Will the US win a World Cup one day?

          Allen Barra does not consider soccer being the "world's sport". He sees it as a western European/south American sport. This affirmation comes from the information that only two out of the ten most populous countries have soccer as their favorite sport.(Which are Brazil and Nigeria) However, this opinion is highly debatable. The sport that has the most audience is soccer by far. In every World Cup, the world stops what they are doing so that they can watch a 90 minute sports match. But that's not important. What matters is what Allen Barra has to say about the US ever winning a World Cup.


          Barra explains that America has the physical ability to compete with anyone. This is based on the summer Olympics of 2012. USA had the most medals with one-hundred and four medals. The closest competitor, China won eight-eight medals in all. In physical aspects, American athletes in basketball and American football are common with great names of soccer. An American soccer hero, Tim Howard has the similar physical qualities as Jerry Rice, an NFL player. Why not try Jerry Rice as a goalie. There is where the problem arises. You cannot take a star athlete from a well established sport and transfer him into an upcoming sport. All three TV incomes (Fox, ESPN, and Univision) added to about ninety million dollars ($90,000,000), which tripled the previous year income. However, the NHL receives about two-hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) a year. Soccer is a growing sport in the US, but if you are talking about really competing in the World Cup, then the strategy must be changed.


         "Turn the focus onto collegiate soccer", says Barra. One thing that the US does not have that Germany, Argentina, Brazil has is soccer training for graduates and undergraduates. Sure there is NCAA Division I and II for soccer and little leagues for children, but certainly very few people heard that Notre Dame beat Maryland for the college cup. Collegiate soccer must be invested on because that is how basketball American football all started. Instead of spending money by building teams and resources creating more leagues, an established structure with lots of talents.


         Bottom line being that if youth soccer does not get invested in, then the World Cup will continue passing through the US as a fascination to watch and a competitive championship to other nations.