Soccer By Grace Lombardo Soccer ball Charles Goodyear

Soccer By: Grace Lombardo

Soccer ball • Charles Goodyear invented the first soccer ball • It was the year 1855 • The first soccer ball was 14 -16 ounces • It was 27 -28 inch.

What inspired soccer Soccer was invented by a game called pushball Pushball is almost like soccer You push a 6 ft. Ball to the other side This is like soccer and kin-ball

Soccer is born • Soccer was invented by England • Nobody knows who exactly invented • It is 154 years old today • The first game was a tie 0 -0 • It was played by Barnes football club and Richmond's football club • It was December 12 th 1863

The first world cup • It was July 13 1930 the first ever soccer world cup • November 16 th 1991 was the first ever women's world cup • The women's world cup was played by Norway and USA the USA beat them in the first final • The men's first world cup was played by Argentina Uruguay Belgium Montevideo.

Who plays more soccer then who? • 265 million male and female players play soccer in the whole world • In addition to 5 million referees and officials make a grand total of 270 million people • 13 million people play soccer in USA • 8. 2 million people play soccer in England • Soccer is played in more then 200 million countries (including women and men)

positions in soccer • The positioning is soccer looks like • Adults play 11 on 11 • Kids play 8 on 8 • The games are usually 45 minutes and 1 halftime

Famous soccer players Carly Loyd 10 Women USA Lionel Messi 10 Men USA Mia Hamm 9 Women USA

Fun facts • Soccer is called Football, Soccer, and America Football • It’s the most popular sport in the world • The first soccer nets were wicker baskets • Soccer fields used to be called pitches • A 13 year old Brazilian soccer player scored every goal of 23 in total during a game that his team won 23 -0

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