"It feels like soccer is the 3rd sport in America now" | Matt McConaughey on Messi and growth of MLS
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What will it take for Messi to go join Austin FC? Wrong answers only.
Recruit Thiago Messi for the Austin FC under 18s
the people of texas should elect him governor. then by law he has to live in austin and may as well play
Giving him a house on Ted Nugent's property, it's the only way to guarantee that his stalkers won't want to go anywhere near him anymore.
Sell Austin, Buy Everton haha
He gets to star in Messi, Texas Ranger
wow...what a blast. I didn't even know Matt McConaughey was the owner of Austin FC. I loved him as an actor but pleasantly surprised by his persona,his attitude and his love for football.
He is a only a minority owner to put a good face on the scumbag real owners
Agree, seems like a great man!
I'm shocked too! That's a cracking atmosphere... Love the chants and Matt playing the drums. That's energy!
Didn’t even know he was involved in football!! I love it 🥰
His wife is Brazilian so I guess it figures
MESSI is the GOAT🐐, he makes me watching football and love football...!! Watching him with the Ronaldinho (legend) back in the day, is amazing to watch!❤🔥
Same here, I had no idea he was a shareholder, but it’s showing that football is growing at a quick rate in America..?
Will Ferrell at LAFC, Tom Brady at Birmingham City FC and obviously the Wrexham take over is a few examples of interest in the sport that is getting bigger.
@@G-Linka.Wrexham is British Club 💀
@@GOD_OF_STORIES07
Yep, and so is Birmingham City FC…
But my point was that American’s are investing in football, and regardless of geographical location those are well know celebrities from the U.S that will bring attention to the sport.
That’s all I meant. 💀🤫
Messi needs to be offered a lifetime supply of breakfast tacos from Torchy's Tacos to consider joining Austin FC. Wrong answers only.
Were you offered Chow Mein?
MESSI is the GOAT🐐, he makes me watching football and love football...!! Watching him with the Ronaldinho (legend) back in the day, is amazing to watch!❤🔥
Another Asian dude saying that in Argentina we eat tacos. We don't eat tacos. That's a Mexican thing. Then they complain we call them chinese... :D
That’s not part of his diet, at all. Try barbecue, that’ll give a small possibility for him to consider. 😊
Austin FC stole the columbus crew franchise. it is a shitty scummy way to gain a team. fuck Austin FC forever. San Antonio FC is the true texas team.
Futbol is not a sport.
Futbol is the most beautiful game in the world.
Wrong ... Futbol is life!!!
You don't have to spell it with a "u".
"Futbol" is just Spanish for "football"
@@harlandagoatAmen 😤💪😎
True, but the football underworld game is not a beautiful sport
football
He hit the nail there when he said we have the notes but don’t know the poetry of fotboll, that accully true in americas case
That was just nonsense 😂 To be honest the US is a bit delusional sometimes when it comes to the US national mens team. Whenever they have a couple of super talented players that are important to their club they think they have a chance. While there are are countries that have a full 11 and bench of players that are amongst the best player in the world for their position. Of course there is always a chance to win but this is a lot smaller than those teams.
The reality is that it will always feel like you have a team that is almost there if you always depend on a few good players. I'm Dutch, and almost all of our players play in big teams but we feel we have a weak team because not many of those have the quality to carry a team or are considered among the best in the world for their respective position. Just as the USA we are just a team with some important players and some talents who might develop into important players, which will then have to play with other talents while never reaching the quality of a full team of stars
How many countries have a "full 11 and a bench of players that are amongst the best player in the world for their position"? Maybe 3 or 4? @@jortpeters6419
To be fair Matthew McConaughey is one of the few Hollywood actors that I like, because he actually comes across as a real person, I'm not from America (im British) so I can only go by what others tell me, from what ive gathered from what im told, if I had to guess the sport is 4th/5th with Hockey right now, but more Americans seem to be coming around to our football, bear in mind Americans only started pushing football a bit in the 90's, its been a joy to watch it grow over there, as long as you're not playing England, I'm rooting for you guys (come on im English 😂)
The real Americans are the brown people of Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia, etc.
The push to popularize soccer in the US started long before that. George Best, Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and many more former world stars all tried to help the effort along back in the 1970s.
I can tell you the three biggest hurdles to popularizing the sport in the US -
1. The diving (Simulation in the rules). I'm aware the rest of the world look at the issue and just see "tactical dives" trying to get a penalty called.
American (men) see it differently. We see a sissy sprawled out on the field crying like a B.... It's not viewed as a manly sport.
