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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
I went to a Roughnecks game last night for the first time in over a decade. I was shocked to learn they pull ~12,000 fans. Buffalo gets something like ~18,000. This is during hockey season, competing for eyes with the Flames.
How does soccer only pull ~4,000? Is it just because this isn't a "top tier" league and people are fans of the game but not interested in this level? I still don't get how this game won't take off in this country.
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The quality is so, so poor. Football is a sport that is great to watch at the higher levels, but incredibly boring to watch as a neutral at the amateur and semi-pro level, which is what we have in the CPL. Having MLS teams in the three major cities of Canada doesn't help. There a few exceptions that come to mind, like Derry being permitted to play in the League of Ireland, but by and large, soccer teams aren't typically permitted by FIFA to play in another domestic league.