Between high school games on Friday nights, college games on Saturdays, or professional games on Sundays, football has millions of people watching its games every weekend. But what exactly makes soccer so special to Americans? Could it be that it's a national pastime? Or what if he's just popular because that's how the media portrays him across America? Anthropologists W. Arens say that the game of football is popular in our country due to the symbolization of key aspects of American life (Kottak). The game uses a team that focuses on teamwork and uses each person's skills as a contribution to the team as a whole. This happens every day in America. People in different jobs do different jobs trying to make their company better than others, just like football teams do in every game and season. Sports around the world are on the rise. Baseball, basketball, and even volleyball are on the rise, but there is one sport that has the highest participation is soccer. Football is the most practiced sport in the world, because it is the most accessible to play thanks to the simple need of a ball. Other sports require a lot to use, which can be expensive. If soccer wasn't so expensive, along with other reasons, it could have expanded and taken off in other countries like baseball and soccer