41.   Middle Eastern countries have increased their involvement in professional soccer recently and are willing to offer big contracts.

42.   No new professional soccer league in the United States next year?

43.   No professional soccer league has emerged.

44.   Nowhere in the world has professional soccer had owners who are both as patient and rich as the current investors in Major League Soccer.

45.   Opening night turned out to be a charmed one for the Galaxy as professional soccer made a rousing return to Southern California on Saturday.

46.   Paulo Barreto, a former professional soccer player, organizes team trips to Florianopolis, in southern Brazil.

47.   Professional soccer has gained mainstream acceptance in the United States in recent years and appears to be filling a niche as an affordable part of the sporting scene.

48.   Professional soccer has long been globalized, and only a few clubs continue to strictly represent specific ethnicities or ideologies.

49.   Professional soccer has hit New England, drawing the kind of diverse crowd unseen at other major league sporting events.

50.   Ruiz was a rising standout with Guatemalan club team CSD Municipal and spent six months playing professional soccer in Greece.