Culture and Subculture
Youth Soccer offers a healthy activity through its game associations. These associations give emphasis to the ENJOYABLE, and participate in not on winning no matter what the cost. Each child is assured of time on the field and the game is communicated in an enjoyable and pleasant atmosphere (What Is Youth Soccer, 2012).
The reason for NASA is to improve, encourage and run a broad-minded soccer association. The objectives of their soccer association are to (Newton Area Soccer Association, 2013):
A. Deliver an enjoyable, entertaining and learning opportunity by way of structured soccer.
B. Deliver USYSA/ISA association to team participants who would otherwise be self-governing.
C. Improve individual expertise in all aspects of the game of soccer.
D. Encourage good sportsmanship, confident self-image and competitive group participation in by soccer training and game conditions.
E. Cultivate accountability and decision-making expertise.
F. Familiarize all members with the guidelines, procedures and approaches of soccer.
G. Encourage soccer as a family outing.
H. Encourage wellbeing of participants.
While there is historical indication of the earliest forms of the game in Asia, Central America, and even the Roman Empire that are comparable to soccer, the game we know dates to the mid-1800s in England. At that time, the “schoolboys” of associations from the likes of Brighton, Eton and Harrow began ball-oriented games with two sides, goal-lines, and limited guidelines. The games had numerous methods of getting the ball down the field, comprising transporting and kicking (Harves, 2005-2013).
As time went on, two very different associations developed with dissimilar views on what means the ball must be progressed down the field. The first group supported the sustained use of transporting the ball by the means of their hands. The guidelines that they embraced eventually became known as “Rugby Football.” The second group supported moving the ball by means of the feet. Because of the ceremonial assembly of this association, the guidelines that they accepted it eventually developed into what is known as “Association Football.” It is generally recognized that the term “association” was originally shortened to “assoc” this later developed into “soccer.” “Soccer” is the collective name for the game in the United States, though most of the world calls the game “football.”
The current sport of soccer is overseen in the world by the Federation Internationale de Football Association or “FIFA” (fee-fuh). The FIFA-accepted prevailing organization for soccer in the United States is the United States Soccer Federation or “USSF.” The USSF is broken down into associations for adults and youths and additionally sub-divided into State and local associations. Besides the USSF, there is an explosion of associations in the United States that share the common ground of soccer. They each have their own resolution and even have their own guidelines for the behavior of the game (Soccer History - In Brief Overview, 2005-2013).
The data are astounding; the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) officially recorded its one millionth youth in 1983. It is projected that 8 million Americans participate in soccer at all levels, with 3 million youths younger than 10 participate competitively. The YMCA reports soccer as its biggest team sport, with 400,000 boys and girls joining through 900 YMCAs .
The notion of soccer being a national cultural occurrence in the United States is only now sneaking into our shared consciousness as soccer extents into our middle-class structure and into our practice fields, where only a few years ago there were only football goal posts. Up until the beginning of the 1970s, soccer had been the domain of ethnic associations, with the St. Louis CYOs, some boarding schools, developing in densely populated high schools, and colleges/universities representing domestic talent. Nowadays, soccer is quickly becoming white, middle-class, suburban, and small town, if we look at the areas of most dramatic growth.
The quick development of soccer in America, especially at the youth level, is a cultural phenomenon - an extraordinary and noteworthy happening that is just now being documented, examined, and understood by those who monitor the sport. Soccer shows potential of affecting our internal beliefs, our families, our populations, our nation, and perhaps one day, our global associations.
The mass media, newspapers and television, have very much give less than they should to soccer. They have had a chance to inform the American public on the "world's sport," nonetheless they have not taken hold of the spirit, the distinctions of the game. Biased by the directions, dialog, and viewpoints of other professional sports, and saturated with a incorrect belief that what Americans look for in their sports is violence, numbers, and scoring, the sports broadcaster have lean towards thinking of soccer as uninteresting, uninspired, unhurried, and monotonous. I am glad to say that this outlook is slowly changing.
If sports are an allegory for life, a way for the social order to teach and cultivate its youth by learning personality qualities and morals society wants and needs, and if soccer is a increasing phenomenon, a tidal wave of youths and teams, it might be convenient to take risks on the possibility of soccer having a strong effect on our culture and our lives.

References
Soccer History - In Brief Overview. (2005-2013). Retrieved July 19, 2013, from My-Youth-Soccer-Guide.com: http://www.my-youth-soccer-guide.com/soccer-history.html

What Is Youth Soccer. (2012). Retrieved July 19, 2013, from US Youth Soccer: http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/aboutus/WhatIsYouthSoccer/

Newton Area Soccer Association (2013). Retrieved July 19, 2013, from Newton Area Soccer Association: http://www.newtonsoccer.com/index.php

Harves, J. (2005-2013). A Brief History of the Sport of Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2013, from CoachingAmericanSoccer.com: http://coachingamericansoccer.com/features/a-brief-history-of-the-sport-of-soccer/