在美国，为什么足球运动不是更受欢迎?（三）

Andrew McKenzie
The answer is really simple. By the time soccer hit, Americans were already in love with other team sports.
Why is soccer not more popular as a sport in the US?
Soccer didn’t really leave the British Isles in any great form until the end of the 19th century. That’s when British expats brought it to South America, the Continent, and even America. But by then, baseball and football were huge, and basketball was catching fire.
By 1884, the first attempt at forming a Football Association in the US came to fruition (The AFA, which would be supplanted by the USFA in 1913… the USFA is now the USSF). However, by then, professional baseball had swept the country. The National League was formed in 1876, and the American Association was formed in 1882. Both had national scope (at least, as much as one could have back then), while the AFA had a small regional scope. The American League came along in 1901. Baseball was already a key component of American life when soccer reached our shores, and it only grew after that. It’s still popular today, despite the media bemoaning its perpetual demise. Games attract between 17,000 and 46,000 on average (for a 162-game season!), and the star players earn far more than even the best-paid soccer stars (in salary, not necessarily endorsements). It’s also the only sport where people routinely come out for minor league action.

答案很简单。当足球运动兴起时，美国人已经爱上了其他团队运动。
在美国，为什么足球不那么受欢迎？
直到19世纪末，足球才真正以一种身心健康的的运动形式离开了不列颠群岛。就在那时，英国侨民把它带到了南美、欧洲大陆，甚至美国。但到那时，棒球和橄榄球的影响已经很大了，篮球也开始变得火热了。
到1884年，在美国组建足球协会的第一次尝试取得了成果(AFA, 1913年被USFA取代，USFA现在是美国足球协会（USSF）)。然而，到那时，职业棒球已经席卷全国。全国联盟成立于1876年，美国协会成立于1882年。两者都是全国性的（至少在当时是如此)，而AFA只有很小的区域性范围。美国联盟于1901年成立。当足球到达美国，并在那之后才有所发展时，棒球已经是美国生活的重要组成部分，尽管媒体哀叹它会永久消亡，但它今天仍然很受欢迎；每场比赛平均吸引1.7万至4.6万名观众(一个162场比赛的赛季!)，明星球员的收入甚至远高于收入最高的足球明星(工资，不一定是代言)。这也是唯一一项人们经常出来观看小规模联赛的运动。

Fatheh Al Rafeeq
Why is the real football (soccer) not popular in America?
It is true that people in the US do not like football as much as american football because of a number of reasons.
England and the FA: Modern football rules are believed to be written by a bunch of people in a pub in the UK. From there it spread to neighboring European countries and to different parts of the world through colonization. this helped in the development of the game in Asia, Africa, South America etc. As there was no English presence in the US, football did not reach there. Instead a homegrown version of Rugby (American Football) was created. This sport exploded in terms of popularity in the US while football grew in the rest of the world.
America is not No.1: It is a fact that Americans can never settle for anything below 1st position. This was the case in football too. When the rest of the world started playing football, Americans played rugby. This led to wide gap between European countries and the US. This meant that when football became the world’s game, Americans were left behind. For this reason they stopped supporting football.
Just because Americans do not like football as much as Europeans, does not mean it is insignificant there. In fact, football is the fastest growing major sport in the US. More and more kids are playing football in the US. Over 4 million kids have chosen football over american football in the US. Hopefully in the future, Football will be able to overtake rugby in the US. Also, the fact that the 2026 World Cup is going to be held in US means its popularity will definitely increase.

