International Soccer - United States The United States were generally regarded as a country where soccer was scarcely popular, with basketball, baseball and American football coming on top of the people's favorite team sports.
However, the past two decades sparked a major interest in soccer in the U.S., with the outstanding performances of the Women's National team (World Cup winners on two occasions), the organization of the 1994 World Cup and the birth of the Major League Soccer (MLS) in 1997.
