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Soccer By Kevin and Brian
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History Soccer originated in a tavern in London UK. The morden version was standardized by the English the in the 19th century. The laws of soccer were made in 1863. Women can also play soccer. Women soccer got popular in the 1990’s. They use to inflate pig’s bladder for a ball a long time ago. Inflated pig’s bladder
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Rules The goalkeeper is the only person on the field allowed to touch the ball with his hand. Both feet must be on the ground for a throw in. For free kicks defender(s) must make a wall. To score you must kick the ball into the goal. All of the ball must cross the goal line. There is another way to score, if the ball rebounds of the defender or the goalkeeper it is an own goal.
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Equipment for Soccer You need: a ball some uniforms a pitch that is 90-120 m in length and is 45-90m in width.
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Big competitions Here are some famous competitions – Champions League, UEFA Cup, World Cup, FA Cup, Copa America, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Asian Cup and the Oceania Cup. You can get the golden boot trophy if you score lots of goals. The CONCACAF Gold Cup and the Copa America are both held in America. The Asian Cup is held all around Asia. The World Cup is played by countries around the world. The Champions League is played by the best teams in the world. The Oceania Cup is played by Australia and the border of Australia including NZ. The UEFA Cup and the FA Cup are played by good teams. CONCACAF Gold Cup Jabulani ball
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Famous Australians Lucas Neill Neill plays defender for Galatasaray, Turkey and Australia. He was born in 1978 and he has 53 caps for Australia. He is the second most capped defender in the squad. Brett Emerton Emerton plays midfielder for Blackburn, England and Australia He was born in 1979 and has 79 caps for Australia. He is the most capped midfielder in the squad.
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Famous Australians Scott Chipperfield Chipperfield plays defender for FC Basel, Switzerland and Australia. He was born in 1975 and he has 63 caps for Australia. He is the most capped defender in the squad. Harry Kewell Kewell plays striker for Galatasaray, Turkey and Australia. He was born in 1978 and he has 45 caps for Australia. He is the most capped striker in the squad.
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Famous Australians Mark Schwarzer Schwarzer plays for Fulham, England and Australia as goalkeeper. He was born in 1972 and he has 79 caps for Australia. He is the most capped player in the squad. Tim Cahill Cahill plays for Everton, England and he is a midfielder. He was born 1979 and he has 37 caps for Australia. Cahill is the 5th most capped midfielder in the squad.
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Landmark Events Soccer was an official sport in the Olympic games from 1896-1908 In 1930, Uruguay arranged the first World Cup in recognition of its achievements in sports. In 1930 Uruguay won the first World Cup ever. Soccer stopped going to the Olympic Games because the World Cup. Brazil won the World Cup in 1958 (Switzerland), 1962 (Chile), 1970 (Mexico), 1994 (USA) and 2002 (Korea/Japan).
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Interesting Facts we didn’t know Brian Soccer was first started in London in 1863. It was introduced as a Olympic sport in 1896-1908. Uruguay arranged the first World Cup in 1930. They used inflated pig’s bladder a long time ago as a ball. Kevin They use to inflate pig’s bladder for a ball a long time ago. It started in a tavern in London, UK. I didn’t know that soccer was a Olympic sport. The laws of soccer were made in 1863. Women's soccer got popular in the 90’s. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/index.html
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