2. The way it has traditionally been televised in the US. The camera operators zoom in way too close.
Nobody can even see the movement off the ball and what goes into creating great offensive pressure.
3. Not enough scoring. As a lifelong soccer player and fan...I know, it sounds unreasonable. This one could fade away if the other two issues
were addressed, but as of now, it is a persistent complaint.
@MrVvulf they've been trying to for years but the NASL went bust and the idea for MLS was attached to the USA 94 bid and you guys have really come a long way since
@@mrmr5580 The NASL was pretty much doomed from the start. The owners had the teams (mostly) playing in the same huge stadiums where American football was played. There was no way with the level of support soccer had at the time to pay those overhead costs.
As you say, the sport continues to grow, and hopefully that will continue. Certainly the influx of soccer lovers coming in to the country through our southern border will eventually have a positive impact on soccer's popularity.
Having Messi play for a few years helps too. He's the biggest star since Pele played here.
@MrVvulf I agree, this time they seem to have their stuff in order, no its not a top 10 league worldwide right now but it's getting closer all the time, it's not that far away now, I say 90's because the sport was very niche back then from what ive been told
Messiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Rust Cohle from "True Detective": "Time is a flat circle".
A quote from "Interstellar": "Love is the only thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space."
France Football: "Time is Infinity. Messi is Infinity."
Messi himself: "You can overcome anything only and only if you love something enough."
Messi's love is so powerful that it transcends time and space.
deez nuts transcend time and space
What does "time is a flat circle" even mean? That is a non sequitur with respect to physics.
@@user-gn7pj4ne8j It is a quote from the TV show "True Detective" and it implies that our reality is actually two-dimensional (circle) instead of three-dimensional (sphere) as we perceive it. It also implies that we are trapped in this two-dimensional prison and that time (as we perceive it) does not exist - "Everything we have ever done we will do over and over and over again." reference to the Nietzsche's idea of the Eternal Recurrence.
Im an LAFC supporter, watching a game at Austin FC stadium was so much. Beautiful faculty
LAFC fan here but i like the Austin brand and everything they are doing down there. I know their team isn’t as good this year but, love it.
This team doesn't deserve this city or this fan base and is mostly wolffs fault
"brand"??? Football is supposed to be religion, for those 90 minutes that other team is heresy, and should be treated as such. But that won't happen as long as MLS is just a bunch of rich kids buying toys they throw at the other rich kids toys
MESSIIIIIII🐐🐐🐐
McConaughey is such a freaking treasure! Austin FC, you guys got a good one!
Thank you guys! The content is amazing and can't be done by no one else !
Dude is a robe away from starting his own cult by accident.
He already did. 😄
"All rise all rise all rise!" 😅😅
He's sure a risk taker maverick 😅, I know that because McConaughey tells me all the time 😂😂😂
what an underrated comment! bravo lmao that was great!@@anthonystach6434
@@LNLBDThe McConaissance.
That's Messi Effect For You.
Sigo a Messi, entonces sigo al Inter Miami y por ende a la MLS, ahora llegué a este video a enterarme que uno de mis actores favoritos: Matt McConaughey, tiene un equipo de fútbol, por lo tanto apoyaré a Austin FC también.
0 personalidad básicamente
jajajajaja mexicano supongo, acomplejados sin remedio. @@monolypse9348
igual q yo
MESSI GOAT OF SPORTS.
No the GOAT of football is Pele.
When Pele came to the USA, the popularity of football was even higher.
Pele played in the MLS and Messi too and in the same MLS they say that Messi is the GOAT, sorry. 💀@@patrickhauser588
Messi >>>> pele Everybody knows@@patrickhauser588
Messi is better than pele, sorry@@patrickhauser588
@@patrickhauser588Stop ths cap, pele played in like 1638.
What an amazing conversation. Roger is the best and Matthew is simply indomitable. I feel dutifully inspired. Cheers!
As an argentinian im enjoying the mls a lot more since messi joined, I only watched it because Almada and now at least I get more entertainment
The poetry of football is not what it is in a stadium with crowds. It is a ball and a pair of posts. A game played anywhere by anyone.
In schools with shirts as goals,
On a building site,
On the beaches,
Favelas of Brazil and famously,
During world war one at Christmas time, in nomansland between the troops of Germany and England.
This is the poetry of football.
I remember when he was just a RomCom guy ..then we finally got to see his true acting chops....and now after seeing this, can say hes a solid dude as well. Brave Mr Mac, Bravo!
One of the best interviews ever.... a package of joy, wisdom and humility... AND futbol!!!!
