# Other countries that don't care much about soccer/football? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-countries-that-dont-care-much-about-soccer-football/690921 "2014-06-16T17:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-countries-that-dont-care-much-about-soccer-football/690921/61 "2014-06-21T04:08:48Z")
Sacramento Republic FC, a new team this season in the USL Pro league, is drawing 20,000 fans every game. They have been playing in a college stadium with artificial turf, football lines, and narrow field, they have a brand new stadium, but it only holds 8000 fans. The stadium will be jammed every game for the rest of the season. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-countries-that-dont-care-much-about-soccer-football/690921/62 "2014-06-21T05:43:39Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Considering that about 80% of the US based players and 75% of the CONCACAF teams are likely going through to the knockout stage, maybe it’s you who is guilty of jingoism and prejudice. 75%, eh? One win and you’re already putting the US through to the next round. Nice rebuttal to a charge of misplaced confidence. For the record, only 3 of Costa Rica’s squad plays for MLS and zero Mexicans. Concacaf’s success does not equal MLS success. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-countries-that-dont-care-much-about-soccer-football/690921.md?page=3)