Wonder Why G&H Bought The Club?

[BrooklynRed]

US-Mexico Gold Cup Final Dwarfs NHL Stanley Cup

"Gold Cup TV ratings 41 percent higher than NHL final

NEW YORK (AP) -- The CONCACAF Gold Cup final attracted 41 percent more television households in the United States than the Stanley Cup finals clincher -- and that was just for the soccer game's Spanish-language telecast.

The United States' 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Mexico on Sunday received a 2.5 fast national rating on Univision, the network said Tuesday. That translates to 2.83 million households, nearly double the 1.48 million homes that watched the 2005 Gold Cup final between the United States and Panama.

This year's English-language telecast was on the Fox Soccer Channel, which is available in about 30 million homes and is not rated.

Anaheim's series-ending 6-2 victory over Ottawa in the Stanley Cup on June 6 received a 1.8 rating on NBC, which comes to 2,005,000 households.

The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and a ratings point represents 1,114,000 households."

In other words, the owners must clearly see the decline of hockey as a business and must be aware of the tremendous growth potential for the game of football (soccer), and for a club like Liverpool FC, in the USA. And guess what? The face of that market is primarily Latino. This is big business and shows the change in the USA marketplace which I, for one, embrace. Anyway, it is nice to see a non-World Cup, non-qualifier match rate this high. (even if my mates and I watched it in English on FSC).

[Parm]

if it promotes our name and helps us breaj the USA the better,

[TartanTerror]

Exciting times to be sure. What gives me hope that the MLS (and football in general) won't repeat what happened during the NASL days is that we have adults in this country that grew up playing football. I was 7 when I watched my first NASL game (And 8 when my family in L'pool sent me my first LFC kit). The NASL did not have the benefit of a whole generation of Americans who grew up playing the sport. In short the sport matters to more Americans now. Would love to see what number of non-Latino households watched the Gold Cup.

[loco_law]

LFC has more ties to the NASL then they realize...

The NASL had a funny accent guy playing keeper for the Vancouver Whitecaps in 79/80 when they won the Western Division and won the NASL Cup. He got picked up by Liverpool after his success in the NASL, and since i grew up around Vancouver and as a 7 year old keeper won a contest to walk out on the pitch with him and followed him when he moved, I became a Liverpool fan.

Mr Crazy Legs himself... Bruce Grobbelaar.

Hell, people saw it as a washed up league, but watching the likes of George Best against Pele was still something to behold. Especially for North American "soccer".

[desertscouser]

US-Mexico Gold Cup Final Dwarfs NHL Stanley Cup

"Gold Cup TV ratings 41 percent higher than NHL final

NEW YORK (AP) -- The CONCACAF Gold Cup final attracted 41 percent more television households in the United States than the Stanley Cup finals clincher -- and that was just for the soccer game's Spanish-language telecast.

The United States' 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Mexico on Sunday received a 2.5 fast national rating on Univision, the network said Tuesday. That translates to 2.83 million households, nearly double the 1.48 million homes that watched the 2005 Gold Cup final between the United States and Panama.

This year's English-language telecast was on the Fox Soccer Channel, which is available in about 30 million homes and is not rated.

Anaheim's series-ending 6-2 victory over Ottawa in the Stanley Cup on June 6 received a 1.8 rating on NBC, which comes to 2,005,000 households.

The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and a ratings point represents 1,114,000 households."

In other words, the owners must clearly see the decline of hockey as a business and must be aware of the tremendous growth potential for the game of football (soccer), and for a club like Liverpool FC, in the USA. And guess what? The face of that market is primarily Latino. This is big business and shows the change in the USA marketplace which I, for one, embrace. Anyway, it is nice to see a non-World Cup, non-qualifier match rate this high. (even if my mates and I watched it in English on FSC).

I wonder if the Gold Cup figures v Stanley Cup Final figures have anything to do with Mexico being in the final?