The NFLs International Series shifts to Mexico City this week, and coverage will
focus on the enormous support from local fans.
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Azteca will be sold out on Monday night as the?Houston Texans and Oakland
Raiders?face off, a confirmation of the continued interest in American football
outside United States borders. Less visible, but no less interesting, is the
rise in player participation around the globe. A new adult league debuted in
Mexico City this spring, joining dozens of semi-professional and club-level
leagues in every corner of the planet -- from Europe to Asia to Australia.The
worldwide action is tracked daily by American Football International (AFI), a
website and advocacy group run by Roger Kelly and John McKeon. Kelly is a former
Canadian Football League executive, now living in Sweden. McKeon, a former
player in a French league, is based in New York.ESPN.com teamed with AFI to
assess the quality and scope of Planet Football. What follows is a subjective
ranking of the top countries from a standpoint of participation and local
interest.1. CanadaKey stat: Canadians play with 12 rather than 11 players on
each side, helping to fill up a field that is both longer (110 yards) and wider
(65 yards) than traditional American football.Fun fact: The first documented
American football game in Canada took place in 1861, a full eight years before
the first documented American football game in the United States.Who is playing:
The nine-team CFL offers a unique spin on the game, and it plays at a high
enough level that a handful of players move on to the NFL after each season.
Each team is allowed 19 international -- i.e. American -- players. The rest come
from Canadas extensive CIS college system, which features 27 schools from four
regions that play at its highest level. The CFL once felt comfortable enough to
expand into the United States, an experiment that ended in 1995 but led to a
firmer vision for a regionally focused league.2. GermanyKey stat:?There are
54,000 federation members among 450 club teams.Fun fact: Former Duke and Fresno
State quarterback Brandon Connette was Germanys top quarterback in 2016. He
threw for 4,747 yards in 17 games for the Dresden Monarchs.Who is playing:
Germany proved to be the most fertile ground for NFL Europe, and eventually five
of the leagues six teams migrated within its borders. That popularity carried on
even after the 2007 shuttering, and the best club teams in Germany now play at a
level equivalent to a Division II college team in the United States. This
spring, Germany produced its first NFL draft pick: wide receiver Moritz
Bohringer, who has spent the season on the Minnesota Vikings practice squad.
Bohringer was the first international player to move directly from a European
league to the NFL.3. Great BritainKey stat: British American Football Federation
has nearly 12,000 members.Fun fact: There is a five-on-five womens tackle league
in Great Britain that has a tradition known as the Sapphire Series, which is now
taking applicants for the 2017 tournament.Who is playing: NFL interest has
soared in London and the surrounding areas since the start of the International
Series in 2007. This year, a total of 242,373 fans attended three games held at
two different stadiums. College football has grown dramatically throughout the
United Kingdom, an important development. The UKs National League is fully
amateur, meaning no paid American imports are allowed. So for the league to
thrive at a post-college level, it needs native talent to surface. University
teams are poised to provide that talent pool.4. MexicoKey stat: The first
organized American football game in Mexico took place in 1896.Fun fact: Americas
Team was once Mexicos Team as well. Perhaps thats still the case. The Dallas
Cowboys, also known as Vaqueros de Dallas, began appearing on Mexican television
in the 1960s. Hispanic place-kicker Danny Villanueva, a New Mexico native, was a
big draw.Who is playing: American Football has a long history in Mexico. The
first games were played there at the collegiate level in the 1920s, and Mexico
is now one of two countries outside of the United States to support a fully
professional league. (Canada is the other.) The Liga Futbol Americano debuted in
the spring of 2016 with four teams and recently announced expansion into a
six-team league for 2017. Most of the league is based in Mexico City.
Geographical proximity to the NFL makes it a more natural transition for fans. A
then-record 103,467 filled Estadio Azteca for the 2005 game between the Arizona
Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers. Two preseason games there in the 1990s drew a
combined 218,800 fans, and this seasons game -- with a reduced capacity of
around 87,000 following renovations -- sold out within minutes.5. AustriaKey
stat: Approximately 4,000 people in Austria are licensed to play either flag or
tackle football.Fun fact: The Vienna Vikings played in five consecutive
Eurobowls, winning four of them, from 2003-07. Thats four more championships
than their American counterparts, another Vikings franchise with whom they share
an almost identical logo.Who is playing: The Austrian Football League rivals
Germany for the highest-level football played outside North America. AFI
currently ranks the Swarco Raiders as the top team in Europe. The Raiders origin
goes back to the 1980s, dating to the earliest days of NFLs excursion into
Europe. For a long stretch, Austrian teams dominated international competitions.
