加载中…足球在美国的大好前景
(2013-10-17 14:21:35)
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足球（football），在美国被称为soccer，是全世界参与和观看人数最多的运动。历史上，这项运动在美国并没有引起很大的关注。这种情况在20世纪60年代和70年代开始改变。1994年，美国举办了最大的体育赛事，世界杯足球赛（World Cup）。1999年及2003年，美国两次举办女子世界杯足球赛（Women’s World Cups）。此后，足球在美国受欢迎的程度才有了大幅提高。实际上，美国女足现在是全世界最强的球队之一，曾获得1991年和1999年女子世界杯足球赛冠军。
如今，美国有近1,400万人参与足球运动，其中有400万青少年。现在美国参与足球运动的青少年人数比世界上任何国家都多。2012年的一份调查显示，在美国12-24岁的人群中，足球受欢迎的程度位居第二。随着更多的美国年轻足球爱好者成长为成年足球迷，美国现在已经是足球运动发展前景最好的地区。
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Soccer: America’s Sport of the Future?
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Football, or soccer as it is called in the United States, is the most widely played and watched sport in the world. Historically, this sport had not garnered much attention in the United States. That began to change in the 1960s and 1970s, but the major increase in popularity came when the United States hosted the World Cup — the biggest event in the sport — in 1994 and the Women’s World Cups in 1999 and 2003. In fact, the American women’s soccer team is now one of the best in the world, having won the Women’s World Cup in 1991 and 1999.
Today there are nearly 14 million soccer players in the United States, including 4 million youths. In fact, the United States now boasts more youth participants in soccer than any country in the world, and a 2012 poll indicated that soccer is the second most popular sport among Americans aged 12 to 24. With more young American players growing into adult fans, the United States is now one of the most promising growth areas for soccer.
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2013/09/20130905282261.html#ixzz2hxRQM53i
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