Soccer Or Football?

Football is no doubt the most popular sport on earth. People from third world, second world, first world, or whatever you can call, play football. You can play the game indoor or outdoor; the rules are simple. And all you need just one ball. Besides Olympic Game, World Cup is the biggest event in sport history. However, I am amazed to learn that Americans do not play or watch soccer. Yeah, it's not called football in USA; I don’t mean that they don’t play at all; it’s just they don’t like it as much as football, basketball and baseball. These three sports are the most popular ones in America. I remembered one summer day in New York City. While I was standing and watching a street dance with crowded people, Liverpool Soccer Team stopped by. It is one of the most successful teams in England that recognized by people around the world. Even me, a nobody man from Cambodia, know this. I also know some of its best players. Hahaha… I had a wonderful chance to take a picture with Danny Murphy. But anyway, what surprised me is no one seemed to recognize those guys; and when they contributed some money to the dancers, they’d been asked for name so that the dancers could thank them in the public. The dancers could not even say “Liverpool.” It’s no question to me that all these guys don’t watch soccer. There are some soccer clubs in the United States that try to promote the sport. Yet most of them have been struggling in the business. LA Galaxy bought David Beckham, one of the most beloved soccer stars, for a large amount of money in hope to increase the popularity of the team and the sport itself in America. Similar action happened before. About some decades ago, Pele came to play soccer in America for the same purpose. Unfortunately, it did not last long; the popularity of the sport died out because people did not really like it in America.