{"id":2270,"date":"2016-09-13T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T15:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playgreatsoccer.com\/t\/?p=2270"},"modified":"2019-01-30T10:24:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T10:24:48","slug":"participation-youth-soccer-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coerver.com\/blog\/participation-youth-soccer-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Participation in Youth Soccer on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Participation in youth soccer on the rise<\/h1>\n<p>According to the Wall Street Journal youth soccer participation is on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>It doubles tackle football and has over million more kids than baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Taking the overall statistics of youth football and baseball participation going down you have to conclude soccer is on the right track.<\/p>\n<p>It is no wonder that MLS teams are expanding into new markets and lower level professional teams are gaining bigger fan bases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.huffingtonpost.com\/2016-04-19-1461086331-1306326-PJCB756B_LITTL_16U_20150519170608.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How do you see soccer growing in your community?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participation in youth soccer on the rise According to the Wall Street Journal youth soccer participation is on the rise. 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