soccer is very popular in many countries around the world, currently, football is the most popular sport in the United States. Millions of Americans watch high school, college and professional football games at the fields as well as on television. However, soccer has started to become more popular in the US. More and more kids are playing every year. Club teams are on the rise. Soccer in the US may just end up like almost every country in the world, soccer crazy! As you can see, there are…
Did you know that Pele led the Brazilian national team to three world cups, and scored more than a thousand goals in his career? Many know Pele for his soccer talent and his unique skills on the field. In his early life, he had to face the challenge of poverty. Later in his life, when he finally got recognized for his talents, Pele took the soccer world by storm. His achievements in his career are unmatched to this day and he showed off impressive skills which made him an exciting player to…
Soccer is Me My hearts beats in my chest, my stomach full of butterflies. I hear the crowd yelling and all kinds of names being cheered. I remove out all of those distractions, now I actually need to concentrate. I stand over the ball, center of the soccer field. My sweaty palms clenched in fists, glancing at the players around me. My mind begins to rush with thoughts and I start to put a play together. The referee puts the whistle up to his mouth and it is blown. My heart leaps and I am off.…
As a child, I grew up playing soccer. On my father’s side of the family my uncles as well as my father were fanatics of the sport. Both my father and my uncles raised my siblings, cousins, and myself to play and love the sport. Soccer was an intense sport in my family; we would get together and have scrimmages usually once or twice a week against ourselves or other teams. I also had soccer practice on weekday evenings and games Saturday mornings. Soccer helped me get fit as a child, before I…
one team, we are dealing with the same players and can compare results for each athlete. Another objective is to give the intercounty players a cup of coffee to drink before they play a match. Coffee contains caffeine so it is an ideal drink to use for this test. Third objective would be to wait until the county teams next match and give the players a cup containing a sports drink. I’d also do this test in the league campaign which starts in the spring. Fitness levels are usually not as high…
Soccer is the world’s most popular sport played in many countries at the professional level (Williams, 2013). The challenge to produce a winning performance at the professional level is high, with teams frequently playing one weekly match and even up to two or three matches in a week during congested periods in the competition calendar. As such, physical preparation in soccer differs drastically from individual sports as peak performance is needed each week throughout the season(Morgans, Orme,…
most exciting sporting events and draws audience figures in billions, the world cup itself was viewed by the whole world cheering on the players, the sport is unparallel as the largest sporting event on this planet and the fun doesn’t simply stop at looking and enjoying the world cup every four years, the fun can now take a further step to the premier league club football which is played by the U.K and European based clubs, these matches have very high levels of excitement and fan following, an…
Beers, established their first Olympic Club in Montreal, which the first match was between the Native Americans and the French team. He was known as the “Father of Modern Lacrosse.” Beers changed the game by limiting the number of players on a team to ten. He also adjusted the rules, reformed the dimensions of the field, and created a rubber ball. His new approach to the game helped lacrosse become one of the greatest and fast-growing sports all over the world. Canada definitely felt…
and watched all around the world. Twenty two player on the field bringing along hundred thousands of fans together just to watch ninety minutes, that is pretty impressives in many different ways. There are thousand of reason on why soccer is the best sport on planet Earth. First of all, soccer is the most watched sport in the world with 3.2 billion, yes, billion people watch at least one minute of the 2010 world cup in South Africa that is roughly 50% in the entire world. Although almost one…
Why I Love Soccer In this world full of hatred and chaos there are people all over the globe full of differences that tear them apart. Fortunately there are a variety of sports that bring the society together no matter what country they come from. The most commonly popular sport among them all that is capable of creating a family portrait, is soccer. I admit that soccer can cause fans to get violent, but with soccer it teaches them the way of life which is to be kind to one another. Everyone…