thesis analysis of soccer

Soccer has a way of stimulating group integration; it supports internalization of identification. In Foer’s and Winner’s points of view we can see how soccer give us images for self as well as world recognition. The two thesis and analysis differs in many ways but at the same time agree on the loss of National pride. The disinterest in the American exceptionalism or in national pride are seen as consequences of soccer. Though the two different thesis gives us two different prospective of soccer, this aspects and be analyze and observer in cutltural setting around the glove.

Foer’s thesis analyses the idea that sports gives cultural and personal identification. Sports forms group identity; the same way religion does it. He states that individual sports and sports in general achieve popularity depending on the values that are express from it. Foer’s thesis can be analyze and see in a lot of communities. People look for values that they lack and would like to learn to make themselves better in a sport. Being active, committing to a routine, are some of the things people look in a sport. Just in the same way people turn to religion to find values that they lack; being compassion, having devotion, understanding and forgiving, learning to be a better person for the ones around them and for themselves are values people often look for in a religion.

In South America in the county of Colombia, we find many Catholic communities in where we can observe Foer’s thesis. The catholic church of this community promotes sports. The church itself, creates teams to play “friendly soccer” among the people from the church. Teaching those values that they are also being taught in church. Team play, discipline, a healthy life style and concentr...

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In conclusion, as we can see there are many difference in Foer’s and Winner’s thesis and the way they approach soccer. The most remarkable difference are that Foer’s approaches soccer as a way of religion and identification and Winner’s by looking at the style of play and not the form. In Foer’s analysis we identity soccer as a way of resisting nationalism and join a global culture. Winner’s analysis of Dutch soccer also associates soccer with personal price rather than a national pride. But in Foer’s analysis, people are turning to sports fo find values and others characteristic that they would find are taught in religion. While in Winner’s we are looking at players who are looking for a beautiful goal and being the center of attention. In one we see the search for values and in the other self-conscious players looking for glory.