ALL YOU NEED IS A BALL Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world It’s also a sport almost anyone can play all you need is a ball a bit of space and something to mark off a goal Perhaps it’s the simplicity that has people calling it the beautiful game Soccer or football is believed to have developed from the ball games played by the ancient Greeks and Romans 4
SOCCER a major sport There are four major sports in North America football basketball baseball and hockey For a long time it didn’t seem like soccer was going to break through into this market Thanks to Olympic success and the spread of youth soccer leagues Major League Soccer MLS has taken off in North America 6
FUN FACT Freddy Adu at the age of 14 became the youngest pro athlete in history when he joined the DC United team in 2004 He scored five goals that year 7
