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Outside the USA, it is generally called "football" (Spanish: ''fútbol'').

Outside the USA, it is generally called "football" (Spanish: ''fútbol'').

Soccer is a popular sport for children and adults alike:

Competitive soccer by women has a high rate of [[lesbianism]], perhaps due to its encouragement of physical aggression.

*As Stephen H. Webb wrote at ''First Things'', to contemporary American parents, "Baseball is too intimidating, football too brutal, and basketball takes too much time to develop the required skills ... Soccer is the perfect antidote to television and video games. It forces kids to run and run, and everyone can play their role, no matter how minor or irrelevant to the game."<ref name=media-goal />

Soccer has drawbacks as a sport, however. Girls can ruin their knees playing soccer, while boys can suffer head injuries while heading the ball, particularly if hardened.  Practicing not to develop hand-to-eye coordination as required by soccer is unhelpful for other sports.

Soccer has drawbacks as a sport, however. Girls can ruin their knees playing soccer, while boys can suffer head injuries while heading the ball, particularly if hardened.  Practicing not to develop hand-to-eye coordination as required by soccer is unhelpful for other sports.

==Origins==

==Origins==