The History of Soccer Growing up and living in the United States, most people don’t pay much attention to Soccer. In America, soccer is not even close to becoming a major sport, but to the rest of the world it is a sport which is taken very seriously. Soccer or “football” is the most popular sport in the world. It is played in over eighty countries, and is enjoyed much in the same way …showed first 75 words of 918 total…

…showed last 75 words of 918 total…the shoulders of its local soccer team. It is a sport in which government agenda’s are pushed and political stances are taken. People around the world love soccer. The United States is one of few countries that doesn’t share this passion for the game, but even now that is beginning to change. The popularity of American soccer is growing more and more; who knows, maybe it will become the sport of the future.