Soccer

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Soccer

• History and Rules

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Soccers Beginnings

• The origin of soccer can be found in every corner
  of geography and history.
• The Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek,
  Persian, Viking, and many more played a ball game
  long before our era.
• The Chinese played "football"  games date as far
  back as 3000 years ago.
• The Ancient Greeks and the Roman used football 
  games to sharpen warriors for battle. In South
  and Central America a game called "Tlatchi" once
  flourished.

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Ancient Civilizations and Soccer

• Mesoamerican civilizations also devised a game
  played with rubber balls, which resembled a
  combination between soccer, basketball and
  volleyball.
• The game involved two teams, playing in a sort of
  basin dug below ground level, with baskets
  strapped in several locations on the side walls.
• The teams would then have to kick the ball
  towards these baskets, and score a goal.

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Soccer in Europe

• As we go forward on the history of soccer
  timeline, we notice that the game has gradually
  entered European territory, Europe being the
  place where modern day soccer will start in
  several centuries.
• Middle age soccer is covered in a combination of
  myth and historical facts.
• One popular form of the game (Mob soccer)
  involved entire villages or towns and was rather
  chaotic.

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Soccer in Europe (cont.)

• The teams could have unlimited players, as long
  as they were from the same village or town. Both
  teams had to kick the ball towards specific
  landmarks, and defend their own.
• To add more chaos, the ball was made out of
  inflated pigs' bladders, or leather skins stuffed
  with all sorts of materials.
• Picture two masses of people running towards a
  poor pig bladder ball, kicking, stomping,
  punching and pushing each other in the attempt to
  kick the object to some area.

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Soccer in Europe (cont.)

• In medieval France, a game called "La Choule" was
  usually played in town gatherings, such as just
  after Sunday church, or on special occasions or
  holidays.
• The game itself looked like a combination of
  soccer, handball, hockey, baseball and
  kickboxing, since the players of each team had to
  strike the ball into the opponent's goal, using
  whatever means necessary and whatever accessories
  necessary.
• For example, one record shows that players were
  allowed to use sticks or clubs to hit the ball
  around, although it wasn't always the ball that
  got hit.

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History Continued

• The game was violent in nature and I assume there
  were plenty occasions where the after-church
  Choule match ended up with another trip to the
  church to confess some violent sins.
• In England, the game was surrounded by an aura of
  violence and was considered a dangerous and
  sinful game. As such, it was banned in 1314 by
  Nicholas de Farndone, the Mayor of London.

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Soccer Grows Popular

• Despite this ban, soccer became to grow in
  medieval England and it was not long that it was
  introduced in English public schools in order to
  keep young boys fit.
• Since soccer was growing strong in English public
  schools, the idea of having an organized
  tournament sparked in the 19th century.

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• In 1862, a solicitor by the name of Cobb Morley,
  formed a semi-professional soccer club in Barnes,
  called the Barnes Club.
• Cobb Morley is rightfully considered the father
  of soccer, but that's not just because he was the
  one to spark the idea of the Soccer Association.
• He also drew up the Laws of the Game, probably
  the most important document in the history of
  soccer, since it held all the official rules
  around which the game would be played.

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Soccer Becomes Official

• Cobb Morley's rules were accepted by the Soccer
  Association on the 8th of December, 1863 and have
  since stood as the game's constitution, although
  they were slightly modified throughout time to
  meet the needs of modern soccer.
• It only took around 3 decades after the first
  official rules of soccer were laid down by Cobb
  Morley and the English Football Association and
  the game was already wide spread throughout
  Europe, Australia and the Americas.

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The Rules of Soccer

• There are 11 players for each team.
• All players wear shin guards to in order to
  protect their shins.
• The goalkeeper is the only player who can get the
  ball with his hands.

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Soccer Rules

• A goal is scored when the whole of the ball
  passes over the goal line, between the goalposts
  and under the crossbar, provided that no faults
  has been committed previously by the team scoring
  the goal.

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• The team scoring the greater number of goals
  during the match is the winner.
• If both team are tied at the end of regulation,
  the match will be recorded as a tie during
  regular the regular season.

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The Soccer Field
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Penalty kick

• Penalty Kick is when a player commits any foul
  within his own Penalty box.

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Corner kick

• Corner kick is when the ball goes out of bounds
  over the end line and was last touched by the
  defending team.

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Cards

• Yellow card indicates caution.
• A player who receives 2 Yellow Cards is given a
  Red Card.

• Red card the player must leave the field and he
  cant play the next game.

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Slide Tackle

• When a defender slides on the ground and kick the
  ball away from the player.

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The Players

• A. goalkeeperB. left fullbackC. right
  fullbackD. center backE. left backF.
  right backG. left midfieldH. right
  midfieldI. left forwardJ. center
  forwardK. right forward

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Spanish Words for Playing Soccer

• portero - goalkeeper
• se fue - the ball went out
• mano - handball (literally means "hand")
• empujon - push
• pelota - ball
• mediocampista - midfielder
• defensor - defender
• cruze - cross
• cabezazo - header

• Fuera de lugar offsides
• tiro de esquina - corner kick
• tiro libre - free kick
• falta - foul
• penal - penalty
• lateral - throw in
• saque del arco - goal kick
• delantero - forward

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• Toque - pass it back
• Hay que bajar or baja - guys we need to get
  downfield and defend more or specifically you
  need to go help out downfield.
• Dos - when two teamates are running towards a
  loose ball and one needs to ease off so as to
  avoid a mishaps.
• Centro - cross it in
• Solo - no pressure is on you so go ahead and
  shoot it or dribble it upfield
• Te llegan! - man on!
• Calmado - don't rush your passing or dribbling
• Tiro- shoot it
• Marca - defend your nearest or assigned oppenent
• Entrale - tackle your opponent now or apply
  pressure
• Pásame la pelota pass me the ball

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El Fin