I like the idea of this thread. We share a domestic league with them. They are our North American brothers. We share much in common in that we both have an uphill battle to make the sport relevant. We are both trying to grow the game and immigration has made the game more relevant in recent years. For them that immigration is largely Latin American and that is increasingly reflected in the surnames and backgrounds of their players, whereas our immigration is more global and that is reflected in the backgrounds of our players (Liberia, Haiti, Jamaica, Colombia, Argentina, England, Portugal, Nigeria, Netherlands, etc.). The similarity and contrast in our evolutions is interesting. I agree with the OP that we are more of a "soccer country" per capita than they are. I have spent enough time south of the boarder to get that sense. Maybe it is because football, baseball and basketball are not as dominant as they are in America. Maybe it is because we are closer to Europe, being a commonwealth country and all (plus Quebec is easily more European than any US state). Maybe it is because our attitude is more global and so we are more outward looking and less inward focused than they are. Maybe it is all of those things. Either way, I like this. Good to have a catch-all place to keep tabs on them. I think we can seriously compete with then now and it will remain that way for the foreseeable future.