为什么真正的足球在美国不受欢迎？
的确，美国人不像喜欢橄榄球那样喜欢足球，原因有很多。
英格兰和足球协会：现代足球规则被认为是由一群人在英国的一家酒吧里制定的。从那里，它通过殖民传播到欧洲邻国和世界各地。这有助于足球在亚洲、非洲、南美等地的发展。由于当时美国没有英国人，所以足球没有传到那里。相反，一种本土版本的橄榄球(美式足球)诞生了。这项运动在美国的受欢迎程度激增，而足球在世界其他地区也在发展。
（因为）美国在这些运动不是第一：事实上，美国人永远不会满足于低于第一名的位置，足球也是如此。当世界其他地方开始踢足球时，美国人踢橄榄球。这导致了欧洲国家和美国之间的巨大差距。这意味着当足球成为世界比赛时，美国人被甩在了后面。出于这个原因，他们停止支持足球。
仅仅因为美国人不像欧洲人那样喜欢足球，并不意味着它在那里微不足道。事实上，足球是美国发展最快的主要运动。在美国越来越多的孩子踢足球。在美国，超过400万的孩子选择了足球而不是选择橄榄球。希望在未来，在美国足球的受欢迎程度能够超越橄榄球。此外，2026年世界杯将在美国举行，这意味着它的受欢迎程度肯定会提高。

Timothy Paris
Why do you think soccer is not popular in USA?
This question does not make much sense. Soccer is way more popular than most other sports in the USA. You might suggest that it isn’t as popular as football, baseball, basketball or hockey, but depending on how you are measuring popularity, you might get a different answer.
By the price of advertising on television, the “big four” probably make more money.
By the number of people that actually play the game, soccer probably comes out ahead. Certainly in my area, the number of children playing soccer on a Saturday is ten times the number playing any other sport.
Soccer is certainly more popular than curling, swimming, diving, archery, lacrosse, field hockey, skiing, skateboarding, expedition adventure racing, marathon running, water polo, polo(with horses), dressage, cowboy action shooting, etc. There is a very long list of sports that it is more popular than.

在美国你认为为什么足球不受欢迎？
这个问题没有多大意义。在美国，足球比大多数其他运动都更受欢迎。你可能会认为它不如橄榄球、棒球、篮球或曲棍球那么受欢迎，但根据你衡量受欢迎程度的方式，你可能会得到不同的答案。
按照电视广告的价格，“四巨头”可能会赚更多的钱。
根据实际参加比赛的人数，足球可能会领先。在我所在的地区，周六踢足球的孩子人数是玩其他运动的人数的十倍。
足球当然比冰壶、游泳、跳水、射箭、长曲棍球、曲棍球、滑雪、滑板、探险冒险赛、马拉松、水球、马球（带马）、盛装舞步、牛仔动作射击等运动更受欢迎。
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Based on my totally unscientific opinion, soccer is roughly as popular as golf or auto racing.
Perhaps you should also ask the question: Why do you think soccer so popular in the USA?
In an effort to actually give an answer to the question, I suppose that is just a sort of cycle. Before TV, Baseball was probably America’s favorite sport because they could play many games all over the country. With the rise of TV, different sports became more popular, because they were televised. They were televised because there were numerous breaks in the play, to allow commercials to be shown.
Soccer has 45 minutes of continuous play, often without any break at all. American TV companies would have needed to just cut away from the game to show commercials every few minutes, and that would have alienated a lot of fans.
For at least 50 years, for most Americans, if it wasn’t on TV then they didn’t even hear about it. It wasn’t on TV because they couldn’t figure out how to sell advertising.

根据我完全不科学的观点，足球和高尔夫或赛车一样受欢迎。
也许你也应该问一个问题：为什么你认为足球在美国如此受欢迎？
为了真正回答这个问题，我想这只是一种循环。在电视出现之前，棒球可能是美国人最喜欢的运动，因为他们可以在全国各地打很多比赛。随着电视的兴起，不同的体育项目变得更受欢迎，因为它们都是电视转播的。他们之所以被电视转播，是因为剧中有很多插播广告的时间。
足球比赛时间连续45分钟，通常没有任何时间休息。若美国电视公司从比赛中抽出时间，每隔几分钟播放一次广告，这会让很多球迷反感的。
至少50年来，对大多数美国人来说，如果这件事没有出现在电视上，他们甚至都没有听说过足球。在电视上没有播出过足球，因为他们不知道如何在足球比赛中销售广告。

