Saturday, March 20, 2010: 7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Convention Center: 108
NASPE/Research/Social Sciences
| Speakers: | Emmanuel Ayim, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC; and Justin Wartella, Lockhaven University, Lockhaven, PA |
Soccer is a growing participation sport. Millions of participants play the sport annually in the U.S (Shank, 2004). Major League Soccer is the premier professional soccer league in the U.S. This presentation will highlight soccer identity of youth soccer participants in the U.S. and suggest reasons why these participants identify with the sport as participants, but not as fans of Major League Soccer. The audience will leave the presentation with solid understanding of this phenomenom.