World Cup 2010

Football is gaining popularity in the United States over the past 30 years, with nearly 3 million children aged 5-19 now playing in youth soccer leagues in the Nation.

Football began in England in the mid-1800, and was originally played by the higher, aristocratic English classes in their boarding schools and private Clubs. The lightness and the sport quickly inExpense preferred, as a sport for the masses, however. Soccer is still considered one of the leading sports in the world for Civil classified.

The London Football Association was founded and 1863 and is responsible for the standardization of rules across Europe responsible. In less than 20 years were professional players and teams will arrive the field.

Football began almost immediately spread throughout Europe, with Spain, Germany, Italy and France all having the game b the early 20th Century. As the interest in the sport was all over the world, it has an interest in formal competition. In 1900, the first football game was at played the Olympics, with medals introduced just eight years later. Professional players, however, were free from competition at the Olympic Games more than 80 years.

In 1904, the Fà © dà © ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was formed from the first World Cup international competition followed in 1930. A round-robin tournament, the style pits teams from different countries against each other every four years the World Cup has become an international affair, with nearly 200 teams now seeking accreditation. Only 24 may . compete

Although it took the United States to give the football year arena on a widespread basis, was founded in the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) in 1913. Unfortunately, most Americans preferred to see (and play) is another form of sport – American football – until a Brazilian named Pele (the greatest football players ever seen), a member of the New York Cosmos team in 1975. With such an amazing player to watch in America, the popularity of the sport was in the States, until his Retirement in 1977, when football was not even a back seat to football. Following the retirement of Pele, the North American Soccer League slowly lost fan support, finally dissolved in 1985.

First World Men's competition was held in the United States in 1994 that interest in football has been renewed among American youth. The Major League Soccer (MLS), was founded in 1993 and began its first season in 1996 with 10 teams and 32 games of the regular season. More than 3 million Spectators watched the playoffs this year. In 1991, women were finally allowed, on a professional level, when the Women's World Cup play was first introduced.

The interest in youth soccer in the United States remains strong today. Sports teams and leagues are now available in almost every American community. From Pee-Wee players not even in school yet to be semi-professional high school teams, players of all interests and abilities now take the football field for the spring and autumn Competition. The U.S. Youth Soccer, a division of the USSF, now includes nearly 3 million official players.

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