Monografía De Futbol

Physical Education Area
Soccer
‘’Worldwide passion’’
Doménica Patricia Mendoza Macías
Second Bachelor
Mathematical, Biological and Social Sciences
2011-2012
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SOCCER, “WORLDWIDE PASSION”

Index
1 Introduction 6
2 General Statements 8
3 History & Evolution 10
3.1 The Evolution 11
4 Rules and Regulations 12
5 Types of Soccer 15
 Outdoor Soccer15
 Indoor Soccer 15
 Futsal 15
 Beach Soccer 15
 Street Soccer 15
6 Characteristics 15
7 Outstanding soccer player 17
7.1 Club career 17
7.2 International career 17
8 Personal Experiences 19
9 Conclusions i
10 Recommendations ii
11 Information Sources iii
12 Enclosures iv

Introduction
Soccer is more than just a game, is living your passion in 90minutes, is being able to play against a team but still being able to have a good time with them. That’s why soccer brings people closer together, is watched and loved by close to 3 billion people worldwide.
Almost 150 have passed since soccer was officially born in a Tavern in London, under the pens of several clubs that formed the Football Association and wrote up the Laws of the Game.
Soccer hasrules and regulations like any other sport, for example: it has to be played between 22 players in the field, meaning, and 11 players in each team.
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.
But it all started in 1863 in England, when thefootball association and the rugby football association split off on their different course. Therefore, the first Football Association was founded in England.
There are a lot of soccer associations for example: The UEFA Champions League that is an annual association football cup competition organized by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It is widely considered to be the mostprestigious football club competition in the world. The final of the competition is the most watched annual sporting event worldwide, drawing just over 100 million television viewers.
Soccer can be played in different surfaces like grass or at the beach. When it comes to play on grass you may use special shoes, and it is also the official field for professional tournaments; and when you play it on thebeach, you do it with no shoes, it means barefoot, or even on the ground.
People say that soccer is the easiest sport to play, it’s partly true if you want to be just an average player, because if you want to be the best player you have to practice a lot and watch a lot of soccer tournaments, but the most important thing of all is to like, love and live soccer.

General Statements
The soccergame is played on a turf field or it can also be played on a rectangular grass, the field must have a goal in the centre of each of the short ends. The main objective of the game is to score a goal by driving the ball with your feet, even though players are also allowed to use their head or torso. The goalkeeper is the only player that can use its hands or arms to grab the ball.
Any player but thegoalkeeper can change its position in the game, for example; if a player from the defense wants to play as a forward or as required.
The team that scores the most goals by the end of the game wins. If the score is tied, it is either declared a draw or the match goes into extra time or a penalty shootout, depending on the format of the competition or tournament.
This sport is very exciting, fullof passion. It can be a conversation topic for hours or for example if a big soccer match is coming people would talk about it a lot and for many days before and after the game. When people are watching a soccer match there can be screaming, crying, yelling and even cursing for those who are over the top.
A big group of people nowadays take soccer as a hobby, to mingle around or to even just...