Soccer's rapid growth in the U.S. south continues
What took the United States so long to follow suit? The sheer size of the U.S., and the country’s varying climates, have contributed, as has the practice of neither the U.S. men’s or women’s senior national teams playing at one specific home stadium, something that’s more commonplace in other regions.
Blank said that talks regarding the project’s concept took place with USSF over six months, and that his investment came because he saw the opportunity to build a world-class facility that “the world of soccer would be proud of.” Atlanta is also one of college football’s landmark locations. Mercedes-Benz Stadium hosts the Southeastern Conference championship game every season, and also hosted college football’s first national championship game under an expanded 12-team playoff format.Yet all that competition hasn’t limited the growth of the sport in the city or in the surrounding region.
Boys and girls youth soccer is big business in Georgia, as well. Soccer may not be Georgia’s top sport, but it will now have a strong footprint from the grassroots to the professional and international levels.
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