I am laughing heartily at this, as, when my children were young, I would say to them that "soccer is a Communist plot". I was half joking; but, I am glad to find a fellow "traveler" who also thinks soccer is a Communist plot.
I don't know about a plot. But perhaps a natural extension of the conditions that Communism brings.
And it will become more popular in the U.S. when kids can't afford all of the football, hockey, and baseball equipment. Of course the fancy training camps will be the first to go, and hockey ice time is expensive.
Playing soccer with a bunch of wadded up rags, (wrapped in duct tape if you are rich) will be the sport of choice/necessity.
You aren’t serious are you?.