soccer sports are commonly called soccermu.com” title=”football”>football in most countries around the world. But in the United States, it is called as soccer. At first, the sport was not so popular in the US unlike other sport like baseball, basketball and the American football. Not until the United States hosted the 1994 World Cup which have contributed to the increase of interest in the sport by many Americans.
Since then, a great number of its players organized different clubs and associations which have attracted many players to join and compete. In fact the United States is the only country which has the largest number of soccer officials which is around 18 million. Today, the sport is the number with a fast growing sport team in the country.
It has also emerged as one of the favorite sport for women which have led to the creation of a women’s national team which had successfully competed with numerous tournaments including the Olympics.
The sport had also been included as a recreational program in many schools. It has been also been a favorite sport for college students. Active participation of the youth and children in the sport has been widespread. Many parents encourage and support their children to play the sport.
American players became very popular which have attracted big companies like Nike, Adidas, etc. to sign them to endorse their products.
The United States is among the countries which loves the soccer sports and as a result had produced some of the great players of the sport.
soccer America is also widely known. They may not be as popular as Mexico and Europe but they are on their way to the top. They organized a league, the Major League soccer (MLS) in 1993 and have fourteen teams in the U.S and Canada.
They are slowly making a name most especially that David Beckham is already a part in one of the teams, the LA Galaxy. This has been a big issue since Beckham is from Europe and accepted the deal from his current team. In the World Cup 2006 fans are somewhat disappointed thinking that the team lacks determination but MLS worked hard on it and is stating to be competitive and heard in the soccer nation.
It has improved since 2003 and players have been aggressive on the game. Fans are getting more passionate as well and supportive. All clubs under MLS are really talented and perform well. There might not be enough teams and clubs in soccer America but they are planning to expand in 2010, fans surely would be glad.
MLS have a big plan and surely they would compete with other popular leagues. They been focusing of trainings and searching for potential players so that they can be comparable to other European and other soccer nation even though they have been through ups and downs yet they have survived.
In 2010 they are planning big and will be finishing a stadium in Philadelphia. Fans can’t wait to cheer and sing their heart out for the upcoming events.
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