There are few sports in the world growing faster than soccer in America. It is already the second-most played sport among children behind basketball, has exploded into the sporting vernacular over the past decade, and is set to overtake Baseball as the third-largest sport in the country.
Unlike in the other major American sports, the American league is not the pinnacle of the sport. Where the NBA, NFL and MLB are the highest-standard leagues of their respective sports in the world, Major League Soccer barely cracks the top 20.
That leads many fans away from American soccer, per see.