Blog 26

In this blog, I am going to write about soccer, which is football. People in U.S. do not know very well about soccer. They are more interested in American Football and Baseball that not many countries are playing. However, soccer is the most popular sport in the world. More than 200 countries are joined as a member of FIFA (Federation of International Football Association). And Europe is where soccer is most popular. All of the countries in Europe have their own soccer league and lots of people support their teams. Three biggest soccer leagues are Premier League (England), Primera Liga (Spain), and Serie A (Italy). Supporters for these leagues are having proud for their teams. They are watching every single game that their teams playing and support them. Top rankers in the leagues are qualified to join UEFA Champions League, which is the league of Europe. Teams are playing to get the trophy which is the great honor for them with an unexpected amount of prize money. When the season is off, transfer market is open. Most of the teams are looking for good players and bring them with paying transfer fee to the teams that are having good players. In 2009, Real Madrid paid a transfer fee of 80 million pounds, about 150 million dollars, to Manchester United to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to the team. Teams may be selling their players because they have debt or to get money to buy the players they are looking for. For the next blog, I am going to write more about soccer by introducing A match and World Cup.