Football is gaining popularity in the United States over the past 30 years, with nearly 3 million children aged 5-19 now plays in youth football leagues throughout the nation.
Football started in England in the mid-1800s, and was originally played by upper class English aristocrats in their colleges and private clubs. The lightness and speed inexpensive favorite sport as a sport for the masses, though. Today, football is treatedone of the leading sports car in the world for the common people.
The London Football Association was founded and 1863 and is responsible for the standardization of rules across Europe responsible. Were less than 20 years, professional players and teams will reach the camp.
Football began almost immediately spread throughout Europe, including Spain, Germany, Italy and France all in the game b the early 20th Century. As the interest in this sport has been all over the world, has an interest in formalCompetition. In 1900, the first football game was played at the Olympics, with medals introduced just eight years later. Professionals, however, were exempted from the competition during the Olympic Games more than 80 years.
In 1904, the International Federation was formed de Football Association (FIFA), the first World Cup international competitions followed in 1930. A round-robin tournament involving teams from the style of different countries against each other every four years, theWorld Cup has become an international issue, with nearly 200 teams now, at admission. Only 24 can compete.
Although the United States, it took years to enter the world of football on an overall 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 – football – a Brazilian named Pele, considered (the greatest footballer of all time), theNew York Cosmos team in 1975. With such an amazing player to watch in America, the popularity of sport in the United States until his retirement in 1977, when football was not even a step back for football. Following the retirement of Pele, the North American Soccer League slowly lost the support of fans, after the dissolution in 1985.
First World men's competition was held in the United States in 1994, that interest was renewed in the American Youth Football. 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 people watched the playoffs this year. In 1991, women were finally admitted, at the professional level, when the Women's World Cup game was introduced.
The interest in youth football in the United States remains strong today. Teams and leagues are now available in almost every American community. From Pee-Wee playersI'm not even in school yet to be semi-professional high school teams, players of all interests and abilities now take the football field for spring and autumn of competition. The U.S. Soccer, a division of the USSF, now includes nearly 3 million players officers.