Please introduce the American Football League?

Major League football is the highest professional football league in the United States and belongs to the highest level in the American football league system. It was managed by the American Football Association (USSF or American Football) and held its first championship in 1996.

History:

The history of American football is a surprising and intoxicating story. Although the United States is one of the main destinations for immigrants when sports are expanding around the world, as the birthplace of basketball, baseball and rugby, the United States has never been as obsessed with football as other countries in the world.

However, the United States has never stopped its contact with this sport. In the past 30 years, they have made incredible progress and become one of the most successful countries in football in the world.

Primitive period

The earliest football club in America was the Boston Oneida team. The club was founded in 1862, and it is also one of the earliest clubs established outside England. 1884, the American Football Association tried to standardize the rules of the game used at that time, and in the same year organized the first international game outside the British Isles-the United States against Canada.

19 14 The American Football Association (now USSF) joined FIFA and became the official management body of the sport. In the same year, the National Challenge Cup (now the US Open) was founded. The officially recognized national team competition in the United States appeared in 19 16, and went to Sweden and Norway to play against their opponents respectively.

Because American universities are keen on football and later American football, football has been ignored. At the beginning of the 20th century, football was only popular in areas with mixed races on the east coast of the United States. However, at the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games, football was designated as a performance event, and the city became a hotbed for the development of this sport. It is also favored by some midwestern cities in the United States, such as Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Participated in the first global activity.

1930, the first FIFA World Cup? In Uruguay, the United States became one of the invited 13 teams, and reached the semi-finals after successively beating Belgium and Paraguay. They were badly defeated by Argentina in the semi-final, but so far, reaching the semi-final is still the team's best result in the World Cup.

In the next half century or so, American football gradually withered, although they had a landmark performance in the World Cup in Brazil at 1950, defeating the arrogant English team with a team hastily formed by semi-professional players. Today, many people still think that the match in belo horizonte is the biggest upset in the history of FIFA World Cup.

The North American Football League (NASL) was founded in 1968, but it was not until Pele, a three-time FIFA World Cup champion, unexpectedly came here to join the new york cosmos team that American football began to really revive.

Bailey and the Renaissance of American Football

The North American Football League is unique in attracting the world's top superstars and initially promoted the revival of American football. Franz Beckenbauer, george best, Carlos alberto, johan cruyff, Eusébio, trevor francis, Johan Neeskens and others came here with Bailey, and their arrival greatly improved the status of football when various sports in the United States complement each other.

Most importantly, it also promoted the revival of youth football. Since then, young people, both men and women, have always taken part in football. The recovery of American football reached a commendable height at 1990. Five years after the official cancellation of the North American Football League, the American men's soccer national team advanced to the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time in 40 years.

The following year, the American women's national team won the first FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Since then, the team has been standing at the peak of the sport, and the American men's football team has also participated in every major international football match.

Football came to America.

From 65438 to 0994, the United States approached the FIFA World Cup with amazing enthusiasm, and they still keep the record of the total audience. As the host country, the team advanced to the FIFA World Cup knockout for the first time since 1930, but lost to the later champion Brazil on Independence Day.

Five years later, the United States once again hosted the most successful event, and the popularity and media attention of the FIFA Women's World Cup reached an unprecedented height. In front of 90,000 enthusiastic fans in Los Angeles, the United States held high the gold cup for the second time. In this rapidly developing sport, they have become the most representative team in the world.

The success of the national team has also promoted and ensured the establishment of the top men's and women's leagues in the United States, namely, the Major League Soccer and the American Women's League Soccer. Although there are always people who doubt whether they have long-term economic viability, it turns out that these two leagues are very successful, providing American players with opportunities to exercise themselves in high-level competitions.

The recent success of American football-the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan and the first FIFA 19 Youth Women's Football Championship in Canada-is the result of these efforts.

Fifa matches in the United States:? 1994 FIFA World Cup?

