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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
So many silly comments about Soccer being disliked, yet it's the most played sport in Canada.
More than hockey.
More than gridiron.
More than baseball.
More than lacrosse.
I'll prep the structure for rebuttal:
"oh but those aren't real athletes, they're just out for a Sunday stroll"
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Its the most played sport because it is dirt cheap for kids to play and the feild the kids play at is ususlly down the street. You can play a whole childhood worth of soccer for the price of a single hockey season. Once the kids hit club soccer (after community) the number of kids continuing falls dramatically. Once you hit 16 its almost non existant.
If all you needed to play hockey was a pair of shoes and a modest registration fee the number of kids playing would be off the charts.
Soccer is the most accessable sport for parents to put small children in but its clearly nowhere near the most popular.