of the other major sports until the tv numbers especially rise. More interest will lead to better quality players. The other job still remaining is for US soccer to get it's due on the international scene. One milestone will be when an American coach is named for a team in a top flight European league. So, if Bob Bradley gets the Fulham job another barrier will be broken and American soccer will take another step forward. There is no limit to soccers growth in America and ESPN's success is the fans success. (1) DCU -- calm down man. Even if we agree with you that the Spanish-speaking media is not "part of the mainstream", ABC still drew 15m viewers -- that's a fairly signficant number for an event that did not involve an American participants, in an event that is not traditionally seen as of interest to Americans. (2) As for the actual stats, I assume these don't include all the people who watch in bars, at house-parties etc. I can't back this up with any facts, but I believe that if you could factor these people in, the event might compare much more favorably against the Olympics (maybe even exceed it). I mean let's face it -- who goes to a bar or organizes a party to watch the 100m Sprint at the Olympics? The vast majority of the Olympic events are just not "events" in the same sense as the WC Final, the Superbowl or whatever else. Likewise,