During the Vikings run in the mid-2000s, their championship games were
televised. Their games were played in front of crowds that were as large as
10,000 fans, and the entire league continues to draw well.6. JapanKey stat:
There are 18 teams in Japans X-League.Fun fact: American football was first
introduced to Japan in 1934 by the legendary missionary Paul Rusch.Who is
playing: The highest levels of football in Japan are organized through
corporations that sponsor the teams and staff them with their own employees.
Companies that field teams include IBM, Fujitsu, Panasonic and Mitsubishi. A
handful have developed into semi-pro-level teams, and the Japan Bowl will be
played in December in the Tokyo Dome. Japanese teams have grown increasingly
aggressive in recruiting American-born players. The IBM BigBlue roster, for
example, includes quarterback Kevin Craft (San Diego State/UCLA) and
receiver/tight end John Stanton (St. Johns of Minnesota).7. BrazilKey stat:
Brazilians have played tackle football in an organized way for only eight years,
but there are already 105 teams and approximately 8,500 members of its
federation.Fun fact: Team names in Brazil are fantastic, as long as you are not
prone to phobias. There are clubs known as the Rednecks, Tsunami, Crocodiles,
Vipers, Black Sharks and Brown Spiders.Who is playing: Although the level of
play is not high relative to other countries, fan support is wild for teams in
the CBFA Superliga -- a structure devised this year to pit the top 31 teams in
the country for a regular rotation. As many as 15,000 fans show up for games,
rivaling soccer events in some cases. The Corinthian Steamrollers have 1.4
million fans on their public Facebook page. As a result, Brazil is viewed as
perhaps the most fertile ground for grassroots expansion in the world.8.
ChinaKey stat: The game was introduced about five years ago on a significant
scale, and as of last summer, about 5,000 men and women were playing in some
form. That includes the inaugural Chinese Arena Football League, backed in part
by the owners of the Philadelphia Soul.Fun fact: Former Arizona State defensive
lineman Zach Brown, living in China for work, started a semi-pro league by
handing out business cards to people he met on the street. The cards said, I
play American football. You look like a dude who could play. Contact us here.
Runner-up: The Shanghai Skywalkers are a real thing. Enough said.Who is playing:
Ken Li, the founder of the American Football Union, said China is more
interested in the NFL than playing the game itself. The level of play here is no
comparison to the NFL at all, Li said. He added: I always say that if we put the
best players in China on an all-star team, the level might be similar to a
Division III in the NCAA. That gives you the best-case scenario of what were
seeing here.9. FranceKey stat: France has a huge if moderately competitive
federation, counting 215 registered clubs and 22,136 members.Fun fact: Defensive
end Micah Robinson, a former Syracuse star, had 18 sacks last season for
Saint-Ouen-lAum?ne Cougars, the top team in France based on AFIs rankings.Who is
playing: Soccer and rugby dominate the French sports terrain, so support is
mixed even while participation and skill level is high. Most football teams have
American imports playing quarterback, including many with experience at Division
I schools. There have also been occasional instances of French-born players
piquing interest of NFL teams. Receiver Anthony Dable, who like Bohringer
discovered football on YouTube and went on to play in the French and German
leagues, spent training camp with the New York Giants and had a September tryout
with the New England Patriots.10. AustraliaKey stat: There are approximately
4,000 members in the Australian federation.Fun fact: The first season of
American football in Australia was 1984. Players used boxing head gear instead
of helmets and played on what Gridiron Australias official history called a
disused rubbish tip. In other words, it was an abandoned garbage dump.Who is
playing: American football has plenty of team-sport competition in Australia,
from rugby to Australian rules football to soccer. But there is a growing list
of Australian-born players working their way into the NFL. Former rugby star
Jarryd Hayne is the most notable, having played last season as a running
back/returner for the San Francisco 49ers. Most of them have been specialists,
however, including current New York Giants punter Brad Wing. Sav Rocca had a
seven-year career with three teams, and Mat McBriar punted for 11 years, mostly
with the Dallas Cowboys. And Darren Bennett, the San Diego Chargers punter from
1995-03, introduced rugby-style kicking to the NFL.
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Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech
Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in
finals to 3-5.LONDON -- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Gareth Bales
proposed world record transfer to Real Madrid would make a joke of UEFAs
Financial Fair Play regulations. Tottenham is in talks with Madrid regarding a
potential transfer for Bale, with reports saying the fee would exceed the record
80-million pounds that Madrid paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in
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repeatedly spending more than they earn.
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