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Despite the women's team's transcendent appeal, Nike Inc., U.S. Soccer's official jersey and apparel licensee, doesn't sell a stitch of team-specific clothing to suit the team's male fans.

U.S. Women's Soccer Success Gives Men a Tough Goal: Buying a Jersey Hannah Karp 2011

Soccer's rise in popularity in the U.S., at least, augurs well, but it took several leagues to fail before the current moderate success of Major League Soccer; the emergence of a strong U.S. national team was also a major factor, and that's unlikely to happen in cricket; and, most importantly, soccer's growth in the country came about firstly as a participatory sport.

Cricket in U.S. Suffers Key Flaw: It's Not Baseball Richard Lord 2011

Real's road show will take it to the United States—on Saturday, the team beat Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union 2-1 in front of 57,035 fans at a hot and muggy Lincoln Financial Field—plus Germany, England and China.

Real Madrid's Summer Road Trip Gabriele Marcotti 2011

They're the trendy pick to become the last of Major League Soccer's original franchises to win a title and they'll wear, defender Tim Ream said, that figurative target on their jerseys.

Red Bulls Embrace Role as Favorite Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

Soccer's Cold Shoulder Rooting for a team that isn't performing is like enduring the rocky part of a relationship with a loved one.

Manchester United's Drive For 19 Hits Roadblock Gabriele Marcotti 2011

According to SoccerAmerica.com, Major League Soccer's average attendance is up nearly 1,500 from last season at over 17,500 fans per game.

Larry Atkins: Despite Heartbreaking Loss, U.S. Women Give Soccer a Boost Larry Atkins 2011

Soccer's growing popularity in the U.S. is based almost entirely upon targeting women.

Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest Richard Lord 2011

Soccer's David Beckham, on Dan Patrick's DirecTV show, discussed his wife Victoria's public candor: She said a few things in the past that we really laugh about, um, about me wearing her underwear.

Marv Albert finds Web reports 'upsetting' 2009

Soccer's growing popularity in the U.S. is based almost entirely upon targeting women.

Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest Richard Lord 2011

Mr. Checketts's stewardship of SCP has been mixed, industry experts say, highlighted by his leadership of Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake and hockey's Blues, which SCP acquired in 2006 for about $125 million.

Checketts to Walk With Legends Matthew Futterman 2012