1. Soccer: Not so popular in the US By Jesus Guzman And Thalia Ochoa

2. What is Soccer? For people who live under rocks, or just don’t like soccer here are some facts It began in England at around 1863, this was the first association Soccer was played by ancient people like the Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. There are 11 players per team for multiple positions.

3. So, what’s the word of the street? Not surprisingly, out of a survey of 2,109 adults asking if Soccer would ever beat other More popular sports, 54% said it wasn’t likely going to happen

4. The Numbers tell a different Story Just because people say it won’t happen, the numbers tell a different story “The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany had a total cumulative television audience of 26.29 billion (24.2 billion in-home and 2.1 billion out-of-home viewers),” (CNSnews.com Terence) That said, the numbers show world wide not the US

5. Many people that blog and such had a distinct point of view The sport is low scoring, meaning that numbers are relatively low, unlike basketball which has 100 plus score Many people say that, “There is not the same amount of strategy as football and basketball” (USAtoday.com, della Cava) Hmm… Is this why it’s unpopular?

6. What makes soccer somewhat popular? When the world cup comes around, it unites people under one flag e.g. People tend to root for there countries team such as Mexico and the US. It is popular among Latino communities and people It’s a sport that requires little equipment in comparison with other sports

7. What does football and other sports have that soccer doesn’t? While there are a multitude of teams for basketball and football for Americans to fight over and discuss, the US has only one team…the US Soccer is about endurance, skinny and fit men running non-stop for 90 minutes. Football is about big bulky men tackling and fighting it out, in other words Soccer: high attention span needed to few goals Football: low attention span as people are periodically pummeling each other.

8. Overall Recap When compared to US sports such as NASCAR, football, basketball etc. it falls as “boring” Most of the excitement happens when a goal is scored, but this does not happen as much as in other sports because it is low scoring Perfection is hard in a game like soccer, especially when you use your feet and not your hands. It’s hard for people to enter the soccer scene, mostly because so many dream of getting in and the simplicity of the game

9. Good news for soccer It seems soccer might not be popular now, but it seems it might be getting better among teens From 1987 to 2000, the amount of teens playing baseball fell 47%. During those same years soccer has grown in popularity

10. After word Although soccer may seem like it doesn’t get much attention, it seems teens are picking up the sport than adults and that might mean soccer is the game of the future Because of soccer’s simplicity it is easy to pick up, easy enough to get into the game without difficulty Playing soccer and watching soccer are 2 very different things, though more people may play the game the same cannot be said about viewing it

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