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Originally Posted by shermanator
IMO we may be a wealthy country in day-to-day life, but we are a very poor country soccer wise. The game has been rejected en masse for the first 140 years of this country's existence. There is little money at the top levels of the game, poor infrastructure across the country and little to no supporters culture.
Look at the ticket map for the Gold Cup game in Toronto next week. BMO Field is half empty. That would never happen in Europe. I don't think it's simply high ticket prices driving people away, BMO Field was half empty the last time we hosted a Gold Cup match back in 2015 too. The national teams, like most sports in this country, are subject to bandwagons.
It's slowly changing, but it's going to take generations to change that.
Unfortunately this financial reality is juxtaposed against players who are at massive clubs and expect a certain level of treatment that is very expensive to maintain.
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Well the ticket prices are definitely a factor. I mean ~$125 for a good seat or ~$55 for a not good seat to see Canada against Guadeloupe? Of course teams in Europe aren't having the same issue, because you're seeing all-star players. I follow the sport pretty closely and I'm 99% sure I can't name one player on Guadeloupe. Would I drop $250 (plus, plus, plus) to see this game? Not likely.