SOCCER

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SOCCER

• by
• Summer Stacks

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What I already know

• It is a team sport.
• You have to wear cleats to play.
• One position that is played is goal keeper.

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What I already know

• They wear different colored uniforms.
• Auburn High School has a girls soccer team.

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Do boys and girls play together on a team?

• Girls can play on the same team with boys.
• Usually, high schools have separate teams for the
  boys and girls.

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What kind of equipment is used?

• Players must wear shin guards.
• They must wear cleats to play.
• Soccer cleats are different from baseball cleats.
• They wear shorts and knee socks.
• They wear short sleeve shirts.

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Who are the best players in the world?

• Pele
• David Beckham
• Freddie Adou
• Mia Hamm
• Brandy Chastain
• Catherine Reddick

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How many players play on the field and what are
the positions?

• Goal keeper
• Midfielders- these players move the ball up the
  field.
• Strikers or forwards- these players are the best
  scorers.
• Sweeper/fullbacks- defenders

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What is the history of soccer?

• The Greeks and Romans played a form of soccer.
• In 1314 King Edward banned the game because it
  was so popular that it caused a lot of noise in
  the streets.
• Four other British kings tried to ban soccer.
• Soccer has been played in every Olympics except
  the Los Angeles games in 1932.

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Fun Facts

• Soccer is the most popular sport in the world,
• Womens soccer appeared in the Olympics for the
  first time in the Atlanta games in 1996.
• The rest of the world calls soccer football.
• American football came from soccer.

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What I still want to know?
What I still want to know?Can the soccer ball
be different sizes?What are the
rules?