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Soccer and its popularity Originated in England and brought to the Americas, soccer has become a sport that is recognized around the world. Although the Chinese claim that they have been playing the sport way before anyone else, the sport became official in England in the mid-nineteenth century. Therefore England being fully credited for the rise of the sport caused a dispute. When soccer was brought to the Americas it for sure had competition with other sports such as football which is well…

Soccer is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. Soccer has been around for so long but the U.S. is behind 90% of Europe is playing soccer and there years and milestones ahead of the U.S. The United States Women’s Teams is the first to ever win a World Cup for the U.S. The United States is not the best at soccer and there is so much more to soccer than just the World Cup. There are so many leagues in soccer the U.S. league is the MLS not the best league but close some of the…

“Soccer mania has a definite foothold in Central Florida and the man who triggered it is Phil Rawlins,” UCF President John Hitt said as he introduced Orlando City Soccer Club Founder and President Phil Rawlins to a room of about 130 UCF students, faculty, staff and soccer fans. The UCF College of Graduate Studies invited Rawlins to be the guest speaker for the final presentation of the 2015-2016 Graduate Studies Speaker Series on the afternoon of March 30. The event was held at UCF’s Morgridge…

The two sides first met on 14 November 1967 in the final of the 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup, held in South Vietnam. Australia won the match 3-2 and secured the nation’s first honour in international football. The last meeting between the two teams, a 0-0 draw, took place on 20 July 2013, at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in South Korea. Australia, who began the 2015 Asian Cup as one of the favourites, was ranked 100 in the FIFA World Rankings and tenth among AFC teams, while South Korea was Ranked 69…

Pele was born in Três Corações, Brazil on Oct 23, 1940. His full name is Edson Arantes de Nascimento. He was the first child of João Ramos and Dona Celeste. Pele was named after Thomas Edison he moved with his family to the city of Bauru as a young boy. Joao Ramos, better known as “Dondinho” struggled to earn the living as a soccer player, and Pele grew up in poverty. Still he developed a rudimentary talent for soccer by kicking a rolled-up sock stuffed with rags around the streets of Bauru.…

The Colonel by Carolyn Forché is told from the perspective of a person visiting a governor, the Colonel, during a time of strife in a province or country. Presumably, the protagonist had come to negotiate some form of peace and rights for the people and is met with the Colonel’s collection of ears as a token of hostility. The story begins very calm and slow; however, it later escalates to a more suspenseful turn of events. Carolyn Forché creates her energy from the tension build-up, the shock…

David Beckham Introduction David Joseph Beckham was born on May 2nd, 1975. He is one of the world's most recognized figures in sport as he is a former professional footballer with a very successful career as he played with six different football teams and also with the English football team. He has been credited with five hundred and twenty-three appearances with his respective clubs and has amassed one hundred and fifteen appearances with England. David Beckham's estimated worth is an…

Relationships can be like a pack of wolves. There is an alpha and an omega, always a type of power structure. Jane Kenyon explores about this in her poem with the different roles the male and female take within in their relationship. She reveals how a power shift come about and the way in which each person in the relationship acts to accommodate it. “Surprise” In her poem “Surprise”, Jane Kenyon uses yonic and phallic symbols, regression, and the double to reveal the power dynamics within the…

May 8, 2013, the most successful soccer manager of all time Sir Alex Ferguson retired. He managed Manchester United from November 1986 to May 2013. During his 26 years at the club he won 36 trophies including 13 Premier League and two UEFA Champions League titles(www.telegraph.co.uk). Since his departure, United have struggled to find a new identity with his successor, David Moyes lasting less than a year and Louis Van Gaal lasting two season. They started the new season with a new manager, Jose…

MOVIE REVIEW (OLA BOLA) 1.0 SYPNOPSIS Movie that set background in 1970’s, Ola Bola celebrates the unity and courage that inspire a team of Malaysian footballers to rise through all previous situation that story from zero to hero. Inspired by real events, the film showcase, the pride, and passion of a multicultural football team and their struggles to overcome personal and collective hardships. It is at once a powerful exploration of everyday human relationships and of the indomitable spirit…