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The reason why most of the world likes soccer
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[quote:Mussum:MV8xNzczMjExXzI5NDQwMDc0XzY0QzFCQURF] Football is [b]the most popular sport in Norway[/b] in terms of active membership. The Football Association of Norway was founded in 1902 and the first international match was played in 1908. There are 1,822 registered football clubs and about 25,000 teams. There are 393,801 (104,597 of them are girls/women) registered football players. [1] That means that 8.5 % of the population play organized football. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Norway In Sweden, [b]the most popular sport is association football[/b], with over 240,000 licensed players—of which 56,000 are women—plus another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which are playing on the 7,900 pitches available in the country. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Sweden Association football [b]is the national sport of Denmark[/b], with 342,955 players and 1,647 clubs registered (as of 2011)[1] under the Danish FA. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Denmark Football is one of the most popular sports in Switzerland. The Swiss Football Association was formed in 1895 and was a founder member of the sport's international governing body FIFA in 1904. The Swiss cities of Zurich and Nyon are home to FIFA and the European governing body UEFA respectively. The country played host to the 1954 World Cup and 2008 European Championship. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Switzerland Football [b]is the most popular Sport in the Netherlands[/b]. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club.[1] source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_the_Netherlands [b]All the countries mentioned above have a GDP per capita higher than that of the USA. [/b] *By "football", Wikipedia means SOCCER, because the whole world calls soccer as FOOTBALL, because it's played with the FEET, not with the hands. [/quote]
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Most of the world is poor as shit.
You just need a ball and two arbitrary goals.
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