I've prepared a reading for my students on soccer and football and their roles in American culture. The focus is football's popularity thanks to being "macho" and soccer's image as a "girl's sport".
For American football I'm using excerpts from this article written by a professional football player recalling football and Thanksgiving from his childhood. (http://www.nfl.com/features/thanksgiving/jim_kelly)
For soccer I'm using excerpts from an article from a British guy that focuses too much on World politics for my purposes. I've taken the ecerpts that stick to my desired focus on sports culture. (http://www.andrewsullivan.com/main_article.php?artnum=20020602)
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