Measuring cup

Soccer Popularity American’s continue to struggle to come to terms with the world’s most popular sport, soccer. Soccer was not created in America, instead it was an English import. Around the time that soccer gained popularity around the world, Americans were playing football and baseball. While soccer continues to grow around the world, it has slowly become a popular sport in the United States with the success of Major League Soccer. Soccer is not the most popular sport in the United States…

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…

The mental and physical attributes that all athletes attain are ridiculous and there are multiple sports that are considered to have the greatest athletes. Although every sport is physically and mentally demanding in their own way, soccer and hockey have some of the greatest athletes in the world. The question is, “Who has the greatest athletes, soccer or hockey?” Soccer players need so many physical attributes to play one 90 minute game of soccer. First, the most important, stamina. 90…

I believe that soccer is the ultimate team sport.Soccer brings people together, if both you and a complete stranger play or are into soccer, you can instantly connect and have a conversation. When Alvaro first came to our English class, I had never met him in my life, but we connected instantly because we both play soccer. Alvaro and I talked in both classes we have together about soccer. The soccer world is a community. It is a very popular sport in the world and fans bond over their favorite…

No matter if someone loves or hates FIFA video games, there is always excitement around the newest FIFA release amongst soccer fans. This year’s excitement is centered on FIFA 16, the newest installment in the FIFA series. Many hope that FIFA 16 would be the game that would fix all of the bugs and problems set in FIFA 15 and as of right now, it is that game. As with any new FIFA video game, there is always new features added in order to appeal to new or continuing fans. Even though FIFA 16 is an…

In 1993 after a failed attempt to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in an attempt to honor his deceased sister, Greg Mortenson became lost in the Karakoram Mountains in Pakistan. He eventually stumbled into the remote village of Korphe, where he was nursed back to health by the village chief, Haji Ali’s family and treated kindly by the inhabitants. After Mortenson seeing the village’s school, a nonexistent building where students wrote with sticks in the ground without a teacher to…

Soccer is fun, at least that’s what I think. making the goal, being with friends, it’s all about soccer. Watching the game, hearing the sounds of fans it’s all about soccer. In our school, ACAMIS is held in our school every 2 years and is a very big deal for DAIS since our school is the host of the tournament. Soccer players practice for about 3 months before the ACAMIS tournament. When I was in middle school, my brother was in high school and he played for our school and that year we were the…

Neymar Santos Silva Junior Futbol is the best sport in the world. I think it's because there is no other sport that is famous and that has so much coverage in all parts of the world. Also players in football do not collide so easily as the players in football. Eleven players play football, each one has a different position and they also have a good match. Each of the players has a purpose to defend that the opposing team does not pass the ball. In the team each player has a number of jersey…

Have you pondered on what your favorite sport is? Well, soccer is the greatest in my opinion. Did you know that the sport of soccer’s original name was Association Football or that a series of riots started because of a match of soccer. I conclude that soccer is the best because the different designs of the soccer balls available, since it’s a worldwide sport, wherever you go there will always be someone to play with, and most importantly the varieties of all the teams and leagues. First, I know…

village. He spends weeks there as the village people nursed him back to full health and strength. Inspired by the village’s hospitality and anguished by their hardships and poverty, Mortenson promises that he would return to build Korphe a school. Three Cups of Tea is a story that brings that promise to life. And this promise to build one school led to the creation of the Central Asia Institute (CAI), which has built over 145 schools across Pakistan and…