Let's Get Messy / Messi !!!! My new saying everyday , great interview Rog MJ Westmont IL
Bro, how do u manage to get all these a-lister celebs to talk abt soccer? well done man. need em more
Brother soccer (football to be exact) is the most popular sport in the world by far 😅
He owns a club soo
Messi
MESSI is the GOAT🐐, he makes me watching football and love football...!! Watching him with the Ronaldinho (legend) back in the day, is amazing to watch!❤🔥
(Sorry for my English) I completely agree with that phrase "everything you do in life, everything, any hour, any second...enjoy that moment with pleasure"
He's right - and it is quite interesting - that even though the numbers aren't quite there yet, it feels like we're #3 now. I think that has a lot to do with fan culture and passion for the sport. I know people that go to MLB games all the time. For much of the game, they're just chatting and only seem to be going to have something to do. Even when I watch games with them on TV, they don't really get fired up like people who are in love with the sport. I'm not saying there are no people with passion like that for baseball, but that kind of passion is so common in soccer/football that that the sport and the culture can't be separated. The intensity of this sport has always been palpable for those of us who live and breath the game, but in the US, it used to feel like we were anomalies in the world of sports. So quickly in the last few years, it's gone from that feeling to one where you're like, "yeah, now everyone knows who we are and what we're all about." I love it.
Right, no one here really cares about baseball except for the diehard fans. The game is fun to attend as an outing but not the game really. Baseball on TV is boring af. NHL has a lower celling for sure outside the midwest and northeast. I think football can definitely rise to third in the US with time.
The big 4 really don't have any atmosphere
Well MLB is actually the second sport now and NBA is third. Look at the revenues and total attendance. Its grown by 20+ percent in the last 3 years. Keep in mind the NBA and NFL made hundreds of changes to the game to make it more exciting. The MLB is now just beginning to make some changes to the game after decades of no changes.
@@IMP3TIGOI mean you can say the same thing about soccer. No one in USA cares except the diehards, except there’s way more diehard baseball fans in USA than soccer.
Baseball fans have a ton of passion. You can’t expect them to be fully invested in every game, after all it’s a very affordable sport to attend, that’s going to bring casual fans and people who just want to enjoy the game. Baseball has a lot of passionate fans and also does a good job at bringing in casual audiences to the ballpark. I think with MLS, people in America don’t care enough to actually go to the games casually. You go because you really support the team and are a fan, for example I dont follow mls, most people I know don’t follow mls and I don’t know many people who have gone to mls games casually like they do for other sports here. Out of the few that I’ve seen attend mls games, they are true fans of the team/sport. Which is something that I think only hockey can relate with. Football, basketball, baseball are all sports in the USA that are consumed by casual fans as well as diehards. MLS and NHL seem to have less of that casual crowd though. However, I follow European soccer. Idk if mls will ever grow to #3 just because the level of play is not comparable to Europe.
I remember not taking Matthew that seriously. But then I saw him in True Detectives. Damn. He was awesome. Also loved him in The Gentlemen. He's just a really really good actor.
what a delightful interview! love that these type of soulful people are our owners in MLS
Oh... we've seen Rog in Austin!
Wonderful show, great interview. He is a legend. This is why. Wish I was near enough to Austin to be part of Verde. :)
What a great interview. Loved watching you two vibe.
I like this format. Concise, graphic, to the point. Nice.
Just randomly came across this and loved it I hear the take on knowing the notes but not having the music/poetry yet... n well heres my long take hope it helps:
In football its approach isnt tactical first in order to love the game.... football is its history by knowing the history of football one gets to understand why it matters so much to the fans... the silence in between the lines... its not just a sport the tales of Puskas and Hungary...... the reasons behind east n west germany in the final and its roll in finally bridging the gap...... just as he stated the fans began as the local baker cobbler smith attending the game for the town he loves.... football became a way to express a joy in pain a cocktail on the beach.... the stories of heroes like Pele and controversial heroes Maradona the villains of the game the geniuses of the game the environments atmospheres cold nights at stoke stories behind players seeing them as normal human beings thriving day by day to be great some for fame some for fortune some for the love of the game..... from the young boy from Rosario to The Night at the Bernabeau..... getting all these (from TH-cam btw)
You get the answer to the silence... you'll fall in love with the beautiful game and see the art to it....
After that then the tactics formation players in form opponents motivation and talent later matter
That above is the silence the reason a kid stuck a poster of a role model to a wall and said one day im gonna be like him and strap on the boots
Where i come from football is like religion a young man and a granny... a lawyer and priest could sit in a room watch a football match.. coz for that moment that zone its all about the beautiful game
Hope this helps 🔥🔥
Matthew is a ray of sunshine. I've followed US soccer since 1993 and I'm still amazed at how far it's come.
what a nice interview!
