Club World Cup, Gold Cup, in parallel, the league operations – in a country where other sports are much more popular than football. One episode is poorly filled stadiums. FIFA boss Infantino is still convinced: “Soccer conquers America.”
Mexican international Robert Alvarado gave a shot in the semi-finals of the Gold Cup in the 51st minute, for which an XG value of 0.237 was found. Honduras, who was 0-1 in the semi -finals with 0: 1, started his attacks 39.9 percent across the right side.
Such data can be found on the homepage of the Concacaf Association, which is currently aligning the Gold Cup as a continental championship for North and Central America as well as the states of the Caribbean in the USA.
However, the common number of spectators is not to be found. The US news agency AP, Reuters, ESPN – nobody also has a number.
Small stadium, sold out
It looks different with the other semi -finals. In the St. Louis stadium, 22,423 spectators were when the USA moved into the final through a 2-1 win against Guatemala.
“Sold Out”: semi -finals of the Gold Cup in St. Louis
The number can be found in many sources, just like the addition “Sold Out”, so sold out.
This is a special message in these days, in which a lot is talked about about the number of spectators. However, the question also arises as to why a semi -finals of a continental championship will be assigned to a stadium that only holds a good 22,000 spectators.
Big backdrop in the stadium of the 49ers
The other semi -finals were held in the large stadium in Santa Clara, in which the San Francisco 49ers football is otherwise playing in the NFL. Almost 70,000 spectators fit into it, and photos and videos show that there was no reason. To be ashamed of the number of spectators.
Mexican fans in the 49ers stadium: moving into the final
Some free places can be seen, but 60,000 people should have been at least that saw Mexico’s scarce success.
Blocked upper ranks at the club World Cup
The upper ranks were also full, and that is a clear difference to the other football tournament that is currently being held in the United States. At the club World Cup, these ranks are even blocked from time to time, so it makes a better impression when the cameras capture the game and the bent.
The World Association FIFA, which organizes the club World Cup and prefers large to very large stadiums, always indicates the number of spectators. Even the 3,412 spectators, who were officially named in the game between the Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa and FC Ulsan HD, looked a bit beautified.
Not even number three
Little attractive games at night times at noon in sometimes extreme heat: It should have been clear to many that there will be few reports in which “Sold Out” can be read or heard. In addition, the United States continues to be a country in which the soccer was not the number one, not even number two, and also not number three behind baseball, American football and basketball.
Infantino believes in Soccer – because he brings it to the States
However, there is someone who believes that this will change soon and football will conquer the USA. “Soccer is conquering America”said Gianni Infantino at an appointment in Miami. The President of the FIFA spoke to the broadcaster “Fox”, the heart broadcaster of his heart friend Donald Trump. Infantino and the President of the US have common traits.
That showed up at another appointment. Then the world football boss said that the Major League Soccer “Stand at the top of three to four and a maximum of five years” And will be one of the top leagues in the world. “And I can tell you why – because I’m here now.”
Los Angeles is back in Los Angeles – and back in the MLS
Infantino also spoke of the “32 best clubs” that were still in the country at the beginning of the tournament. FC Ulsan has long been back in South Korea, RB Salzburg in Austria and the Los Angeles FC in Los Angeles.
He even played again in the MLS. On Monday, the team, which was recovered for the club World Cup, lost 0-1 against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Viewer number: November 22nd.
The league game of a middle -class team of the Western Conference wanted to see about as many spectators as the semi -finals of the United States at the continental championship.
57 percent fewer spectators at the United States games
The comparison is a little unfair, because the game in St. Louis was just sold out. However, it is also unlikely that suddenly tens of thousands of Americans want to have watched their national team on site in a larger stadium.
This is shown by the “Soccer America” portal, which takes a close look at the number of spectators in various competitions every week.
According to this, the audience cut of the Gold Cup in the group phase of a good 28,000 in the 2023 edition fell to less than 20,000 in the current. This corresponds to a decrease of 32 percent. “Particularly dramatic”According to “Soccer America”, the decline in games of the US national team was – 57 percent. Only 15,085 fans would have wanted to see the three games on average.
Comparisons are always lagging, and two years ago fans from Honduras, Mexico, Haiti and immigrated fans of these teams have felt more secure than under Trump II, but the decline is significant and homemade.
A plan like 1994
In parallel to the Gold Cup, the club World Cup with many large clubs from Europe and South America and also let the league continue to run with a very short break was an idea that does not fit the plan that was already in connection with the 1994 World Cup in the USA: Soccer really big, where it is called Soccer.
Gianni Infantino is convinced that this time it will succeed. In the interview with “Fox” he said shortly after he congratulated Uzbekistan and Jordan on the first qualification, about the 2026 World Cup: “This will be 104 Super Bowls in a month.”