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beneficial to companies as well because they can save money on salaries by hiring people to work in other countries for very cheap wages. In the documentary we are also introduced to a young man who created a commercial for Coca-Cola and the FIFA World Cup. Coca-Cola asked people in South Africa to come up with a commercial for them, knowing that they wouldn’t need to pay them as much as they would pay a professional director from the U.S for example. This is a huge positive for businesses, but…

Soccer is an international sport that growing rapidly around the world. The main purpose of soccer as any other sport is to have fun. Therefore, we cannot be talking about soccer without mentioning three important points which are: the rules, the competitive aspect of the sport, and finally the teams. First, there are some rules players have to follow while practicing the sport. For instance, only captains and the coaching staff are mandatory to claim anything to the referee during a game.…

Pay and Women’s Soccer: The Huge Difference Did you know that the US women’s soccer team has won four Olympic Gold medals and three World Cup championships in this decade and are consistently being paid less than the men, who have never won any major title? The fact is when it comes to soccer is that the US women national team are much better than their male counterparts and are still made to feel that they are less superior. How would you feel if you were the best at something at the highest…

Nascimento a.k.a Pele, is a Brazilian soccer player who was born in October 23, 1940 and was a forward. He is the all-time best soccer player tell this day! Pele and I are members of three Brazilian World Cup-champion teams. He became a great player because of me when I trained him before the 1958 World Cup, so thanks to me he became a superstar. Pele was the 1999 FIFA player of the century but based on votes from the FIFA officials, journalists and coaches. Although he thought he was the only…

The Young Pele Pele has many character traits, but three stand out above most. He his persistent, thoughtful, and persevering. First, Pele is persistent. He has never failed to show how much he doesn’t give up, especially on the field. He was one of the most dangerous players in the game during his time and the reason for this is that he would score, but he wouldn’t settle for one. He would score and score and score till the end of the game. For example, in a game with his club Santos in the…

In 2015, several complaints were lodged against FIFA because they provided the Women’s World Cup with only artificial turf for them to play on. This caused numerous injuries to many female players at the international level. FIFA has never hosted a major international tournament on artificial fields for men. Another difference noted is how harshly…

1300 games played and 3 World Cups won with his home country of Brazil. After seeing his father cry in the midst of Brazil losing arguably the most well-known World Cup final he promised his dad he would win the World Cup for him a deed he did at the tender age of 18 eight years later. Not too shabby for a teenager huh? From there on soccer stars were a lot more common in the 60s and 70s Eusebio, Cruyff, Juste Fontaine (who incredibly scored 13 goals in one World Cup in 1958 a record that stands…

many people call it “Garrincha’s World Cup” Mario Zagallo, Garrincha and Pelé’s teammate during the 1962 world cup, said “I have only ever seen two players win a World Cup alone: Garrincha in 1962 and Maradona in 1970” (Garrincha- The Genius of Dribble). During this World Cup Garrincha was unstoppable winning the golden boot and golden ball awards, but this performance in often overshadowed. Partly by the tragedies that absorbed Garrincha after the World Cup turning him from public hero to…

the United States, is a well known athletic game across the country of Mexico. The current premier league became established in 1943. However, the first international match was in 1923, and since then the only country to have ever hosted two World Cups, the biggest soccer tournament in existence. Therefore, there are generations of soccer fanatics passed on in the families of Mexico. With that being said, this sport is taken very serious in some aspects of the Mexican culture. An example of the…

There are many sports out there to play. They all have their history and every person has their own sport they like the most. One of these sports is soccer, and people might be surprised to know that it has the most viewers of any other sport. Soccer has grown to be the most popular sport in the world, and many things about the game of soccer have evolved, including the ball, shoes, and the rules of the game. Have you ever asked yourself where did soccer come from? Soccer has been around for…