Why The Premier League Needs An American Team.
American soccer fans are always trying to think of ways to make soccer more popular in the USA. It seems there is a spike in popularity every 4 years when the World Cup rolls around. The USA made the elimination round in the last World Cup for the first time in years. This helped the popularity of the sport increase for a while. The interest for the sport just does not translate over to the MLS with American soccer fans. I think there is answer and it is fairly simple. We need a Premier League team here in America.
Americans like to see the best version of sports. They like the NBA because it is the best basketball players in the world. Same with the MLB, NFL and NHL. The Premier League is the best soccer league in the world and its teams have the best talent in the world as well. If they brought a Premier League team over to say New York or Boston American soccer fans would travel to see them because every time they played one of the world’s best soccer players would be in town.
It may be too far away for a team but the NBA and NFL have considered having teams in Europe. It would not be that hard to do and may be the spike in popularity that the sport needs in America to have some sort of sustainable growth in the future.