Sentence examples for soccer has grown from inspiring English sources

Women's soccer has grown considerably in the past dozen years.

Women's soccer has grown in popularity in reunified Germany, with approximately 1 million participants.

Interest in soccer has grown considerably in the United States since it hosted the 1994 World Cup.

It's the predictable climax of several decades in which soccer has grown increasingly popular as a participant and spectator sport.

"It just so happens that as the sport of soccer has grown in the U.S., you're bound to have more players interested in it.

"Soccer has grown tremendously, and I know we have the qualities to once again host the World Cup," Downs, the committee's chairman, said.

"Interest in soccer programming has grown recently.

LONDON — In almost four decades, first under the rule of the Brazilian João Havelange and then his successor, Sepp Blatter, the world governing body of soccer, FIFA, has grown rich, powerful and corrupt.

But Manchester City's rise comes as the governing body of European soccer, known as UEFA, has grown concerned about perceived attempts by deep-pocketed owners to buy trophies and alarmed about inflationary spending on salaries and transfer fees, paid when a player is sold from one team to another.

And with the explosion of global marketing, popular interest in soccer and all its accouterments has grown with amazing speed.

Increasingly, Stern has grown intrigued by soccer's 32-team World Cup, held every four years, extending for an entire month, unencumbered by simultaneous competition from other sports.