Last Saturday, my boys and I took in a rivalry match in the great commonwealth of Kentucky (my adopted home state). On a hot, muggy day at Slugger Field in Louisville, Louisville City FC took on their arch-rivals, FC Cincinnati. Louisville City set an attendance record of 11,632, with a raucous crowd from both teams’ supporters made it an incredible atmosphere.
It was then that I realized:
If professional soccer can rise up in Kentucky, where college basketball is king (and will be for the foreseeable future), then soccer has reached a marvelous tipping point in the consciousness of the American sports landscape.