Julie Foudy Quotes

I grew up in a generation when there was no soccer on TV.

I never knew that Americans would take up soccer, and it's a gender-free sport in high school there.

But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television as well because of the ad breaks. It's something to do with that as well. You can't show a complete soccer match here. Which I kind of find a bit of an odd thing.

I think I'm being conservative when I say there are more people playing soccer in the United States than in 90% of the world's other countries, probably 95%.

If you want to know whether soccer is big in America, pick a weekend, go to any park in the land, and pay attention. We're there. We've always been.

In North America, many fans know Cristiano Ronaldo's smirk and can recognize Didier Drogba in a commercial. Maybe they know too much for the good of M.L.S.

Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV.

I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere.

Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team.

Television is making sports universal; for the same reason, big-time soccer is growing more popular in the United States.

I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great European players that have come and the great American players who've been created. Americans want to be number one at everything. And they are at baseball, football, basketball. Soccer is growing fast, and I want to be a part of that.

My wish is that soccer in the U.S. become on the same level like the Premier League, Spanish league, or the Bundesliga.

Every player who plays at Bayern Munich knows that Bayern Munich is a particularly special club. Whenever we lose, then it is lashed onto almost immediately by the media, regardless whether it is a friendly or losing the away game in a Champions League tie 1-0.

Sports entertainment in general, it's a very competitive business.

It wasn't until 1999 when my idols Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly took home the women's World Cup trophy at the Rose Bowl in front of 40 million TV viewers that I remember thinking how rare it was to see women play sports on TV.

ESPN truly is a game changer and has the ability to unite the world through sports, which is something I'm incredibly passionate about.

For years, the NFL was the one league apparently immune from ratings downturns of any significance.

I'm grateful to play at Wembley - it is a very historical place - but it is not the same feeling as White Hart Lane.

I admire the Premier League for the quality and style of football.

I don't like the soccer industry and yes, I do like to play.

If only a few games are televised and you don't have a follow-up, like no live coverage of the Sri Lanka series after the Australia series, where we did so well, things will not improve.

I've always had an interest in the media, I love cricket, so why wouldn't I want to be around it?

I've played in Serie A, the Bundesliga, Holland and now the Premier League. They are all different.

The European leagues have been there a long time, the coaches have been there, the clubs have been there, there's history to the teams. There's already that football support culture.

To sum it up, I would say that the Premier League is football's NBA.