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Wolverines’ early returns promising.(Soccer)(The boys and girls teams have won two league games this season after recent Midwestern struggles): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) $9.95 This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on September 20, 2011. The length of the article is 935 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Wolverines’ early ret…

SOCCER KIDS HAVE A BALL.(Sports)(The numbers of children playing the sport have skyrocketed in recent years): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) $5.95 This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on October 4, 2004. The length of the article is 913 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Deta…

Brawls break out at girls’ Soccer Game

Why is soccer so popular?

In this articles, I will share to everyone about some backgrounds of the game. From searching around, soccer had been played very long time ago in several countries such as England, China, etc. The professional game rules had come from England in1863 by the English Football Assocciation (FA). Nowsaday when people talked about the invention of soccer, they mention to England. These rules still apply in recent games even though some of them had been changed.

Thoughout the world, soccer is played everywhere. European and and South American countries are known for their best records for this sport. Soccer is governed by FIFA  (abbre. in French) which is represent the International Federation of Association Football. FIFA is responsible for the organization and governance of football’s major international tournaments such as World Cup, Confederation Cup and govern all countries’ FAs (Association of Football). The FIFA’s current  president is Sepp Blatter. The biggest brand of FIFA is called UEFA (Union of European Football Association) which controlled the whole system of European FA countries. Unlike FIFA, UEFA governs at club level such as salary cap, player transfer, etc. The biggest  soccer competition of UEFA is the champion league where all best clubs around Europe compete for the best prize at the club level. The current president is Michel Platini.

Next , I will talk about some the best countries around the world who have won many highest prizes in football. In South America, Brazil is one of the best “futbol” countries. They are the most World Cup champion (5 times) who can win with the beautiful soccer style. Their players have best skills and play like a perfect team. The most recognized Brazilian player is Pele who seen as the greatest player of all time. Argentina is also one great team in history with the name of famous “Hand of God ” Maradona. Beside those two, Other countries such as Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia are the great teams in South America. “Soccer-Invention” England, Germany, France, Italy, spain are the top teams in Europe. Italy are four-time World Cup Champion who just behind Brazil. The Italians are currently  world cup champion who are on the way to South Africa  this summer to defend their title. Europe is also known at the club levels. Most popular European clubs  are Barcelona (Spain) ,Real Madrid (Spain), Inter Milan ( Italy), AC Milan (Italy), Bayern Munich (Germany), Lyon (France), Manchester United (England), Chealsea (England) Arsenal (England), etc.

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how many people play soccer in comparison to football in the usa?

i need an ARTICLE (from a recent date – 2008 or 2009 or 2010) for school on this topic. if you are not able to find one, id need one on anything that relates to the topic of Why Soccer is Not Popular in America.

Ok, believe it or not:

According to FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), the United States has more official soccer players than any other nation in the world – almost 18 million.

Link to article:

http://usa.usembassy.de/sports-soccer.htm

Does it seem like soccer aficionados speak a language all their own? It sure seems like it to me, and I’ve been playing the game for over 20 years. I put an article on the front page of this blog to help explain the most common soccer terms in plain English. Hopefully this list will help soccer moms everywhere (and soccer dads too, for that matter)to better understand what their little athlete is talking about! Click Here For Access: Soccer Terms.