Complex sentence: Soccer is one of the most widely-played team sport in the United States, it is hugely played as a youth sport however it lacks far behind other sports in terms of television viewership and popularity with the american population in general as a professional sport.
Split into simpler sentences: Soccer is one of the most widely-played team sport in the United States. It lags well behind other sports in television viewership and popularity with the American population in general as a professional sport.