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    he could do with a ball and his feet. Pele was the youngest to ever join an International Soccer team. After 2 years he won his first World Cup. They defeated sweden 5-2. Pele is remembered around the entire world by soccer fans and…

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    paid 79 million dollars a year. He lives a life of money, cars and soccer. He has a son named Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. He is the best soccer player in the whole world. Cristiano Ronaldo plays the sport of soccer. Soccer is my favorite sport and arguably the best sport in the world. Soccer is played in almost every country in the world. It would be awesome to switch spots with Ronaldo because he plays on teams that I want to play on. It would be amazing Ronaldo doesn’t just love soccer…

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    Not many people in the world can say they were one of the best soccer players of all time, but David Beckham can. Beckham has had a love for the game since he was a kid. He started his professional career early and young, but he always knew how to put the crowd on their feet. Beckham’s soccer skills will be talked about for a long time. David Beckham was born on May 2, 1975 in Leystone, England. His parents are Ted and Sandra Beckham. His siblings are Joanne Louise Beckham and Lynne Georgina…

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    When Americans think of soccer, they think of Pele, but why? Millions of people around the world have played the “beautiful game”, but his name sticks out. Why? There are, actually, multiple reasons why Pele is as famous as he is. This has to do with how influential a person Pele was on, as well as off the pitch. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, is widely revered as the best soccer player of all time, if not the best athlete of all time. He was born on October 23rd, 1940 (age…

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    CONCACAF has chosen their players of the year: the Mexican International Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez, and Women’s World Cup winner and US national team captain Carli Lloyd. CONCACAF is the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, Based on voting in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, by fans, technical directors and players alike, the award winning categories stretched from Men and Women’s Player of the Year to Men and Women’s Coach of the…

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    measurement system is used, but also in what sports the US plays. The rest of the world has played and excelled in soccer and left the US in the dust. The trade off is that no one can match the US in basketball or football. America does not consider soccer as important as football and basketball, there are many reasons why. The US despises soccer because America hates low scoring games, the US is not the best in the world, and America absolutely detests tie games. One of the reasons the US…

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    new things. Through the years I have been figuring out who I am. The three most important symbols on my mandala are soccer ball, heart, and a cross. The first symbol, soccer ball, stands for soccer, my favorite sport. Soccer takes me to a whole new world. Over the years I have tried many different sports, but I have found that soccer fits me best. In soccer there is constant action and movement to keep you involved. Soccer is also a physical game and I like pushing people around. Whenever I go…

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    model and is known world-wide. Roy Emerson has made major contributions to Australian tennis. Imagine someone dominating tennis by setting very high standards and creating many world records. As an extraordinary all-round tennis player, he has won twenty-eight grand slams in total and still remains the only male player to have won titles at all four Grand Slam events in both singles and doubles. His twenty-eight grand slams is an all-time record. He also played in the Davis Cup where he won…

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    There are a lot of great sports in this world. Soccer is the world’s most popular, drawing crowds in excess of 100,000. Baseball is America’s pastime. And football is the most exciting thing on television. But, for me the best sport is volleyball. I love volleyball for so many reasons that it is hard to list them all. But, I think the number one reason that I love volleyball is that it reminds me of high school, which was a super happy time in my life. I played on the varsity team with…

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    Tittle : Technology in football Topic sentence : Technology usage in sports has increased rapidly, such as in football Controlling Idea : Examples and The reasons why Technological developments have a positive impact in football Method Supporting sentence : Example Supporting sentence : - Examples of applications of technology in football : 1. Goal Line Technology ( GLT) 2. Hawkeye system 3. Foam technology Narrowed down…

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