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Soccer

Soccer . History of Soccer. Soccer is one of the most popular sports in Europe and the Americas. . modern soccer started in England. King Edward III banned soccer in 1365 owing to the growing incidents of violence and military indulgence in the sport. Modern History of Soccer.

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Soccer

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  1. Soccer

  2. History of Soccer • Soccer is one of the most popular sports in Europe and the Americas.

  3. modern soccer started in England.

  4. King Edward III banned soccer in 1365 owing to the growing incidents of violence and military indulgence in the sport.

  5. Modern History of Soccer • 1815, a major development took place that made soccer popular in Universities, Colleges and Schools.

  6. Interesting Facts About Soccer • Soccer is called football in practically every country except the US and Canada is the first cool soccer fact.

  7. Soccer is distinguished from rugby and American/Canadian football in that it is primarily played with the feet. Touching the ball with hands is not allowed.

  8. Soccer fun facts continue with Soccer being originally called association football. "Soccer" is a corruption of "assoc" which is derived in turn from "association" and the English people tending to shorten their words

  9. The University of North Carolina has won an incredible 16 national championships in women's soccer since the first US college tournament in 1982 as facts about soccer continue.

  10. Cool soccer facts include the World Cup being the biggest soccer tournament in the world. It is held every four years in a different host country.

  11. Fun soccer fact is that United States Major League Soccer made its debut in 1996, shortly after the wildly successful 1994 World Cup was hosted by the United States.

  12. The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) made its debut in 2001.

  13. United States has more official soccer players than any other nation in the world - almost 18 million.

  14. 20 red cards were shown during a 1993 game between SportivoAmeliano and General Caballero in Paraguay making this a very funny soccer fact.

  15. ASEC Abidjan of Cote D'Ivoire went unbeaten for 108 games between 1989 and 1994.

  16. Law of Soccer • Law 1: The Field of Play

  17. Law 2: The Soccer Ball

  18. Law 3: The Number of Players

  19. Law 4: The Players' Equipment

  20. Law 5: The Referee

  21. Law 6: The Assistant Referee

  22. Law 7: The Duration of the Match

  23. Law 8: The Start and Restart of Play

  24. Law 9: The Ball in and out of Play

  25. THANK YOU

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