Worldwide
soccer is "the sport," the most watched and played sport on the
planet. However, this conceptualized idea of the planet does not extend to
America, where soccer is seen to be lagging behind other major American sports.
According to Klosterman poor written article " George Will vs. Nick
Hornby" soccer is a sport that is played by people that are afraid of
winning, people with a deficiency in competitiveness, and ultimately people
with a fear of losing. He portrayed soccer in his article as a way to avoid
tougher more competitive tournament and vowed that soccer will never be liked
nor appreciated in America.
While
Klosterman has such a delusive view of soccer, Deford relies on facts and logic
to come to the conclusion that sport is minuscule in America. In fact, soccer
has not been able to flourish like other sports according to Deford. Because of
that the influence of soccer has been more toward mothers commonly referred to
as "soccer mom." However, they both rely on the influence of soccer
in the world of men and do not take into consideration the view of soccer for
women in the U.S.A. Unlike Klosterman, Deford does not tag soccer as sport of
lesser competition or for people with no drive; he is only suggesting that
soccer's influence hasn't spread sporadically like other major sports have, and
that the only fantasy for Major League Soccer (MLS) is that MLS actually
becomes "major."
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