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- | + | Both of these teams have done extremely well in international tournaments and competitions, including the "biggest upset in the history of soccer", in 1950.In America, soccer is played by people of all ages, all genders, and all ethnicities. There are a few reasons for the slow growth up to this point, and the sudden popularity of the sport now:Soccer in America has always been seen as foreign, and so, in most cases, frowned upon. Though it has been played in the US for more than 200 years, it has been a quiet sport. There is little media coverage within the States, so it hasn't had the chance to become popular. Soccer, as football is called in America, is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. |
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Both of these teams have done extremely well in international tournaments and competitions, including the "biggest upset in the history of soccer", in 1950.In America, soccer is played by people of all ages, all genders, and all ethnicities. There are a few reasons for the slow growth up to this point, and the sudden popularity of the sport now:Soccer in America has always been seen as foreign, and so, in most cases, frowned upon. Though it has been played in the US for more than 200 years, it has been a quiet sport. There is little media coverage within the States, so it hasn't had the chance to become popular. Soccer, as football is called in America, is one of the fastest growing sports in the country.