why in India, eventhough soccer is very popular, no talented players are coming up?
451719
because of lack of motivation and also Corruption.
953569
Beckham might increase the awareness of the league, especially whatever team he ends up with, but I don't think any small group of "superstar" players will make soccer jump to #1 in America.\n\nAnd they need a salary cap because free spending on foreign talent has led to the failure of previous soccer leagues in the country.
1159545
Agreed.  \nBut then look at Ireland... Soccer is a sub sport (Eiercom League) compared to GAA.  Granted the Ireland International squad consists mainly of premiership or Championship Div. players and is decent although didn't qualify Euro 2004 or World Cup 2006.  But Gaelic sports are still No. 1 here.
521644
IT HAS MORE ALL-ROUNDERS.\nIT HAS MANY PLAYERS WHO ARE THINKING TO SERVE THE NATION.\nMORE AND MORE NEW COMERS KNOCKING THE DOOR TO REPLACE A POSSIBLE ONE.\nSO THE EXISTING PLAYER HAVE TO WORK HARD TO SURVIVE IN TEAM.\n\nNOT(LIKE US)DEPENDING SOME PLAYERS.
1169920
In the most recent Fifa ranking, India are lying low at 117. India have never qualified for the soccer World Cup, but this is the same nation, which once reached the semifinals of the Olympics. That was in Melbourne 1956 when India became the first Asian team to reach the Olympic semifinals.Four years later in Rome Olympics, India failed to move from the group stage, but played inspirational soccer to hold the mighty France 1-1 through a goal from the legendary PK Banerjee. India's other finest football moments came in 1951 and 1962 Asian Games when they won the gold medal. But those were the days when footballers were household names in the country and Sailen Manna, Jarnail Singh, PK Banerjee and Chuni Goswami rivaled the Merchants, Hazares, Lala Amarnaths, Pataudis for popularity.\nIndia's last achievement of some note came in 1982 Delhi Asian Games when they reached the quarterfinals.\nI hope I answered your question ;)
645282
man coz its india..10000000 population give or take..less than 10000 pro players..thats why..by the way im also indian..
304502
football is really popular in all parts of Bangladesh. especially in rural areas and villages. but unfortunately India and Bangladesh are not in the standards of  international football. so its cricket for us
469028
Because of the social and economic conditiosn in Brazil football is very much seen as a way out. \n\nUnlike in many countries in the western world there a very few distractions for a brazilian youngster. The literally play football every waking hour. \n\nBecuase they have grown up with controlling a football and the huge array of skills they have are almost second nature to them. \n\nAlso there is a carefree element about their sport that we in western world sometimes strangle with our need to organise and regulate kids games.
574990
football does not have enough exposure in india.. sports like cricket and hockey are emphasized.. india does not have a well organised professional football league..
753865
Firstly, you need to define what an international sports event is!\n\nIf it's an event between India and other nations, then India does as well as any other country.\n\nIndia has a long and well documented history of success in sports such as cricket and hockey, and interest in a diverse range of events [1], but such international matches rarely get (a) large scale television coverage and (b) massive advertising promotion that raises awareness.\n\nSo what you may be asking, is why India does not do well in high-profile sporting events that are covered by the western media, to which the answer is a combination of cultural, economic and (even) climate differences that makes different sports popular in India.\n\nA member in India could ask the same question, for example, of the USA, which is not well known for it's cricket.
999331
First and foremost, I don't think that the dedication to the game of soccer is strong enough in the States.  There isn't anything a coach or more money will help if you don't have players that play the game from the time they learn to walk.  Americans have so many things on their plates, that they don't dedicate 100% to any particular sport.  In order to be competitive in the world arena, we need to have programs that offer the sport more than four months a year and the players need to dedicate their sporting lives to the game.  If they don't, we will continue to be mediocre.
792911
Soccer is just begining to get popular in the US as more youth and people are getting involved in it. As the more famous names come to the US, the more popular it gets.\n\nI believe it isnt as big in the US because American Football has taken the higher position here. As you see, soccer isnt even shown too much on TV or in magazines such as sports illustrated because half of their pages cover either American Football or Baseball. So when it isnt publicized enough, people don't really care much for it.\n\nThe rest of the world is a common place for soccer because it started with people as children. Many children in Europe, Africa, etc grew up playing only soccer (because soccer was their only main sport in the country) in their streets and I believe it spreads from there.\n\n\nHope that helps,\nGood luck
623811
What will be the benifit, if it will make the National Game of India? I don't think it should be! It cannot be a National Game, a national game is not considered with number of people who like the game, it is considered how many can play it. Soccer is the only one can play by everyone, because it is the cheapest game anyone can play. Cricket is more expensive to play by everyone!
384326
The main reason why soccer has not exploded yet is that the average american's attention span is very small.  Football, baseball, etc. are broken down into different plays, quarters, innings, etc.  There are breaks for commercials entertainment and so on.  But soccer only has two halves and the teams play for 90 minutes.  The play does not stop unless there is a foul and a yellow or red card is given.  Soccer can feel boring to most americans who simply don't see the art in it.  That being said soccer can explode here if the USA teams do well.  Soccer has drastically become more popular since the USA women's soccer team did so well around 2000.  Now that Mia Hamm and others are retiring the men now have to shoulder the burden of carrying on soccer.  If the US men's team win the World Cup at any time in the next 50 years then yes soccer will become more popular.
416488
Soccer is played by more than 7 millions 6- to 11-year-olds, making it the second most popular team sport among children in this country.\nSource-SAMMMMMMMMMMM
309846
Honestly, they need to obtain a greater market here first. Continue briging high proifle European teams to play. I think the only way were going to get decent soccer around here anytime soon is become basically a farm team league. All the European superpowers (AC Milan, Fc Barcelona, Chelsea FC, Juventus, Manchester United, Lyon, Real Madrid) send their reserves here, as a developemental league.
95179
I am sure it has to do with certain factors such as overpopulation, lack of lots of money, and the wrong training conditions. For the MOST part it is hard to rig or fix an olympic event, and in the end, the Indians just aren't the best at any one event. Let's face it, surely they don't ski in India too much, and they don't exactly have pools and volleyball beach courts unless you live in one of the nicer areas. It goes on, but I am sure you catch my drift.