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Did you know that the Los Angeles Galaxy won the MLS title this past Sunday? Neither did I. Not that there aren’t many fans of MLS right here in Los Angeles, it’s just when a victory such as the one the Galaxy pulled off happens I would expect you would tend to hear about it one way or another the day it happened. Is this the MLS’s fault or is it just that soccer is just not that interesting to people in the U.S.?

The first actual season of the MLS happened way back in 1996 meaning the league has been in operation for 15 years. I do not own one piece of Los Angeles Galaxy merchandise (I own plenty of USC, Dodger and Laker gear) and I have not watched a single game (I have seen highlights). I was never into soccer before though I did play for a season or two when I was 7 or 8. I have caught on to Hockey since 1996 and though I’m not a huge fan I will watch a game if it’s on.

I never seem to catch a Galaxy game though.

I know for a fact that if basketball season was happening I would’ve been watching the Lakers Sunday night when they dress in their Sunday whites. If it was still baseball season I’d probably hit Dodger stadium and have a BBQ in Elysian park before hoofing it to the stadium right up the street. If nothing else was happening I’d do what I did the Sunday night the Galaxy won the title. Catch up on episodes of my current favorite TV show.

Honestly I do feel kinda bad for missing it. I can’t for the life of me figure out how I didn’t know. I have plenty of friends on Facebook who enjoy the game. I watch the news. I am online a lot. Yet I didn’t even know it was happening. Maybe it was a small blip on my screen, but when the Dodgers or Lakers are in the championship game you can’t help but notice it. The flags on the cars, the added police presence, the crazy amount of jersey’s you see people wearing everywhere you go. I didn’t see or feel any of that.

Before I go any further the Galaxy won on Landon Donovan’s second-half goal which lifted the Galaxy to a 1-0 victory over Houston and an MLS title.

How long is a soccer match? Only 1 score? I watched some highlights and that took all of 5 minutes and most of that was an interview with David Beckham who will not be coming back next season. That doesn’t seem right seeing as how this was the MLS Championship game.

So my question is what is wrong? Is it the MLS? The culture in the United States? Or is it that soccer is just flat out boring?

I know the NBA went through a similar phase and the league took steps to make the game more exciting. Is that what the MLS has to do? I understand that soccer is a game played throughout the world, but so is basketball and a couple different rules don’t seem to hurt the U.S.A.’s basketball team in international competitions.

Overall I know the MLS has taken some big steps. I recently walked into a Big 5 sporting goods store to get my daughter softball stuff and the amount of soccer related merchandise drastically outweighed all the baseball stuff. My high school aged daughter still commented that no one plays soccer. The MLS has a huge mountain to climb still!

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