Outdoor Soccer By Jose Martinez & Yovanni Merino.

Outdoor Soccer

By Jose Martinez & Yovanni Merino

Equipment

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Equipment (continued)

• The parts of the uniform you ware is a Cup, Jersey, Shorts, Stockings, Cleats, And Shin Pads.

• The equipment you play with is a soccer ball, and a soccer goal.

Soccer Rules

• To play soccer you need 11 players including the goalie.

• You can only allow 3 subs per game• You start the game off at the center of the

field. The team that kicks off passes the ball to a team member and the game starts.

• You can not use your hands at all while playing.

Soccer Rules (Continued)

• The goal of the game to kick the soccer ball inside the goal as many times as you can until time runs out.

• You must keep the on at all times and the game is in play until the referee says so.

• The game is 90 minuets long with one half time.

• No injuring players on purpose.

Characteristics

• Soccer can be traced to as far back as the Medieval period in Britain.

• The rules of soccer were written at Trinity College in Cambridge, England.

• The first men’s world cup was played in Uruguay in 1930

• The first women’s world cup was played in China in 1991.

Characteristics (continued)

There are six governing bodies of soccer:• Asian Football Confederation• Confederation of African Football• Union of European Football Associations• Confederation of North, Central American

and Caribbean Association Football• Oceania Football Confederation• South American Football Confederation

Characteristics (continued)

The World’s top division players (Men):

• Pele 541 Goals

• Josef Bican 518 Goals

• Ferenc Puskas511 Goals

• Romario 489 Goals

• Roberto Dinamite 470 Goals

Characteristics (continued)

The World’s top division players (Women):

• Mia Hamm 158 Goals

• Abby Wambach 134 Goals

• Kristine Lilly 130 Goals

• Michelle Akers 105 Goals

• Tiffeny Milbrett 100 Goals

Characteristics (continued)

• Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.

• If the game is tied and extra time has run out then there will be penalty shoot outs until someone make a goal

• There have been 250 million people who played soccer professionally.

Characteristics (continued)

• 20 red cards were shown during a 1993 game between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay.

• Luigi Riva once broke the arm of a spectator with a ball that he kicked.

• In 1950 India withdrew form the World Cup because FIFA refused to let their team play barefoot.

Compare and Contrast

• Indoor soccer is played in an enclosed area and outdoor soccer is played in an open area.

• Outdoor soccer is played mostly with 11 players and indoor soccer has usually six.

• In outdoor soccer you have to wear cleats and indoor you have to wear sneakers.

Compare and Contrast (Continued)

• A indoor soccer field has to be 200 feet long and 85 feet wide.

• A outdoor soccer field has to be no greater than 120 meters long and 90 meters wide.

• There is a greater risk in getting hurt while playing indoor soccer than while playing outdoor soccer

Compared and Contrast (continued)

• Indoor soccer in a more fast-paced game than outdoor soccer.

• Indoor soccer helps improve your shooting accuracy and speed for outdoor soccer.

• Outdoor soccer has boundaries but indoor soccer has no boundaries and you can bounce the ball off the walls.

Resources

• http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4727437_indoor-soccer-differ-outdoor-soccer.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football• http://www.kids-play-soccer.com/basic-soccer-ru

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