ANNOTATED BIBLOGRAPHY

1. "American Celebrities and European Soccer Fandom." Culture of Soccer. 5 Feb. 2007. 30 Jan. 2008 .

I found this to be a very interesting article. It made me wonder why there were celebrities going to Europe to support a team instead of just staying in the US to support one. Especially when the league in the US is so weak.

2. Della Cava, Marco R. "Why the United States Doesn't Take to Soccer." USA Today. 7 July 06. 4 Feb. 2008 .

This was a very interesting article because it had point of views from two people. One that like soccer and the other that didn't like soccer and liked football. This is what is so common about the US everybody likes football more than soccer.

3. Goff, Steven. "D.C. Rains on Beckham's Parade." Washington Post. 10 Aug. 2007. 11 Feb. 2008 .

I thought it was interesting to see that one superstar brought 45,000 people to his game. This showed me that if the MLS were to bring more stars then there could be this many people at all of the games. This would be very good for them.

4. Tomson, Gale. "Soccer-the Game America Doesn't Watch." US News 30 June 1986. 24 Jan. 2008.

I thought that this was a very good article. This showed that soccer has never been watched in America a lot because this is from 1986. It also showed what the predictions were back then and if the came true.

CONCLUSION

Once you have completed this blogquest you should realize that there is no real reason that soccer is less watched then football. Even if you think soccer is very boring, you will have at least watched a soccer game, which most people haven't because it is rarely on regular TV. Last I hope that you realized that there are a lot more people that attend a football game compared to a soccer game. The weird thing about this is in Europe it is the exact opposite, there are a ton of people that attend their soccer games and very few people attend the football games over in Europe.

THE PROCESS

If you fallow the steps below you will correctly complete this blog quest.

1)First sit down with a pen and a piece of paper and watch a football and a soccer game. With the piece of paper take detailed notes. In the notes state what you liked and disliked about the two different sports games.

2)After you have watched the games write a paper about what you thought about the two different games. In the first paragraph write what you liked about the football game and why you liked it. It was exciting, a lot of contact....... In the second paragraph write the same thing about the soccer game. In the third paragraph write what you disliked about the football game to many breaks, to violent...... In the fourth paragraph write the what you disliked about the soccer game. All of these paragraphs are should include the notes that were taken while watching the game to support your facts.

3)In the final paragraph/s write what sport game you liked better. Tell the reader if you were surprised by one of the games and whether you have seen both of the sports games before. Finally say if there was nothing to watch on TV would you watch the game that you liked less or if you would just not watch anything. After you have finished this last paragraph you will have finished the paper successfully.

THE TASK

The task for this blog quest is to go watch a football game and then go watch a soccer game. As you are watching the games take notes. In these notes write what you like and dislike about the two games. Once you have watched both of the games and have detailed notes write a 1-2 page paper on why you like one sport better than the other. In this paper make sure that you use supporting details from the notes that you have taken. These papers may be bias but a lot of people have never watched a soccer game. This will at least expose them to the sport that they think is not physical and so much worse than soccer.

Introduction

Soccer is a very common game that is played across the world. The most popular place that soccer is played is in Europe. In Europe people will live their life around the soccer team that they have fallowed their whole life. Over 80 thousand people will go and watch a soccer game in Europe. On the other had soccer in the United Stated is pathetic. Since the league was start in the late 90's it has lost over 350 million dollars. If this keeps up you wonder how much longer the league will stay. This past fall when the MLS championship game place there were only 22,000 people there. This is lame compared to Europe and other sports in America such as football. This years super bowl had over 85,000 people there, almost tripling the MLS championship game.
One thing that is helping the MLS right now is the arrival of David Beckham. He is one of the most popular soccer players in the world. He is the first big time star that has come to America to play soccer for the MLS. When David Beckham played in his first MLS game there was over 45,000 people at the game. This is double the number of how many people attented the championship game. I believe that every MLS team gets a star from Europe then there will be numbers like this at all of the soccer games. This is what I believe is the first step for the MLS to be more successful.
The last thing that I believe would make the MLS more successful was if celebrities would not endorse a team in Europe just because they want to go over there for free every once in a while. If they supported a team here in the states soccer would be much more popular. Someone would see a celebrity's wearing someones soccer jersey and that person would be like wow he is cool, and then they would go out and buy one of those jerseys. This is another thing that I believe would make the MLS more popular than it is now.
These are all facts that I have discovered through my research.