[Alan Ford]

Central America and Japan would disagree, and I happen to love the game.

I said "around the KNOWN world". I think that soccer is surpasing baseball in Japan in the popularity contest and after the world cup next year being co-hosted by Japan in will surpass it for sure.

About the money in sport you mensioned, it's done wonders for soccer . Soccer is basicly a huge money machine nowdays

[BritBulldog]

How can you say money has done wonders for soccer (football). It's destroying it.

[eastsider]

About the money in sport you mensioned, it's done wonders for soccer.

Make that the team owners, and I believe we'll have found a point of agreement. As for soccer itself, I guess I'll always think of it as a kids game; real men play rugby.

[Vigilanteman]

Sorry dude. Both baseball and sumo wrestling are still way ahead of soccer in Japan. Soccer got a good start when it first came, but the growth has leveled off considerably since.