Is the US ready to go big time with soccer?

Sepp Blatter, the President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA),  discusses soccer with the  Wall Street Journal.

If the US wants to be an international player and  enhance international diplomacy, soccer is an excellent way to do it. Soccer is a true international sport unlike baseball and American football.



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U.S. President Barack Obama met with FIFA President Sepp Blatter Monday to discuss soccer

U.S. President Barack Obama met with FIFA President Sepp Blatter Monday to discuss soccer, in particular the U.S. bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.On Sunday, Blatter pressed U.S. Soccer to improve the level of play in Major League Soccer (MLS), suggesting them need to switch the season from a spring-fall sport to fall-spring sport as to the rest of the world.

"If they want to be called a major league ... and have this impact of other major leagues like American football, baseball and the NBA, I think they are far away in quality," he said. "I think with the number of participants on the youth level, they should try to do it. . . It can't help football in the U.S. if the heroes and stars are not playing here. How can the youth identify with the game?"

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NEW YORK — FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants to popularize soccer in the United States. He hopes he can make a fan of President Barack Obama.

Blatter plans to extend a personal invitation to Obama to attend the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa when the two meet at the White House on Monday.

Soccer is a wonderful family sport for both boys and girls. Leagues can be established with a minimum of fuss and expense.

Soccer is probably the greatest international sport in the world and the FIFA World Cup is attended by most of the world's leaders. It provides an opportunity for President Obama to make more diplomatic inroads in the international arena.

Rightardia hopes that Mr. Blatter is successful.

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President Obama will attend the men's 2010 FIFA World Cup

U.S. President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup finals in South Africa next year, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday.

President Obama, whose late father was Kenyan, has indicated he will attend the event next year. June The first World Cup to be staged on African soil will begin on June 11, 2101.

Blatter said, "The World Cup in Africa will go well, there is no doubt.

"And the man who said, 'Yes we can do it,' will be there. President Obama has accepted an invitation to the opening ceremony.

The US team has made the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup that is on going in South Africa. The US team beat the Egyptian team 3-nil. Earlier the Egyptian team had upset the World Champion Italian team.

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