I like sports like this when there is a chance for both teams even though one is better than the other.
In football here in Brazil it's the same thing. In the championship, sometimes whoever is in last place (in the relegation zone), depending on what happens in the match, even beats whoever is leading the league table.
Is Brazil soccer huge? Do most kids play the sport?
Without a doubt, Task. Children here, just like you in the United States, are encouraged to practice sports.
Here a while ago it was possible to see almost every street, children playing football and the goalposts were symbolized with flip-flops or even bricks.
The most practiced sport here is soccer.
I think participation in sports is going down here. Kids are into video games and social media.
It is true that screens, especially smartphones and video games, are taking away from children the most important time in their lives, which is childhood.
It's something that should be fought to prevent it, but the way things are happening, the trend in this case is only going to get worse.