Youth Soccer

Youth soccer is at the highest it has ever been. Behind basketball, soccer is getting the most popularity from kids. It's even in front of baseball and football. By the year 2000 there were nearly 3 million kids participating in soccer. With the rapid growth in the sport I wouldn't be surprised if a couple more million have joined by now. 

Also another reason that there has been a rapid growth in youth participation is because of how much soccer has been aired to the television. Just about every weekend, you can see a game or two of the British Premier League. Also a lot of kids joined after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. If games keep on getting aired on the television, I think a lot more kids will join their local league for soccer.