Today's internet is making a positive impact on physical sports such as soccer for Americans. With sites that allow users to watch matchs from countries that soccer has been popular longer, the internet is the direct cause of an increase interest in the sport. There are also websites that connect people with this interest in playing and personal pages allow the fans to voice their opinions on games or players. Youtube has also contributed to the growing soccer awareness by offering short films that help improve viewers' skills. America in the near future will be a key competitor against countries that have been playing soccer for much longer. With some of their best players transfering to leagues in America and vice versa. Websites such as these mentioned allow fans to organize themselves and the teams to have a larger fan following than before. For instance, fans that have facebooks simply "like" their favorite teams webpage and are instantly connected with people all over the world that support this team too. Due to the internet in today's society, America's interest and overall role in the soccer community has been undergoing some major changes and improvements. Moving soccer to an online multimedia environment overall helps increase the interest and availability for fans to access news among other things.
Annotated Bibliography
Belson, Ken. "Soccer’s Growth in the U.S. Seems Steady." New York Times 23 Jul 2010: n. pag. Web. 20 Feb 2011. < http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/sports/soccer/24soccer.html >.
This article claims that the past World Cup showed great interest in soccer from the U.S. Even after the country lost, citizens bought tickets to games more than any other country. Some of Europe’s best soccer teams have begun to appear playing MLS teams as well such as Manchester United this past summer. Numerous European players have switched to playing for teams in the states due to age, but show that they still have much to contribute. There are a growing number of MLS teams and stadiums being built as well. It provides good examples of how the US interest is on the rise. These will be good to incorporate in my paper to support my beliefs that the interest has gone up, I will just have to incorporate how they relate to the internet.
"Sports in USA Soccer." U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany. U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany, Jul 2009. Web. 20 Feb 2011. < http://usa.usembassy.de/sports-soccer.htm >.
This reading states that while soccer/futbol is slower in gaining popularity as other sports in the United States, there are more official soccer players than any other nation. It also gives a brief history on the sport and the beginning of our country’s participation internationally. Then it goes into the growth of women’s and youth soccer. Finally it talks about professional soccer in the U.S including the World Cup and MLS. This website was good for a brief background on the sport for those that might not know. I will use some of the information to provide my readers with some required knowledge.
"FIFA World Cup Soccer Popularity." Espr. MaxiNews.co.uk, 20 Nov 2010. Web. 20 Feb 2011. < http://maxinews.co.uk/sport/fifa-world-cup-soccer-popularity-2/ >.
This blog discusses how soccer is the most globally popular sport, despite not being as popular in the U.S. as other countries. It also gives interesting facts about when and how the first rules were installed in England. More importantly, it mentions how coverage of soccer in the United States has increased both on television and the internet allowing a chance for people to become more interested. It gives some examples such as Fox Soccer Channel and ESPN who have made more of an effort to increase the overall interest in the nation. This source is not the best with credibility since it is a blog but is still resourceful. I will use the the television networks fox sports and espn in my paper to show how technology (internet included) to give examples to readers.
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