Soccer has been the world most popular sport for very long. Both watching your favorite club or playing with friends. How did soccer become the most popular sport? First, unlike many other sports, it’s very cheap to play. All you need is a par of clothes, shoes, and a soccer ball. Therefore, soccer is very popular in third world countries.

Second, It’s an international competition. No sport is like worldwide as soccer. Almost every country in the world got their national competing to play in the world. Even Lichtenstein, with a population of 37.000 people got a team competing against nations like Germany and Italy. When the world cup took place last summer, 4 billion people watched the tournament. That is half of the population on the world.

Third, soccer is very easy to learn. Two teams move the ball on the field and try to score on each other. That makes it very easy for kids to start to play and grow up with it. A lot of people choose to continue playing soccer because they got taught playing at an early age.

Lastly, it is very accessible. If you want to play with friends, all you need to find flat ground. I remember growing up I was playing soccer on our metalled road just outside our house. To summarize, I think soccer will be the most popular sport for generations to come, because of all the reasons I just explained.

 

The popularity of sports across the world.

 

 

Source: https://www.shopdynastysports.com/blogs/news/why-is-soccer-the-world-s-most-popular-sport

 

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