FIFA World Player of the Year

heroes believe that the world can always be changed for the better. An example of a great hero is “Pele” Edson Arantes do Nascimento, an inspirational and professional soccer player. Pele was born on October 23, 1940, in Tres Coracoes, Brazil. His father was a soccer player and named his son after Thomas Edison. This hero’s early life began in poverty, but he overcame it with his athletic talent. In 1955, Pele tried out for the Santo professional soccer club when he was 15 years old and he…

earlier and are a part of the soccer history. An game alternative is a rock. (Street Directory) No one invented one with air till the 7th Century in Ancient Rome. But before that, the ball (rock), occurred in old Mesoamerican cultures for over 3000 years ago. (Street Directory) The ball would symbolize the sun and the captain of the losing team would be sacrificed to the gods. Some other variety of ball game came along like in China in 2nd and 3rd Century B.C. the ball game was called…

American team, have been making headlines since July when they won their third World Cup in Vancouver, Canada, breaking the record for most World Cups in the women’s league (statistics). Despite, the US Women’s Soccer Team winning the Women’s World Cup 2015, Fifa paid the women a $2 million dollar prize, which is $6 million less than the $8 million, Fifa paid for the men’s team, who lost in the first round of the World Cup 2014 (Basset, 2015, par.3). This means the USWNT were paid $6 million…

In the world of sports there’s been some great action displayed among high caliber athletes. Hockey is a sport that dates back from 4000 years ago in Egypt. Another sport that is widely known across the world for its action, is soccer, or in other countries outside the United States would refer to it, as football. Both of these sports have similar characteristics in the rules and regulations according to the NCAA. of what a player needs in order to win in the playoffs in the sport at the highest…

putting it ahead of even the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football Association. The various soccer leagues around the world are the most recognizable sports organizations in the world, and each league contains players from countries around the world, further enhancing the notoriety of the sport. It is with this spirit of soccer that this guide is written, It is designed for both the fan of soccer, and those wanting to learn about it. The…

deep embedded penchant for the game and knack for scoring spectacular goals that made him a star around the world. Impressively, Pele scored 77 goals for his national team brazil, Which might not seem like a lot but national teams only play a handful of games every 4 years including the world cup so to score that many goals during the world cup qualifyings helped his team brazil to reach the world cup often. A quote from biography.com, “first-class goals, including 77 for Brazil.” (Pele). He’s…

student Adam Green. They did a study about the soccer video game called FIFA and how this video game has been extremely important in the growth of soccer in the United States. In the article, Markovits quotes “The game's growth on the fields of the country's suburbs and among its middle class has been nothing short of sensational. We argue that among many decisive factors in soccer's massive consumptive proliferation has been the EA FIFA video games.” (Bickel, 2016) Video games are a unique way…

In 2015 the United States women national soccer team(USWNT) won their third World Cup title in 25 years. Unlike the men, the USWNT have brought America joy and happiness with their endless amounts of trophies and wins. But in early 2016 five players from the USWNT, Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Becky Sauerbrunn filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC). The EEOC, “the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws against workplace…

translates to the whites representing their team colors. These teams have created many proficient players throughout decades. Players like Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Puyol, Thierry Henry, and many more legends that exhibited outstanding talent in their time that these clubs. Many footballers dream to someday play for these amazing clubs, so they could be noticed by the entire world. These teams are in a league of their own. Although, Real Madrid and…

if the umpires could not resolve a problem. For example if a player may have touched the ball with their hand. Then replay technology was bought in. Before this technology numerous of occasions came about where controversial goal or no goal has been given and players have gotten away with fouls and handballs. By having replay technology and a third referee it stops a lot of controversy about the match in play. This then stops players becoming irritated and wound up if they think what they saw…