美国的橄榄球运动起源于英国的橄榄球赛，同一般的足球运动、即英式足球截然不同。秋天，美国的橄榄球

TheAmerican football sport originating from the English soccer is absolutely different from the usual match the soccer sport． In the autumn football is the most popular sport in American colleges and middle schools． Colleges often encourage the excellent high school football players to enter by offering them scholarship and free accommodation． Football matches are very popular so colleges often can use the tickets earning to afford other sports expenses． Nearly all the bigger cities in America have a professional football team in which most of the team members are the college players． Usually the number of spectators of a professional match is far more than that of a college football match which because the professional players are certainly more skillful． College football matches are usually held on Saturday afternoons while the profession- al ones are often held on Sunday afternoons or in the Sunday evenings． The American football sport, originating from the English soccer, is absolutely different from the usual match, the soccer sport． In the autumn, football is the most popular sport in American colleges and middle schools． Colleges often encourage the excellent high school football players to enter by offering them scholarship and free accommodation． Football matches are very popular, so colleges often can use the tickets earning to afford other sports expenses． Nearly all the bigger cities in America have a professional football team, in which most of the team members are the college players． Usually, the number of spectators of a professional match is far more than that of a college football match, which because the professional players are certainly more skillful． College football matches are usually held on Saturday afternoons, while the profession- al ones are often held on Sunday afternoons or in the Sunday evenings．