I recently heard about association football but don't know much about it. Do you know anything about it?
Association football, or commonly known as football or soccer is a team sport played by 2-11 players.
Oh okay, so association football is just another name for soccer. I know about soccer, a little anyways. I did not realize it could have such a wide range of number of players.
Yup. It amazes me that the amount of players worldwide is up to 250 Million (!) Making this the most popular sport in the world.
Wow! That is amazing. Does the United States have any soccer teams that you know of?
most played team sport in the U.S., behind only basketball and American football. The popularity of the sport in the U.S. has been growing since the 1960s and 1970s and received a significant boost when the United States hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It is the fourth most popular sport in the United States behind American football, baseball, and basketball, and is the second fastest growing sport in America, surpassed only by lacrosse.
The highest-level men's professional soccer league in
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