Soccer

History and RulesDone By: Yazan Zamel 9E

Soccer’s 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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The Rules of SoccerThere are 11

players for each team.

The goalkeeper is the only player who can get the ball with his hands.

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.

The team scoring the greater number of goals during the match is the winner.

The Soccer Field

Penalty kickPenalty Kick

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

Corner kick Corner kick is

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

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 can’t play the next game.

Slide Tackle

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

The Players A. goalkeeper

B. left fullbackC. right fullbackD. center backE. left backF. right backG. left midfieldH. right midfieldI. left forwardJ. center forwardK. right forward

Referee

A referee is the person of authority in a variety of sports who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on-the-fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport.

1 referee - center referee 2 assistant referees - they have not been called linesmen for many years now 1 fourth official

The Offside

If a player is in an offside position, but not involved in the play, it is not an offside.

A player must be offside the offside the moment the ball is played by moment the ball is played by a teammatea teammate. And to be called offside, the player must also be involved in an "active play" by gaining an advantage by being offside, or interfere with a play, or an opponent. To be offsides, the player must also be on the opponent's half of the soccer field, being closer to the opponent's goal line than both the ball and the next-to-last defender (the goalkeeper is usually the last defender). Offside will not be called if an offside player is not active in the play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01-uArNpdw

Penalty A penalty

kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from 12 yards (approximately 11 metres) out from the goal, on the penalty mark.

kicks or attempts to kick an opponent trips or attempts to trip an opponent jumps at an opponent charges an opponent strikes or attempts to strike an opponent pushes an opponent tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact

with the opponent before touching the ball holds an opponent spits at an opponent handles the ball deliberately “Also when it is the defender’s error and the Goalkeeper’s error or

any player’s error”

penalty

In other words, if In other words, if Foul happens in Foul happens in the penalty area the penalty area for the opposite for the opposite team, penalty is team, penalty is considered!considered!

TEAMit happens occasionally

in any competition (league or tournament) where there is a minimum number of players from each team. The Laws of the Game require that a team have at least 7 of a team's nominal 11players on the field.

BARCELONABesides being a

popular and successful team, Barca has become a symbol of Catalan nationalism, inspiring the motto “Mas que un club”, or “more than a club”

“Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.”

Barca Amazing Goal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5pVfftt-bk

Hope you enjoyed,

Sir!

Work citedWork cited http://www.soccerhall.org/history/

us_soccer_history.htm http://www.soccerhelp.com/

Overview.shtml http://www.soccersaurus.com/

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http://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Field_Diagram.shtml

http://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Tips_Dictionary_Terms_F.shtml#fouls