>>And football! (and I mean the proper game, where you actually employ the foot to propel the ball)
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>Or soccer as we call it here. It seems to be very popular among the very young like 5 thru 16 year olds, but then they drop off. Heck, even the pro-teams here cater to that very young demographic. Of course the people of histpanic origin like as well along with some Asians. There are plenty of soccer-moms in all our suburbs.
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>Soccer is one of those very slow and low scoring games that never caught on here real big.

When I was living in Tallahasse, Fl. the coach of a youth (12-14) travelling team explained that no sport where the term "an insurmountable one goal lead" has real meaning will ever catch on as a spectator sport.