LOL. So popularity is based on how cheap it is to play? I guess that explains why expensive sports like American football are not popular.
I can never understand why soccer haters feel compelled to get on these threads and attack both the game and its supporters. You can be a fan of all sports. It is a win-win proposition.
Soccer is the world's most popular sport because of its universal appeal. The fans love the game, their teams, and the tradition. It is another legacy of the Brits who gave us golf and tennis as well as the antecedents of football and baseball. Lighten up.
The irony, though, is that the world’s most populous countries aren’t very good at it...
The four most populous countries: India, China, the United States, and Indonesia, all failed to make the World Cup, and the US is the only one of the four, who has even ever qualified for it.