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soccer to help. They use soccer because it is the most popular sport and they’re trying to infuse it with American culture. It also talks about the International Champions Cup (ICC) which is a soccer tournament where big teams from Europe come to the United States to play. They infuse American sporting values into the most popular sport. Club chants turn into pop music playing over the sound system, players are elevated to celebrity status instead of being an influence on the younger generation.…

Every World cup fills fans with joy and hopefulness that their country can do them proud and for the top countries there is an unimaginable amount of pressure to win the tournament. The World cup has seen great players like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Zinedine Zidane, Diego Maradona and many others grace the tournament and win the competition, but not every world cup goes according to plan as underdogs can rip up the script and ruin what was meant to happen, In this article I will be discussing…

Sepp Blatter is a Swiss football executive and the eighth president of FIFA, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Having been born inborn in a remote Alpine town, he has been married three times and has one daughter, called Corinne. Blatter has greatly increased the influence of Asians and Africans in World Soccer. He, in addition, speaks fluent French, Italian, English, German and Spanish. Those are examples of his few good influences for the world. It is not yet totally…

Captains of Premier League Teams 2015-16: Captain is the one of most important player on any sporting field. The role of Captain is crucial, and Football is no exception. Potentially Captain is the most challenging position in the Football. The job of the Captain is to organize his team and act as a real leader on the pitch and in dressing room. Here is the complete list of Captains of Premier League Teams 2015-16: 1-Team: Arsenal Arsenal Captain: Mikel Arteta Mikal Arteta was appointed…

Summer Olympic wins (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) and three World Cup wins (1991,1999, and 2015) while, the men have almost never stood on the podium let alone win a gold medal (History). Not to mention, a few of the female players are regarded to be better soccer players than the men. Players like, Abby Wambach, a forward for the female team, “has 184 international goals – more than any other man or woman in history” (Goff, 2015, par.1). Abby Wambach has broken the stereotype that women are not as…

history of the sport of football, a sport created by the English in the mid- 19th century, many spectacular European teams have risen, but nothing will compare to the two Spanish giants that conquer the game of football. Those two teams are the mighty F.C. Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F., also known as “Los Blancos,” which, translates to the whites representing their team colors. These teams have created many proficient players throughout decades. Players like Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo Luís…

fact. Poom also suggested that there are many pricey football products. For the next question, Sunny told that football can both unite and divide the world, depending on how people are involved with. People who cheer for the same team are considered united. In contrast, Guy thought that football can also divide people. Poom agreed with him and supported it by the fact that many accidents occur as fans…

Justice for the 96 A cliché often heard in history classes is that “history is written by the victors.” This notion that the truth behind historical events is influenced by those left to record them is one that is emphasized on events in the more distant past. Events that occurred more recently are less often given this scrutiny, and many times the first version of the truth, the “winner’s” version, becomes widely accepted. Furthermore, because this truth is distributed by people in positions of…

Did you hear what happened? Did you hear the tail of Jack and his pins? It all started one day Jack went to go buy some milk and other groceries, because they were out. On his way to sell Bess he ran into a man carrying a big white sign that read “Wenger Out” in huge red letters. As he tried to avoid the man, for logical reason, but the man walked up to him “Here you look like you want this. Crack it open and see what inside.” the man said with small laugh and the end. Jack was so scared he…

Chelsea took care of business at Goodison Park against a lackluster Everton side on Sunday. It was an odd match that saw both sides simply going through the motions in the first half, which was understandable to a degree for Everton, as they aren’t necessarily playing for anything and will likely finish the Premier League season in seventh place. As for Chelsea, though, they had plenty to play for, but you couldn’t tell by their first-half performance, as they had a few chances, but lacked the…