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Soccer In America Research Paper

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Eduardo Galeano puts it best, “I’m attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.” Soccer or as it is called in other countries, futball is struggling to find its’ place in American’s sports culture. While may people may be of the opinion that this fad will fade in time, I am not of the opinion that this is going to happen. Soccer will not be like a comet that is here for a moment and then gone again. Soccer is here to stay in America, and that is because soccer has reached the hearts of Americans. This has been exemplified by the World Cup and all the games that is involved in it. Soccer has had to compete with the likes of American football, basketball, baseball, and hockey for years. Since the creation of the Major League Soccer, MLS, it has been growing steadily in popularity. It reached its all time high at the culmination of the United States run in this world cup with the game between the United States and Belgium. “As long as Team …show more content…

That is the world of video games. Today, with all of the game consoles video games have been an important part of the sports market. “A generation of young gamers is hooked to FIFA’s soccer on their Xbox or Playstation. I console myself that when my kid is seemingly lost to the hypnotic powers of the video game, he is actually learning about other countries” (Martinez, Andrés). Soccer is reaching into every facet of society just like all football, baseball, and basketball. This has kids learning the finer aspects of the game. They even learn the strategy and who the players are. Then come time for the World Cup, they are not clueless about who is good and who is not. They even know which players play for which club teams. This allows them to actually have people that they are rooting for instead of just their home country. Video games are just another way that soccer is starting to permeate the American

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