Descriptive Essay: The Beautiful Game

The Beautiful Game Soccer is a popular sport that goes back in time. Soccer is also a unique sport that is loved by a great amount of people in this generation. However, “Dating back to about 3000 years ago, soccer was more popular than baseball, basketball, and American Football together. Soccer is enjoyed in every continent by a total of eight million people worldwide.” (Simkin) Therefore, soccer has always been an adored sport. Soccer which is also known as Football; is played with two teams that consists of eleven players. Soccer is played with a spherical ball that can only dribbled with your feet. Soccer only allows the goalie to have access to use his hands during the game if he is in the goalie box. Failure to use his hands only in the goalie box, will result in being signaled a yellow card. The opponents will also be given a free kick. The main purpose of being a soccer forward is to score as many goals as possible into the opponents net using your …show more content…
In between those two 45 minute half’s, players are given a 15 minute water break to restore their energy. The time you play really just depends on the age group of the league. If you play with your friends, most likely you will play less. Soccer is played on a rectangular field that has two soccer nets set up the opposite of each side. It’s normal if you don’t have a net to set up. When I was small we used chairs and trees to mark our soccer goal space. I also remember using the street curb as well. Simkin also mentions in his online article that many years back they also didn’t have cross bars or nets. They would build their own using sticks and strings to make their own net and crossbars. There should be no excuse to not participate in soccer because you can really use any object as a ball. You can also use random objects to mark the goal space. But keep in mind, try to avoid using animal bladders as soccer