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Michel Platini, the Frenchman who leads UEFA, was elected as its president after pledging to help eastern Europe share in the spoils of soccer across the Continent.

The biggest clubs, most notably A.C. Milan, had visions of breaking away from UEFA and dividing the spoils from television and marketing for themselves, which from UEFA's perspective defeated its own objective of distributing some of the income to the smaller clubs and to the 52 federations responsible for developing grass-roots soccer across Europe.

Its bid now is to some degree based on the sure-footedness of that tournament, on the billions of dollars that can be taken for granted, and on the possibility that a second running of the World Cup would capitalize on the evident growth of soccer across the ethnically diverse United States.

The Irish Football Association (IFA) was originally the governing body for soccer across the island.

Waking up at the buttcrack of dawn to catch weekend-morning soccer across the Atlantic truly sucks.

"I strongly support the FIFA reform plan submitted by Moya Dodd, Chair of the FIFA Task Force for Women's Football, that proposes to invest in girls' and women's soccer across the globe and require gender balance in the governance of FIFA," Castor said.

Imagine, though, what social influence could be wielded if one individual could harness the devotion of the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics with just as many, if not more, soccer followers across the globe — who cut across all cultures, classes and faiths.

Unfortunately, both Hakoah Vienna and American soccer came across hard times in the years to come.

And with professional soccer proliferating across the nation, more opportunities are opening up for players.

Tapping on a screen to type now seems as intuitive as kicking a soccer ball across an empty lawn.

CHORLEY, England -- The practice session began as it would for most soccer players across England, with a juggling drill.