Introduction Soccer is the name by which Americans refer to football and it has gained a level of popularity that on the average is less when compared to other countries. Lack of soccer popularity can be traced from historic events as well as the lifestyle of Americans. “American children grow up with the mentality that soccer is to be played for fun which is not an appropriate mentality to instill in children when they are expected to uphold the game. Americans have not also had a chance to familiarize themselves with soccer which makes them quite ignorant on its rules without which they cannot enjoy the game” George (2000 pp17-19).There are more reasons why soccer has not achieved popularity in America with some being related to the very nature of the game among them being less scoring and inflexibility of rules. Unpopularity Based On Its Association to Fun This situation varies with age of Americans where children find soccer to be very interesting and therefore hold the belief that it is very popular. This has been explained as due to rules set by elementary schools requiring children to engage in sports in order to observe their health. The children’s engagement in soccer is very different from the way American adults view soccer as they regard soccer as a game played for fun. During their free time, children flood the fields to play soccer which is encouraged by their parents at first but later, they do it out of the pleasure they derive from playing soccer. The parents borrow this trend from soccer organization of the youths in America which was formed in 1970s in order to popularize the game among American youths. They managed to convince a large population of American parents within the first few years of their operations. This engagement and commitment to soccer begins to change at around ten years when American children reduce their interest in the game. This happens to about eighty eight percent of those children who had already engaged themselves in soccer and they shift to other games like basketball, baseball, golf and hockey. The new sports are then dropped at a later stage and they switch to watching them on television. This practice of abandonment has been attributed to the belief strongly held by Americans that soccer is not for Americans but for communists whom they equally dislike. An American emphasized this by pointing out an issue where his gym teacher associated soccer with architects who made curtains from iron because he disliked movements that soccer players make. When asked the reason why he excluded soccer in his list of gym units he said that soccer was not as descent as other sports that are played using hands. “Soccer as well as other games where other body features rather than hands are used is classified in the category of crude games that should be played by Germans, Russians and other people who Americans regard as less worthy” Dave, Eggers (2006 p.1). Unpopularity of Soccer Due To Originality and Faking Soccer has become less popular among Americans due to its originality which is unacceptable to Americans. From the beginning, the taste of American sports have not been found to lean on soccer’s side which can be partly explained as due to lack of profess