Bruno Garcia
First things first: how long does an American football match take? 2 hours? 3 hours?
Google says the average is 3 hours and 12 minutes.
An association football match takes 90 minutes, plus 15 minutes of mid time and then something like 10 minutes of extra time, that leaves us with almost two hours, 115 minutes. But let's say 2 hours sharp. It is still 1h and 12 minutes shorter than American football.
So, which one is more time consuming?
Then we have the question of score.
a lot of points make each point less important. Think about it. If I miss a touch down there will be another in some minutes, if I miss a goal in football maybe there is only that one. So every single attack counts, every play counts.

首先：橄榄球比赛需要多长时间？2小时？3小时？
谷歌：平均时间为3小时12分钟。
一场足球联赛需要90分钟，加上15分钟的中场休息时间，然后大约需要10分钟的加时赛时间，这给我们留下了将近2小时115分钟的时间。我们设2小时整，它仍然比橄榄球短1小时12分钟。
那么，哪一个更耗时呢？
那么我们有分数的问题。
太高的得分使每一分都不那么重要。想想看，如果我错过了一次触地得分，几分钟后还会有另一次，如果我在足球比赛中错过了一个进球，也许只有那一个机会。所以每一次进攻都很重要，每一次比赛都很重要。

When I lose the ball in association football matches the other team immediately starts an attack that can become a goal and I can lose the game. As far as I know that is not what happens in american football, there are some weird rules about losing three times without moving forward enough, so if I lose the ball I have another chance, and another and another, no true counter attack.
So the stakes are always high, every attack can decide the match, every error can decide the match, a fail can decide the match, and ask Gerrard: even tripping can cost you the match.
Association football is way simpler and cheaper.And to play American football? I need the same footwear, way more people, protection for elbows, teeth, knees and a helmet.

当我在足球联赛比赛中丢球时，对方球队立即开始进攻，这可能会造成一次进球，我可能会输掉比赛。据我所知，橄榄球并不是这样的，有一些奇怪的规则，例如在三次没有足够前进的情况下失去球权，如果我失去球权，我会有另一次机会，再一次，再一次，而不是真正的反击。
所以足球中的赌注总是很高的，每次进攻都可以决定比赛，每次失误都可以决定比赛，一次失败都可以决定比赛，问问杰拉德（Gerrard）:即使绊倒也会让你输掉比赛。
足球联赛更简单、更便宜；去踢橄榄球，我需要同样的鞋子，更多的人，保护肘部、牙齿、膝盖和头盔。

And let's talk about the rules of american football: you have like two teams, one to defend and another to attack, you have at least two different scoring measurements, you have to progress a certain amount of land each play, if you lose the ball the game stops and everyone reposition themselves to start over. the game goes for 3 hours also said the of actual game you have less than 30 minutes.
Anyone can become an association football player: short bulky guys like Maradona, tall slim guys like Peter Crouch, small slim guys like Messi and Neymar or athletic machines like Cristiano Ronaldo. There is no right body, there is only talent. We can say the same about american football? A guy like Messi could take a tackle from any defender that weights three times him?

让我们来谈谈橄榄球的规则：两支球队，一支防守，另一支进攻，你至少有两种不同的得分标准，每场比赛你必须前进一定的距离，如果你丢了球，比赛就会停止，每个人都会重新定位，重新开始。游戏持续3小时，也显示实际游戏的时间不到30分钟。
任何人都可以成为足球联赛运动员：像马拉多纳（Maradona）这样身材矮小、身材魁梧的人，像彼得·克劳奇（Maradona）这样身材高大、身材苗条的人，比如梅西和内马尔这样身材矮小的人，或者像克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多这样的运动机器。没有合适的身体，只有天赋。我们可以对橄榄球说同样的话吗？像梅西这样的人可以从任何一个比他重三倍的后卫那里抢断?

