Soccer Vs. American Football

The first obviously similar between the American football and soccer is both of them are considered outdoors sports. They are being played at field with rectangle shape of grass. Not only the American football, but also soccer has being played between two teams, also each team has to have eleven players on the field, and each team is wearing special uniforms. Both sports have full contact and harmony between the players. Players have to contact and passing each other until they score goals as much as they can. And each team has to passing and running until they the last position of against field. The American football has one goal for each team whereas, soccer has. Both soccer and the American football have offensive players, defensive players, and one goalkeeper. Not only soccer, but also the American football has strategy to play. The first striking difference is the goal in soccer is ground goal. Conversely, the goal in the American football is hanging in the air. So that is mean scoring in the American football is much harder than scoring in soccer. American football players must wear helmet and body protectors, however, soccer is illegal to wear these. The most striking difference between the American football and soccer is the way to pass the ball. Soccer players must pass the ball by their legs, and passing by hand is not allowed for them except the goalkeeper. He can touch it with his hand only in his area. Unlike soccer, the American football players can pass the ball whatever they want, by hands or legs. The referees in both sports are quite distinct. Soccer should have five referees, one for the area, two for the offside, and the last two is outside and carefully watching the match. Scoring in the American football has three rules. One score has six points, other has three points, and the last has two points. However, soccer has one rule, which is one goal equal one point.