Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
....now you know how people think about US basketball

I understand about England's national team, I feel the same way about the US national team, but I really want soccer to take off here in the US because without a solid pro league here we can't develop players and more importantly we can't develop a fan base.

I'm willing to risk England losing so that the MLS can succede lol....

I really think Beckham should have been in a group of players coming to the MLS to play. Blanco is going to come play for Chicago, I had heard Zidane was going to play for the MLS but haven't heard anything about that yet...I do like the young American players that are coming up though.

Freddy Adu (17) and Jozy Altidore (17) are AWESOME and I like that they are getting good professional experience, but they don't draw the people in like Becks can
It will cost the British economy over £100 million if England dont qualify, i cant see it to be honest, we still have to go to Russia and Croatia are flying i think best we can hope for is a play off.