And there is the plays, the way the team moves with the ball or without it, how they react after losing possession or after recovering the ball, how they pressure the other guys, how an attacker has to be a defender too or the other team will have an advantage, the ways they can find space to attack using their feet(look up Ronaldinho on YouTube and tell me if any american football comes close to do that kind of crazy shit while scoring and assisting, I saw something similar only in basketball but then again is easier using your hands.)
Also we have to consider Rugby Football, the sport where american football comes from. Rugby is popular, very much so. And, although way more complicated the association football, it is simpler and cheaper than american football, at least you don't have to wear an armor to play it.
So there is no actual space for american football: if you want to watch a fluid fast paced game you have association football
You can watch any game you want, there is space for everyone and you will usually prefer the game that is popular in your country and resonates with your culture, no one will judge you. But those are the reasons the whole world play association football and not american flavour of rugby.

在这里有比赛，球队如何带球或不带球移动，他们在失去球权或恢复球权后的反应，他们如何给对方施加压力，进攻者如何也要充当防守者，否则对方将占据优势，以及他们用脚找到进攻空间的方式，（在油管上搜索小罗纳尔多（Ronaldinho），告诉我有哪支美式橄榄球队能在得分和助攻时做出那种疯狂的动作，我只在篮球比赛中看到过类似的情况，但再说一遍，使用手更容易。）
我们还必须考虑橄榄球的起源。橄榄球很受欢迎，尽管比足球联赛更为复杂，但与橄榄球相比，足球更简单、更便宜，至少你不必穿着装甲去踢球。
因此，美式足球没有实际的空间：如果你想看一场流畅的快节奏比赛，你可以看足球联赛；
你可以观看任何你想看的比赛，每个人都有自己的喜好，通常你会更喜欢在你的国家流行并与你文化共鸣的比赛，没有人会批评你。但这就是为什么全世界都在踢足球联赛而不是玩橄榄球的原因。
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Kedem Shpatz
As someone who watches both football and soccer, I’m quite confused. A soccer match takes 90 minutes+15 (including half-time), so 1 hour and 45 minutes. A football match, on the other hand, takes roughly 3 hours! Now how is soccer time consuming?
Second of all, the fact that a goal is 1 point and a touchdown is 6 means nothing. What if I decide that a touchdown equals 3 points and a field goal equals 1? Or that a touchdown is 1 point and a field goal is a third? It’s simply a matter of balance. The NFL decided that a balance of 6:3 is best. In soccer you just have only one way of scoring points, so there’s no point in making a goal more than 1 point, just like there would be no point in making a touchdown equal 12 points and a field goal equal 6, since you could just divide it in two and keep the two numbers whole.
So in short, football is a lot more time consuming than soccer

作为一个既看足球又看橄榄球的人，我很困惑。一场足球比赛需要90分钟+15分钟（包括半场），因此需要1小时45分钟。另一方面，一场橄榄球比赛大约需要3个小时！那么足球是如何消耗时间的呢?
其次，进球是1分，触地得分是6分，这一点没有任何意义。如果我决定一次触地得分等于3分，一次投篮得分等于1分呢？或者一次触地得分是1分，一次投篮得分是第三分？这只是一个平衡问题。美国国家橄榄球联盟认为6:3的平衡是最好的。在足球比赛中，你只有一种得分方式，所以进球超过1分没有意义，就像触地得分等于12分和投篮得分等于6分一样，因为你可以把它分成两部分，让两个数保持完整。
简言之，橄榄球比足球更耗时。

Anand P
Why soccer is not famous in America?
Just as Baseball is not famous in England or Spain, Soccer is not famous in the US.
Here are some reasons which suggests why the sport is not encouraged in the USA.

