Soccer Essays (377 words) - Football, , Term Papers

Soccer Soccer is not really a popular, professional sport. Americans havent embraced soccer as much as their other sports like football or baseball. By the time that soccer reached America, Americans were already creating their own sports. Soccer has never been absorbed by a large fan base in the US, so it doesnt attract the advertising money like other sports. That money is important. Without it high profile athletes, network broadcasts and huge crowds wont come to their games, so not as much money is made. People also believe its a low scoring sport, so then its not much fun. Even though Hockey is a low scoring game, Americans still like it just because of the fast pace and fights which have no significance. Americans like to stay with the rules they made like using your hands and feet in a game, not just feet as in soccer. People in America have short attention spans when it comes to entertainment. Most of us cant watch commercials, so we change the channel until our show is back on. Soccer is a 90 minute game with one break so people become bored watching players run back and forth on the field. But then when it comes to baseball, the game doesnt end. Foremost, there is the issue of American pride. Americans didnt create soccer, so we cant be number one and come out on top. Most of the time people in America operate like xenophobes, scared of foreign cultures and traditions. Also Americans think its an easy game to play and anyone can do it. Troy Reimink tells how soccer is the casual sport of middleclass suburbanites and their elementary school offspring. Its hard to bond with a sport that you will lose to on a regular basis. With the sports that we created, we can be number one and not lose all the time to foreign teams. Just because we didnt create soccer isnt a reason why we cant be the best. Its because everyone thinks its boring. Americans didnt create the sport so they pretty much ignore it, they regard soccer as a last resort sport. Invest some time into it and most likely you will like it as much as the rest of the world does.