| Many sports that are popular in the United States are | | | | Great soccer players are usually not hulking larger |
| those that celebrate larger than life athletes. Sports | | | | than life superstars but rather men of all sizes. It is |
| like, football, basketball and baseball. Not to mention | | | | unlikely one would be able to pick these great players |
| Nascar (if you consider it a sport). Athletes that are | | | | out of a crowd but it is this ordinariness that makes |
| not representative of the average man. Many times | | | | them so extraordinary to the average person. The |
| these athletes are men that are bigger, stronger, and | | | | average person looks at these seemingly regular |
| faster than any average person can ever dream of | | | | people with extraordinary talent and thinks to himself |
| being. Although, these athletes fill our minds with the | | | | that he too can be capable of great things. It is the |
| unbelievable and the spectacular they lack the ability | | | | contrary when watching American sport. One views |
| to do something else. They lack the ability to give | | | | the athletes on the field and thinks to himself, "These |
| hope to the regular guy; the guy who is not built like | | | | guys are only good at this game because they were |
| a freight train or who can run faster than a cheetah. | | | | born like that way." It is the lack of such athletes |
| This is where soccer is so much different and why it | | | | that makes soccer a great underdog story and a |
| is likely that it is so popular around the world. | | | | story for the regular guy. |