| Over the past few years in traveling the country; | | | | all children who can run can play and it is also very |
| The United States of America, I have surveyed kids | | | | popular with parents as well. They feel safer with |
| and asked them if they play sports indeed many said | | | | their kids playing soccer rather than lets say boxing, |
| that they played Soccer or Baseball and a few played | | | | hockey or football. That makes sense too of course. |
| pop-warner football, softball, basketball and hockey. | | | | Soccer seems to popular in every state almost |
| But predominantly the standard answer was either | | | | without exception, even in colder climates children |
| baseball or soccer and mostly soccer. You see soccer | | | | play in the summer time or have indoor soccer |
| for a kids sport seems to be one which is most | | | | matches in the larger cities or well financed suburban |
| favored. | | | | cities. Soccer also is a sport, which helps keep kids fit |
| As a kid I do remember that the AYSO American | | | | and trim while teaching them hard work ethic, |
| Youth Soccer Organization had a Motto; Everyone | | | | sportsmanship and team work. For all these reasons |
| Plays Soccer. And the play and soccer formed the | | | | soccer appears to be the sport of choice for the |
| letters AYSO for the bumper stickers with this | | | | next up and coming generation. |
| motto; pl-AY SO-ccer. Soccer indeed is a sport that | | | | |