If Messi can make "americans" say Football instead of Soccer, then he will be the most important change in the history of sport in North America. Every freaking time you say Soccer instead of Football, a Bald Eagle dies.
You know soccer is a British word right. Always makes me laugh when Brits complain about the word when it came from them.
Never going to happen. Unless soccer gets a lot more violent and exciting, it will never happen. We like contact over here. The NFL brings in the same revenue as the NBA, MLB, and top soccer league COMBINED. College football is even more popular.
It's also called soccer in South Africa and Australia (the "Socceroos ). The Italians call it Calcio, Nagomet in Serbo-Croatian.
In the US ice hockey is just being called hockey. I never heard that Americans bitching about us calling it Eishockey. Simply "hockey" means field hockey to us.
@@Joker-no1uh😂😂😂 are you saying NFL is more exciting😂😂😂😂 now that's a good joke. No wonder you are the joker
Football is not simply a sport but rather a culture that connect people all around the world...
Messi, Messi, Messi ❤❤❤
Such a cool, well-spoken guy Mathew. Great interview and great questions also.
Messi + Suarez looked amazing for Miami the other week! The football was brilliant to watch.
He gives me hope too
Oh, so nice to see the Shakhtar Donets'k logo behind the interviewer
Hello to you (and the marvelous Matthew) from Kharkiv, Ukraine!
Football i'snt just a sport, its a great part of European life last 100+ years
How on earth did you get this man?
Your introductions are amazing,
I love this channel
US football is going to attract Americans that want that genuine tribal festival feeling
A wonderful listen.
True optimism well explained as in the moment we need a loving responce with a positive outlook.
Messi is the GOAT, but it took/takes someone like a Messi to popularize the world's biggest sport in this country. We have so many great US soccer team(Men and Women) members and former members. It should have happened long ago, it should be the #1 sport
Nice conversation!!! Anybody happens to know what glasses Mr. McConaughey is wearing?
He should've played the rival team manager in Ted Lasso.
A deep fried turkey leg, Oreo and a kiss from dearest Mathew
I rather have actors, musicians and former athletes as owners than out of touch billionaires.
More passion. I got you.
I agree
All of these options can be out of touch billionaires, or don you think that Hollywood actors are out of touch? (Is not the case with Mister McConaughey, when i met him he was a nice bloke)
This chat is incredible!
And that Fortaleza Shield on the wall, love it !
lol comentei a mesma coisa
power of appreciation. It changes the world.
Alright, Alright, Alright. I just love this man 🖤
The music playing by the crowd at 2:49 is also from Argentina.
We intentionally used south and Central America as an inspiration to create our own mixture for our club
@@ariessilva I didn’t notice.
Matthew is such an awesome guy n such a cool n likeable person.
I wish we could get some of this passion and energy up at FC "Frisco" but I digress.
Fantastic, thanks
De nada, amigos.
Love this! Also no one is acknowledging the amazingness of a line like “..showing up in a finely tailored green suit, of which I am very jealous, looking like the Riddler after a juice cleanse” so I will. 👏😂❤
Yo seguia a la MLS cuando Guillermo Barros Scheletto fue al Columbus Crew ( despues de dejar Boca Juniors ) y ahora veo Inter Miami por Messi
Love the Kith fleece, Rog!
Two of my very favorite personalities and purveyors of wisdom.
Amazing!!!
US National team knowing the notes but not the poetry is actually the most perfect analogy I’ve ever heard. We’re close but we need that cohesion and flow in-match
Great video! Just as Seattle did a Hendrix kit, Austin should do a Stevie ray kit
Bro, soccer is everything period.
Excelente comparacion entre Football y music...
I had never seen your channel before and now I’m hooked. This interview was fantastic - always amazing watching 2 poets in action
I'm a Sounder. I'm not jealous of any team in the league, except maybe Austin FC, because of this man. Love him. Messi who? Suarez should be getting so much more attention than he's getting.
That Argentinian goat 🐐
AWESOME
i like austin FC's vibe!
