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THE FIRST CHINIES PLAYS
5000-300 B.C. There is evidence in China that military forces around 2nd and 3rd century BC (Han Dynasty) played a game, originally named "Tsu Chu", that involved kicking a leather ball stuffed with fur into a small hole. Like Soccer, no hands were permitted during the play of the game. -
who invented soccer
Throughout history people have played sports involving ball and using hands, feet and sticks. Each local area had their own rules so there was no definitive global definition of any sport. In the 1300's the king of England Edward II banned football, hockey and handball. This shows a difference between sports using the feet, hands and sticks. In 1863 at Cambridge university a group of Englishmen formed the Football Association and invented football. After this event many other "versions" of -
history of soccer in the USA
The history of soccer in the United States has numerous different roots. The modern day game, is often considered to have been brought to the United States through Ellis Island during the 1870s. However, some variations of the sport began well before than, with Native American tribes, primarily the Algonkin and Powhatan tribes playing a variation of the sport known as pasuckuakohowog. Pasuckuakohowog, literally meaning "kicking ball sport" was reported to be played on fields a half mile in diame -
how to play soccer
How to Play Soccer
Do you want to make your high school varsity team? Do you want to play professional soccer? Do you want to finally achieve your dreams? Do you want to become a great soccer player? Then it’s time to learn how to play soccer. But not just how to play, how to play well. Soccer is a game of dreams. The ability to play well, extremely well, can make you a living. It can give you glory. And most of all it provides an endless amount of fun. But not everyone excels at soccer -
histor of soccer
Soccer is one of the most popular sports in Europe and the Americas. It has a vivid and interesting history in the world of sports. Early evidence of soccer being played as a sport finds occurrence in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. In China, it was during the Han dynasty that people dribbled leather balls by kicking it into a small net. Recorded facts also support the fact that Romans and Greeks used to play ball for fun and frolic. Some facts point to Kyoto in Japan where kicking of -
curious about the history of soccer
A Brief History of Soccer: Soccer's Origins Curious about the history of soccer?
The history of soccer is as colorful as the game itself. While Europe can claim to be the birthplace of the modern game, soccer`s roots can actually be traced much farther back in time to East Asia. While it's difficult to tell for certain, a game closely resembling soccer was played in China as far back as the third century BC. The Romans also played a similar style game throughout their empire, even introdu -
best player in 1998
The vote for the fifth annual REC.SPORT.SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR vote
is over. 31 days of voting have passed and 139 votes were processed.
Note, that this year, it has also been possible to vote through the World
Wide Web. Welcome back next year - from the 1st of January to the 31st of January in 1998 for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Player Of the Year 1997! The contents of this article:
1. Previous Winners.
2. Rules.
3. Results.
4. Comments of the President of the RSSSF.
5. Name o -
CR7 WIN MORE MONEY THEN ANY SOCCER PLAYER
They make the millions, they get paid to play soccer, they have the trophy-girlfriends, they have the super cars, but are they happy? You bet your you-know-what they’re happy, they’ll be smiling six months after they’re dead. But mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most overpaid of them all? Graph is courtesy of Madrid’s No.1 newspaper, Marca. It’s not really much of surprise that ridiculously wealthy Anzhi provide the number one player on the list, former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o. E -
next world cup 2014 brazial
The 2014 World Cup is heading to Brazil. In less than 4 years, the greatest football spectacle of them all will be heading to the country that introduced the notion of the beautiful game. For the first time in 64 years, football’s biggest event will grace Brazil’s shores and a feast of football is sure to be served up in front of passionate crowds. True, there is the small matter of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 to contend with first, but football fans across Brazil and indeed the world
