CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 THE GAME OF SocCER 10 CHAPTER 2 HisTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF SoccER 20 Y CHAPTER 3 SoCCER LEGENDs 29 CHAPTER 4 CURRENT STARS 54 ostenk 84 85 CONCLUSION GLOSSARY For MORE INFORMATION BIBLIOGRAPHY 88 92 93 INDEX
ISTRODUCTION W That s in a name When it comes to the world s most popular team sport the designation you use generally signifies where you come from Americans refer to it as soccer those in Spanish speaking countries say fitbol and much of the rest of the English speaking world calls it football Technically the official title is association football Clearly football fútbol and association football are all of a linguistic piece So where does the words soc cer come from It actually originated more than one hundred years ago in England as a slang abbreviation based on the soc in asso ciation In Australia the wordplay game has been taken one step further as the national team there is nicknamed the Socceroos a melding of soccer and kangaroo Because soccer is the world's most popular sport it follows then that the game s premier
Soccer and Its Greatest Players
With a following unmatched by any other sport, soccer has commanded the loyalties of peoples of all backgrounds around the world.
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By: Sherman Hollar
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