The apple deal, leagues cup and messi going the team that needed it most made the difference. The Miami branding is also so well done and visually unique it helps define that mls is no longer trying to imitate but be it's own thing
Hola amigos e "hinchas" de Austin FC, soy de San Juan provincia de Argentina, fanático del Club Atlético San Martín, el "Verdinegro", pues nuestros colores son los mismos que los de Austin FC y eso nos hace hermanos de colores, de corazón, de pasión, porque alentamos a nuestros equipos cuando entran al a jugar, cuando juegan, gritamos los goles, insultamos los fallos erróneos de los réferis, cantamos, lloramos cuando pierde y rezamos cuando se patea un penal! somos hermanos de colores y los abrazo desde mi pequeña ciudad de San Juan y ojalá pronto haya una bandera nuestra acompañándolos en su hermoso estadio, y si vienen a Argentina, los esperamos con asado, vino y fernet!!!!!!🖤💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤
As Shakhtar fan, I'm so happy so see our pennant there. I have exactly the same one in my room. Must be Kryvtsov gift or something. Cheers!
oh, Matt, you just nailed the US situation on Futbol situation. US knows the notes but didn't figure out the poetry/music of the Futbol. So my humble interpretation to what you just said is: US needs to have a much bigger melting pot of amateur futbolers and coaches (those are the ones who in my beloved country of Argentina end up writing the poetry/music of the Futbol). Worldwide Futbol cultures are built strongly within the transition between Amateurism and Professionalism.
They should get Neymar before Inter Miami makes the ultimate flashback team
Matthew Mcconaughey talking about Lionel Messi. So this is what the multiverse looks like .
it comes with time .. some of the clubs in the UK are over 100 years old LOL
as long as the community is with you.. you are on the right path.
Matt McConaughey ia a cool guy and a great actor
MM is the man.
Que bestia este muchacho. Ahora voy a seguir al Austin
The MLS is only getting better
New talented kids arriving
Looking forward to it
Lol hahahaa mls is a joke
@@kem1233MLS only have 30 years of history and it placed 15th best league in the world. Obviously they are not on the top but they are for sure making big progress.
@@ramotav in what rankings? Seriously
@@kem1233 Here are the top football leagues you can search up up if you want to.
1 English Premier League 87.66
2 German Bundesliga 84.04
3 Italian Serie A 83.46
4 Spanish La Liga 83.43
5 French Ligue 1 81.41
6 English Championship 78.58
7 Dutch Eredivisie 77.24
8 Portuguese Primeira Liga 77.20
9 Belgian Pro League 77.19
10 Brazilian Serie A 76.43
11 Swiss Super League 75.72
12 Turkish Super Lig 75.65
13 Russian Premier Liga 75.08
14 Danish Superliga 75.00
15 MLS 74.77
@@ramotav Mls is better than colombian league, liga mx, argentina league? Ecuadorian league is better. This is why that saudi pro team beat inter miami. 6-0. Yeaa im sorry but these rankings are a joke... americans trying to buy into football business. Already all big cup competitons are in usa. MLS IS TOP 15 LEAGUE. HOW. winning these made up leagues cup etc.. til i see mls teams going down to south america n beating teams in argentina. I dont even see them beating teams in paraguay or bolivia. U guys barely beat teams in central american countries.
É o Laion, não tem jeito!!
MESSI, WE LOVE YOU! ❤
The difference between the USA and many candidate countries for the World Cup is that children not only play soccer in their training sessions and official matches, it is a way of life, like basketball in the USA.
Shout out for that Shakhtar Donetsk scarf!
every time i hear matthew talk, i always think of that scene in wolf of wall street with Leo at that restaurant😂
That’s the opening chant for our team!
I always think of “man you got a joint, be a lot cooler if you did” or “alright, alright, alright”. Dazed and confused was his first acting gig i think and damn that man dropped so many good sayings some of those had to of been him ad-libbing!
🐐🐐
Will be the number one.
The only way it will become number one is if you can convince the kids in the inner city to play Soccer instead of basketball or football.
@@loganleroy8622There's already plenty of that. Especially in the southwest.
Yeah, Brazilian Futbol for example fell REALY hard, the Brazilian leagues are unwatchable crap, if a Six-time winner like Brazil can fell, a no one with money and a little push like USA leagues can rise.
What a spot on solid guy..
The FORTALEZA flag at the bag is just 👌👌👌 well done sir
Qué tipo tan cool es éste Matthew!
QUE ACTORAZOOOOO
Awesome
We need Woody Harrelson on bass though 🎸
Alright alright alright.. the legend
11:37 Excellent observation about USA national soccer teams. I watched them do so many right things that bad teams can't and should do to get better, but there's an emotinal or aesthetic component still missing.
When Brazil or Argentina teams are playing bad is usually because they're not doing something that USA teams almost always achieve. But when they do, they are great. (also helps having Maradona, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho or Messi)
Now I understand why he chose a beautiful Brazilian woman to marry. He must have a crush on Brazil! 🤣🤣🤣 This passion for football, I'm sorry, Soccer, is yet another sign. As a Brazilian I can only say. Thank you for your passion!