The website Athletic scholarship says, the sport of soccer has been played around the world for more than 2000 years by the ancient Chinese,Greeks and Romans. The USA has been playing soccer since 1876.
In soccer, you don’t just use your feet you can use your hands only to throw the ball in when it is out of bounds. To throw it in, you have to have your hands behind your head and throw it. If you use your hands in a real game, you will get a yellow card. If you get either two yellow cards or one red card, you are out for the whole game. The only way to get a red card is if you foul really badly. There are a couple of ways to get a yellow card. One way is to foul (a foul is when you hit someone or injure someone),use your hands ,or argue with the referee.
The way to play soccer is the ball starts in the middle of the field the player with the ball is in the circle. No one can steal the ball from you until you pass the ball to someone. If you have the ball, you are offense and you are trying to pass all the defenders and shoot the ball into the net to score. If you don’t have the ball then you are defense and you are trying to stop the players on offense from scoring. If you are goalkeeper, you have a very important job. You have to stop the players on offense from scoring. But, the goalkeeper is the only person in the game who can use their hands to block the ball, catch the ball or throw the ball.
So, you know about the super bowl right? Soccer has a “super bowl”, but it is called the World Cup and it is played once every 4 years. Some all-star soccer players are Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo and Mbappe. Neymar plays for Brazil. Messi plays for Argentina. Ronaldo plays for Portugal, and Mbbape plays for France. Every time an international team wins the World Cup, they get a star on their jersey above the team’s logo.
Neymar’s team Brazil, has won the World Cup 5 times. They won in 1958,1962,1970,1994 and 2002. Messi’s team, Argentina, has won the World Cup 3 times They won in 1978, 1986 ,and 2022. Ronaldo’s, team Portugal, has won 0 times. Mbappe’s team, France, has won the World Cup 2 times. They won in 1998 and in 2018. My favorite soccer player is Neymar. Soccer is an outstanding sport that is played world-wide.