ZeroAX wrote:I believe, the reason football is the most popular sport in the world, is because you only need a ball to play it. Think about it.
That has been suggested multiples times before. It's even on Wikipedia:
Today, football is played at a professional level all over the world. Millions of people regularly go to football stadiums to follow their favourite teams,[17] while billions more watch the game on television.[18] A very large number of people also play football at an amateur level. According to a survey conducted by FIFA published in 2001, over 240 million people from more than 200 countries regularly play football.[19] While football has the highest global television audience in sport,[20] its simple rules and minimal equipment requirements at amateur level, have no doubt aided its growth in terms of participation.
Hello everyone, this is my first time here and just want to say hi soo HI!
Back to topic, I think Southern American countries are going to surprise us all in this world cup not talking about Brazil or Argentina they have been always pretty good at soccer.... mmm now hold on just got a question going to my head why in most parts of the world the sport is called futbol and here soccer hummm is it not to get confused with American Football ....
alanMor wrote:Hello everyone, this is my first time here and just want to say hi soo HI!
Back to topic, I think Southern American countries are going to surprise us all in this world cup not talking about Brazil or Argentina they have been always pretty good at soccer.... mmm now hold on just got a question going to my head why in most parts of the world the sport is called futbol and here soccer hummm is it not to get confused with American Football ....
Yes, in the U.S. some (most?) people think that the only, the true, the real football is the one you play mostly with your hands. Go figure. And therefore there is another word for football - soccer. I have no idea where the word "soccer" came from though (after 30 secs I saw that it might have come from "association").
