Soccer, or should I say futbol, is by far the most popular sport in the world today.
That is right, futbol, and not football, is viewed by literally billions of fanatics around the .
globe. The assessed number of people tuning in to witness the 2002 World Cup was an .
astounding 1.7 billion, eclipsing the figure of pro football's Super Bowl. Soccer.
has made tremendous strides into many American homes, but the sport has yet to make it .
into the hearts of American public. The insufficient amount of violence, the lack of .
productivity on the scoreboard, and the incapability of soccer to comply to American .
television are just a few of the reasons why soccer will never overthrow football.
Though there are many reported cases of overseas murders and deaths among .
enraged soccer fans, still the sport itself does not deliver the punch like American .
football. Soccer is incapable of dishing out three hours of pure bone crushing carnage and .
adrenaline the way football has done for well over a half century. American sport fans.
thrive on violence and bloodshed on the field. The lack of malevolent acts has misled .
Americans to believe that soccer players are nothing short of pansies to the sporting .
industry. Soccer players, will be hit with a degrading yellow card, charged with a fault, .
an act that would likely go unnoticed in the American game. .
Soccer players" inept ability to put the ball in goal has driven many Americans .
away from the game. Scores of 1-0 and 1-1 are very common in the world of soccer. .
However, in the NFL game, games result in 45-37 scores, rarely ever having a low .
scoring game. The soccer field is distinctively bigger than the football field, resulting in a .
drop off of production in soccer games. Although soccer players possess a plethora of .
talent, the talent and fancy footwork tend to go for naught. The majority of goals in .
soccer are a direct result of lucky break away and shoot-out goals which doesn't happen .