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

1904 St. Louis Olympic football match (demonstration project)

1984 los Angeles Olympic football match

1996 Atlanta Olympic football match (men and women)

Status:

Although great progress has been made, the once prosperous Major League Soccer in the United States has also entered a difficult era. The attendance at the scene was not high, and the TV ratings plummeted. If the United States hadn't miraculously entered the quarter-finals in 2002, the men's major league would probably repeat the mistakes of the women's football team and close down again after 1980.

While the local league is in a depression, the exhibition world football series, which invites European giants every summer, is extremely prosperous. Through several trips to North America, European giants such as Manchester United and AC Milan have attracted a large number of fans in the United States. Many European clubs list "North American market" as an equally important market as "East Asian market".

On the one hand, there is a lack of fans in local leagues. The latest statistics show that 10 years, although Americans' attention to football has increased slightly, they are limping like a lame queen. 12 years ago, only 1 1% of Americans "particularly liked" football, and 49% were "not interested". Americans really only like sports that can win championships. The American women's football team won the World Cup twice in 199 1 and 1999, and then recruited the best women's football talents in the world and launched the "Women's Football League". But the attendance rate in the first year was only about 8,000, and now it has dropped to about 7,000. On the contrary, as early as 198 1, a baseball team that lost in a row had an average audience of more than 20,000. 1994 The United States hosted the World Cup and launched the Men's Football League two years later. But now, the attendance rate is only 1 10,000, and 12 teams have been laid off, and they have been in debt for years, accumulating nearly 300 million US dollars. On the contrary, there are 30 teams in baseball league, 29 teams in NBA and 30 teams in ice hockey league. ; 12 years later, when the American team advanced to the quarter-finals, the number of people who "particularly liked" only rose to 12%, while the number of people who "were not interested" was still as high as 45%. ; On the other hand, a limited number of football fans have become fans of European football. This is another terrible situation of American football besides the depression of the league. The vast majority of "native" Americans will only pay a little attention to the football match when the national team goes to the World Cup. It is precisely the immigrants from Italy and Latin America who like football the most-unless there is a fatal "killing move", why should major league football persuade them to give up the European league they were used to since childhood and fall in love with major league football? Further, the commercial operation of American clubs is relatively weak (major league as an entity bypasses clubs and directly signs contracts with players), and there is no tradition of European teams "grabbing fans from childhood". Then, even if the next generation of immigrants still love football and American domestic leagues, what can be done to stop immigrants from bringing their love for European giants to their children? The last reason: TV broadcasts stay at a respectful distance: American football lacks a popular base, and because stars can't earn high salaries, TV stations stay at a respectful distance. USA-Today columnist Hestand said: "Football will never become a selling point of American TV, not because there are too many foreign faces, not because the performance of the American team is too smelly, not because the goal cannot be scored for a long time, but because football itself is difficult to package and predict. In the World Cup, the team can only guarantee three group matches. Football can't be packaged like the Olympics, and only fans who really like football will watch it. " Because of this, the American ABC and ESPN TV stations under Disney Group refused to pay for the 2002 World Cup after spending $28 million to broadcast the 1998 World Cup, so tired that the American Football Association had to vomit blood and bought the American TV broadcasting rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups for $40 million.

Blatter, while strongly condemning the crazy business travel of European giants in Asia and destroying local leagues, may also be concerned that the United States may embark on the same road as Southeast Asia.

Attachment: Teams participating in the 2006 League:

Donghai an team

Chicago fire (Chicago fire)

Columbus crew (Columbus crew)

Washington United Airlines

Kansas City Wizards

New york Metropolis (Metropolis Star)

New England Revolution (New England Revolution)

West coast team

Chivas USA

Colorado rapids (Colorado rapids)

dallas burn

Houston 1836 (Houston 1836)

Los Angeles galaxy

Royal Salt Lake (real salt lake)

Teams you have participated in in in the past

Miami Union (Miami Fusion, 1998 to 200 1)

San Jose earthquake (1996-2005)

Tampa Bay Rebellion (Tampa Bay mutiny, 1996 to 200 1)

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