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Originally Posted by Denny
It's a sport that all can play.
You don't have to be a giant (basketball) or weigh 275 pounds (football) or buy expensive equipment (hockey).
That's why it's the World's Game.
It's for everyone.
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Well put. The average size man or woman can more closely identify with the athletes on the soccer pitch - the true football where the ball is played with the foot. Great footballers stand out by their athleticism and skill and not due to some freak of nature in their anatomy.
It also brings together people internationally and not just locally.
I also find it both amusing and arrogant when teams that win local and national championships like the Super Bowl or World Series declare themselves "World Champions"when no other country plays the game.
The highest level of achievement in any sport comes with true world championship which is missing in most major U.S. sports but is shared by international horse racing and soccer football.
