Type “world’s most popular sport” into your favourite search engine, and it will probably tell you that soccer, or association football, has 3.5 billion fans.
Next, ask “how many people play soccer?” and a stat from FIFA might come up referencing the 265 million players around the world involved in the sport.
It’s safe to say that the majority of the world loves soccer, but what’s happening in Canada? We’ve long struck an allegiance to the cold, and sometimes cruel, sport of hockey, which makes sense, considering we’re always the best at it. However, the underdog sport that is soccer has started to build momentum in the Great White North.