The U.S. Soccer or Football
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INTRO
In the U.S soccer or football hasn't caught on quite just yet. Even though the American people have had recent success like in the 2002 World Cup and the 2009 Confederations Cup. Though extremely popular in European countries, soccer took a long time to gain momentum in the United States because Americans put more money and attention into other sports like baseball, football, and basketball. Soccer eventually became popular in the 1970s, but then lost popularity again when the National League went bankrupt.
U.S soccer started when the English settlers came to populate America. The game was originally played across an entire town with two nets at either end. Players tackled each other to get the ball to one end of the town and in a net. It was much like modern day rugby. The Native Americans were also playing a game similar to football. It was called pasuckquakkohowag. In the 1820s more and more colleges, such as Harvard and the University of Maryland, started having soccer teams. (confirm these facts)
Though soccer may have been the earliest organized sport in the British colonies and early United States, it soon had to compete with baseball, football, and basketball. The first baseball game was on June 9th, 1846. People liked it because younger people could play. It was very popular among immigrants from England, Germany, and Ireland. In 1857 the National Association of Baseball Players was started. Then December 5th, 1856 a newspaper called baseball the “national pastime.” Then by the late 1800s American football, which combined rugby and Boston soccer, became increasingly popular. Three presidents played or coached football: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Basketball was not invented until t...
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...ball has a long and interesting history. For example, the Oneida Club of Boston was founded in 1862, making it the oldest outside England.” Encyclopedia of Soccer, page 71
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that in 1904, the united states did not have a soccer team participating, so the u.s. applied for fifa membership, but there were two main american leagues that wanted to join.
- Explains that the us made it to the semi-finals of the world cup in 1930, which increased the sport's popularity temporarily.
- Explains that soccer was not a high-paying job for most players. during world war two and during the cold war young people were being drafted for the army.
- Explains that in 1904, the united states did not have a soccer team participating, so the u.s. applied for fifa membership, but there were two main american leagues that wanted to join.
- Explains that the us made it to the semi-finals of the world cup in 1930, which increased the sport's popularity temporarily.
- Explains that soccer was not a high-paying job for most players. during world war two and during the cold war young people were being drafted for the army.
- Explains that soccer is a team game, which helps in the socialization process, and it's an international game.
- Explains that soccer has never been as popular in the u.s. as in europe. they have european leagues like the champions league and the europa league, and set up academies at the age of 9.
- Explains that the inner-city youth looks to high-paying professional sports such as basketball and football for upward mobility out of the ghetto.
- Explains that soccer was the earliest organized sport in the british colonies and early united states, but soon had to compete with baseball, football, and basketball.
- Explains how pele, giorgio chinaglia, and franz beckenbauer became popular in the 1970s, when the national league went bankrupt.
- Quotes roy wilner, defender for the washington diplomats, about pele: “there’s no way to stop that guy without knocking him out, and i’m not that kind of player.”
- Explains that the european countries withdrew after an impassioned plea from the latin americans, who in 1930 would be celebrating a hundred years of independence.
- Explains that dower, john, and monroe's "once in a lifetime" video. lineker, gary. the year in american soccer.
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961 wordsRead More - The World Cup in Socceropinion essayIt may not seem like it because football is most popular in North America but soccer is the most popular sport in the world. My perspective is that if there were more soccer stadiums, more federations, and more soccer associations in the United States it might be more popular than football is in North America.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that soccer is the most popular sport in the world because it's the first team sport a kid will probably play in their life.
- Explains that soccer is an easily understood and exciting sport as there are no boundaries on what you could do.
- Explains that soccer is an attention-grabbing sport and it can be easily played. there are hundreds of soccer stadiums in europe and other nations.
- Opines that soccer is the most popular sport in the world because it's the first team sport a kid will probably play in their life.
- Explains that soccer is an easily understood and exciting sport as there are no boundaries on what you could do.
- Explains that soccer is an attention-grabbing sport and it can be easily played. there are hundreds of soccer stadiums in europe and other nations.
- Opines that it's amazing to think of how many people play the sport of soccer in each of these countries. the united states has the major league soccer.
- Opines that soccer is the most popular sport or else they wouldn't have their own championship of the whole world. in 1930, 434,500 people attended the world cup.
- Opines that soccer is the most popular sport in the world. it has more associations than there are of football teams combined.
- Explains fifa.com - fdration internationale de football association (fifa).
- Cites "planet world cup" and "world cup history page."
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