Soccer was introduced into the elementary school I was teaching in 35 years ago (USA). It is popular in the town where I now live. There are school soccer teams, and out-of-school soccer leagues. The city has a park devoted to soccer with six fields on it.
Baseball, in and out of school, is still popular, also. Soccer is more available to kids who can't afford the more expensive equipment and clothes for baseball leagues. (I think soccer gives them more excercise than baseball.) Some kids play both sports. I have a sister-in-law who runs an indoor soccer business with two fields. It is steadily in use from noon till midnight every day, year round. It is very funny to watch the games of the under-5 age teams. There are probably towns in the USA that don't have soccer programs, but it is more common than many people realize. Watch out in future years as our young people grow up with the sport, and build their skills. USA may make a better showing some day at the World Cup. (And 'heads off' to those commentators who act as if soccer is unknown in the USA.) Alice in Oregon -- only two days till conference. I'm now figuring out how to transport all the boxes of decorations, favors, door prizes, etc in as few trips as possible. (How did I end up with all this stuff???) --- Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just watrching USA playing football against the > Czech Republic ......and it got me wondering how the team > came about. We don't hear > about it being played in schools, only American > football and baseball.. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