为什么足球在美国不流行？
就像棒球在英国或西班牙不流行一样，足球在美国也不流行。
以下是美国不鼓励这项运动的一些原因。

1.Major USA Wins
Americans love winners and teams like the Yankees, Cowboys, Celtics and Lakers have been consistent winners through the years. Even the U.S. Hockey team was able to win at the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980. The U.S. Soccer team has yet to achieve any such milestone win and trails the world’s best by leaps and bounds. This does not bode well for the popularity of the sport in the United States.

美国队获胜
美国人喜欢胜利者，像洋基队、牛仔队、凯尔特人队和湖人队这样的球队多年来一直是胜利者。就连美国冰球队也能在1980年的普莱西德湖奥运会上获胜。美国足球队还没有取得任何这样的里程碑式的胜利，远远落后于世界上最好的球队。这对这项运动在美国的受欢迎程度来说不是好兆头。

2. Ties/Draws
Americans can’t stand ties. There always has to be a winner and a loser and that is about as American as apple pie. In the United States teams will play a 5-7 hour baseball game to decide one outcome in a 162 game season. Nobody wins in a tie and that is unacceptable in the American sports culture where draws and ties are more stunning than losses.

平局/平局
美国人受不了平局，总会有赢家和输家，这就像苹果派一样具有美国特色。在美国，各队将进行一场5-7小时的棒球比赛，通过162场比赛来决定赛季的结果。若平局，没人能获胜，这在美国体育文化中是不可接受的，因为平局比输掉比赛更令人震惊。

3. Flopping/foul
The sport has more “flopping” than any other televised sport. Every single foul is incomplete unless the fouled player hits the turf with a grimace of pain holding a leg or shin. The NBA got sick of it and has started levying fines, but it happens almost every minute of a soccer game. It is disgusting and unmanly how exaggerated some of the reactions are to even a little contact in soccer. This turns many Americans off and that is precisely why the NFL is so celebrated in the U.S.

假摔/犯规
这项运动比其它任何有电视转播的运动都有更多的“摔倒”。每一次犯规都是不完整的，除非被犯规的球员抱着腿或胫骨，扮作痛苦状。NBA对此感到厌倦，并开始征收罚款，但这种情况几乎在足球比赛的每一分钟都会发生。在足球比赛中，即使是一点点身体接触，一些人的反应也被夸大了，这是令人厌恶和没有男子气概的。这让许多美国人反感，这正是美国国家橄榄球联盟在美国如此受欢迎的原因。

4. No Time stoppage
How can you go to the fridge and get a beer? The clock keeps running even with players down on the turf and when teams take forever to set up a corner kick. Not stopping the clock does two things that don’t help the sport. First, it gives no time for additional advertising revenue that helps power most sports in the United States. Second, it creates what is called “stoppage time” that leaves the viewers wondering how much time is left on the clock at the end of a game.

无暂停
你怎么能去冰箱里拿啤酒？即使球员躺在草皮上，当球队需要很长时间才能踢出角球时，时间也在流逝。无暂停这个特点给这项运动带来2方面的不利因素。首先，它没有时间获得额外的广告收入，在美国，广告收入有助于推动大多数体育运动。其次，它创造了所谓的“补时”，让观众想知道比赛结束时还有多少时间。

5. Soccer is a defensive sport.
Americans simply don’t find 1-0 soccer matches to be very entertaining when so much running and passing leads to so little scoring. This leads talented youth to play other sports and spectators to turn their attention elsewhere.

足球是一项防守运动。
美国人根本不觉得1比0的足球比赛很有趣，因为太多的跑动和传球才带来很少的得分。这导致有天赋的年轻人参加其他运动，观众将注意力转向其他地方。

6. Limited Substitution.
Why limit substitutions? If someone gets injured, what is wrong with allowing a free substitution to bring in another player. Every U.S. sport has benches and often it is players who come off the bench that can make the difference for their team.

限制换人。
为什么限制换人？如果有人受伤了，允许自由换人来引进另一名球员有什么错。美国的每一项运动都有替补球员，通常是替补球员能够为他们的球队带来改变。