I just got back from a Red Bulls game (they lost). Soccer is doing fine over here. MLS, while not the largest professional sports league, is doing okay. They will survive.

I think people in other countries assume that soccer needs to be the #1 sport in the United States for it survive here. Unlike most countries, we have a variety of professional sports - and baseball and football will always battle for #1 and #2 spots, with basketball a close third. Hockey ranks behind that, and soccer behind hockey. You can be #5 and survive.

Soccer has fans here, and as you folks in the UK have seen - we are producing world class players.   Perhaps someday we will be more competitive in the World Cup, perhaps not. I don't think Mr. Beckham will have that kind of impact on us.