The Fútbol Digest

Soccer is slowly but surely becoming more popular in the United States. The sport is the most popular in the world , but why not here ? Football , basketball  , and baseball have a much longer and richer history when it comes to sports in the United States.   These sports have also dominated in popular culture due to  superstars  such as Michael Jordan , Tom Brady , and Babe Ruth.  If there's one thing we can account for the popularity of these sports , it's the amount of money spent, and generated by the major sports leagues in the US. Capital facilitates these leagues to have greater exposure, and pull. TV deals and sponsorships are the main drivers allowing the MLB , NBA and NFL to become the juggernauts they are today.  Source: The Hustle via Forbes Kids want to be like their idols , and in the US , those idols very rarely play soccer. Many of the great athletes you see on TV today, did not grow up with a silver spoon. Young men see the NFL , NBA ...

 Soccer, known as football or some variety of the word in virtually every part of the world is vastly considered the world's sport , but not for Americans. Today we will be covering the basic rules of the beautiful game. Image Courtesy of VI Images "Football is a simple game, it's just very hard to play it simple." Soccer is a growing sport , and it is definitely overshadowed by baseball , basketball , and football here in the states. Many consider it to be boring, as there is no timeouts or a commercial break every 5 minutes , as well as the fact that it is not a very high scoring sport on average.   Before we begin discussing the intricacies and news of the world of soccer, we need to establish a base. We will be covering soccer on a professional level , and the dimensions of the field , as well as the size of the ball and players on the field change as you move down in age and playing level. A professional field can be anywhere from 50-100 yards wide , and 100-13...