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Separated by geography, joined in soccer: a comparative analysis of the development of soccer in the USA and AustraliaAndy HarperInternational Sports Studies 40 No. 2 (2018)https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.40-2.02 pp: 4-18 2018-12-20 |
Stichworte/keywords: globalisation, ethnicity, North American Soccer League, Australian National Soccer League, Major League Soccer, A-League
url = {https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.40-2.02},
year = 2018,
publisher = {Logos Verlag Berlin},
volume = {40},
number = {2},
pages = {4-18},
author = {Andy Harper},
title = {Separated by geography, joined in soccer: a comparative analysis of the development of soccer in the USA and Australia},
journal = {International Sports Studies}
Abstract
The United States of America and Australia are both modern highly developed countries with deeply entrenched and sophisticated sport cultures. Despite being significantly separated by their geography, they share a history of marginalising soccer, a sport marketed in Australia as ’the world game’ because of its status as by far the most popular version of football worldwide. However, attempts have been made in both Australia and the US to establish professional soccer leagues at similar times and with remarkably similar outcomes. The onset of televised sport from the 1960s provided an impetus for the establishment of the North American Soccer League and Australia’s National Soccer League. Neither lasted, but subsequently the US, with Canadian involvement, was to establish Major League Soccer and Australia the A-League. Both are now seemingly established in their host culture, and sustainability appears to be now assumed. This analysis tracks and compares the trajectories of soccer in Australia and North America and the changing relationship of the countries concerned with the sport. It is concluded that the experiences of soccer in these countries provide insights for a broader understanding of the local development of sport within the process of globalisation
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