FIFA Club World Cup

experience and learn the skills and rules of many different sports. Among these sports, soccer was one of my favorites. Participating in this sport had many benefits including health, and skill benefits. According to the 2006 FIFA Big Count, “there were 265 million soccer players in the world, 270 million when referees and match officials were…

At first citizens of Brazil were intrigued when the news broke out about hosting the 2014 World Cup, the most entertaining and famous sports event in the world and a host in 2016 Olympics. After discovering there was a corporate conflict of interest in regards to Brazil’s economy and the money was being displaced towards other projects instead of rebuilding community schools, hospitals, etc. This lead to major protesting which this country hasn’t endured in years, Brazilians feel as if they are…

players, 90% of Argentines’ population plays in a soccer club. Soccer is important to their culture because it was brought into the country when it was still being formed, and the people grew to love it and they taught their children to love it. Soccer was brought to Argentina in the middle of the 19th century by British immigrants. The first Argentine soccer league was put together in 1891, which makes it the third oldest league in the world. In just a short two years soccer leagues in…

Something new began happening in the football world and governmental world of Brazil: political protests. The people of Brazil are known for the mad love of football, with DeMatta saying that football is an important vehicle of the Brazilian nation building project, a: “highly significant means to the articulation of messages about what it is to be truly Brazilian” (DeMatta, 2009). The people of Brazil take a lot of pride in their love of football, but they will not shy away from letting their…

Did you know soccer is the number one most popular sport in the world? Well it is. According to international federation of association football also known as FIFA, there are over 2,00 soccer clubs registered. Let's examine the history of soccer and how things have changed in the time, investigate the rules of the game and how it is played and discovered the health benefits that come with playing the sport. First, we are going to be examining is the history of soccer. Have you ever…

is through their passion for football. Currently holding the record number of victories, Brazil is the only country that has qualified for every World Cup competition. Their pop culture is reflected through their worldwide media outbreak of this sport, with over 10,000 Brazilian players on a professional level. Brazil even hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament. FOLK CULTURE As well as popular culture, much of Brazil is centered around…

has been affiliated with FIFA beginning the same year. There has been and continues to be trouble within the sport in Sierra Leone. In the past, however, the country has achieved a modicum of success in international competition. The Sierra Leone Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone, with 14 teams. At the completion of each season, the two worst teams are relegated to the second level, and their places taken by promoted teams. The Sierra Leone FA Cup is the national knockout…

The U.S Women’s National team won the 2015 World Cup held in Canada. The U.S team defeated Japan 5-2 in the Cup finals. The previous world cup finals the U.S.A women were defeated by the Japan team. This was the first world cup win since 1999 which the United States hosted. Within the 1999 tournament the United States Women placed 3rd over China. Some highlights from the game were that Carli Lloyd scored the fastest hat trick in world history. Her first goal was in the third minute when Megan…

or Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a “thunderbolt” from forty yards out, everyone may have second thoughts. In today’s world of professional soccer, these two names come up when the question of “Who is the best player in the world?” is posed. Lionel Messi is an Argentinian superstar, and Cristiano Ronaldo is the Portuguese juggernaut. They are without a doubt the two best players in the world today. Messi is 5’7’’ and 148 pounds, soaking wet. Ronaldo, on the other hand, is 6’1’’ and weighs 165 pounds.…

in the different sports, they put in the same time, they practice just as hard and they don't get paid the same. This was first brought to the attention of the public by the U.S. women's soccer team. They thought it was unfair that they won the world cup and the men lost in the round of 16 but, the men got paid more. Most women sports is actually very new compared to the mens. They could only compete in the olympics in 1900. Also the WNBA only started about 15 years ago. My first reason that…