being kicked into a net strung between two poles. The main difference between Tsu-Chu and soccer was the height of the goal‚ which hung about 30 feet from the floor. From the introduction of Tsu-Chu onwards‚ soccer-like games spread throughout the world‚ with many cultures having activities that centred on the use of their feet. The Native Americans had ‘Pahsaherman’‚ the Indigenous Australians ‘Marn Grook’ and the Moari’s ‘Ki-o-rahi’ to name a few. Soccer began to evolve in modern Europe from
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A Brief History Many newcomers to soccer attribute its kickoff in America to Pele’s signing with the Cosmos for 3 years and $3.5 million in 1975-admittedly a dramatic event that captured the attention of the world’s sporting community. Soccer has been around in America for over 200 years. It was brought over by English colonists‚ played more formally and rather brutally by colleges starting in the mid-1800s (Princeton and Rutgers played an inaugural intercollegiate match in 1869)‚ and then given
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INTRODUCTION The FIFA World Cup‚ often simply the World Cup‚ is an international association football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)‚ the sport’s global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930‚ except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are Spain‚ who won the 2010 tournament
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As a high school athlete‚ she was known for her exceptional ball control and skill at distributing the ball from the midfield. During her senior year‚ she scored 26 goals and served eight assists She played on numerous club teams before her high school career. Through playing club soccer‚ Carli developed skills that would help her succeed in what she hoped would. She was named to the Star-Ledger All-State First Team twice. She was named the Courier-Post Player of the Year and the South Jersey Soccer
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at dribbling and passing‚ a very good tackler for a forward. In other words‚ he was technically outstanding‚ known for his lightning speed‚ and his strength at the ball. When he retired in 1977‚ he had scored over a thousand goals and won three world cups (1958‚ 1962 and 1970). Pele’s success did not come easy. He was born in Tres Coracoes‚ Brazil by a very poor family. His father‚ Joao Ramos do Nascimento was also a soccer player until he fractured his leg‚ ending his career as a soccer player
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China‚ Greece‚ Rome‚ and many places in Central America claim to have started the worldwide popular sport of soccer. But now more than 240 million people play soccer around the world. Having many people aware‚ there is always a debate on who is the greatest player of all time. Out of all of the players in the history of soccer‚ Pele is the greatest to have lived. When it comes to goal scoring ability‚ Pelé is by far the best scorer in the history of soccer. Pele scored 1‚282 goals in 1‚363 games(“History”)
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Famous people of the UK Orlando Bloom Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born January 13‚ 1977) is an English actor. He had his break-through role in the early 2000s as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films‚ and subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films‚ including Troy‚ Elizabethtown‚ and Kingdom of Heaven. Bloom’s most recent releases are the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s
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Ronaldo is a Portuguese footballer‚ who is playing for the Spanish club Real Madrid. At the age of 28‚ Ronaldo plays as the captain role of his team and the Portuguese national team. CR7 as his fans like to name him is the most expensive player in history of soccer. It was Ronaldo’s dad who worked as an equipment manager that introduced this talented player to the soccer world. At age of 10 Ronaldo has showed great potential to be a world class player. Cristiano Ronaldo will remain to be one of the best
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The soccer is one of the most important sports in the world‚ everybody like to play and look soccer‚ in all of the countries we can see different teams of soccer‚ but in some countries the people look the soccer more interesting than others‚ about how the players feel‚ i think they felt so good because they are earned money and doing something that they love‚ in the life every year some soccer players are selected to be the best player in the world‚ by myself the best soccer players in this moment in
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which means the country of football. The sport is extremely skillful‚ creative‚ free-slowing‚ fast past and dramatizes the tension between creative and disciplined efficiency. There is over 10‚000 Brazilians that play professionally all over the world. Brazilians consider Futebol magical because it impacts people on a personal level and shares personal experiences
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