Outdoor soccer participation in the U.S. 2021

Around 12.6 million people in the United States played soccer outdoors at least once in 2021. This figure represents a slight increase versus the previous year. However, outdoor soccer participation in the North American country was even higher ten years earlier.

Number of participants in outdoor soccer in the United States from 2011 to 2021 (in millions)

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2011 to 2021

Number of respondents

18,000 respondents

Age group

6 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

A weighting technique was used to balance the data to reflect the total U.S. population ages six and above.

A participant is defined as an individual who took part in the activity at least once in the given year.

Number of survey participants: 38,172 (2011) / 42,363 (2012) / 19,240 (2013) / 10,778 (2014) / 32,658 (2015) / 24,134 (2016) / 30,999 (2017) / 20,069 (2018) / 18,000 (2019) / 18,000 (2020) / 18,000 (2021)

Numbers have been rounded.

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