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and excitement and more predictable beats the stronger team enthusiasts of American sports is lessening more upsets of American scientists of the time in soccer soccer in the past ten years top American team sports

more exciting than any of the
according to the research of a team
a good measure of its competitiveness
the underdog, or weaker team,
English soccer matches produced
The survey is not all bad news for
soccer has become less exciting
the chance of an upset
the underdog wins 45 percent
Baseball has overtaken