Soccer Informative Speech

Soccer

Soccer has been around for a very long time. Many people around the world play soccer. An abundance of people love soccer, but just as many people hate soccer; they prefer hockey, baseball, or football. Football is just an Americanized version of soccer. Here are three interesting things about soccer.

The History:
Soccer has been around for over 3000s years. The first game happened between the Barnes football club and Richmond football club. The game ended with a total score 0-0 draw in 1863. It was the first recorded game in the United States. Soccer was first started in China in 5000-300b.c where the military men would kick a ball stuffed with fur, they would kick the ball into a hole in the ground, the rules were no hands. The only different thing was that they called it Tsu Chu. The

It is the most popular sport in the world today. There are at least 240 million people that play soccer in the world according to FIFA (Federation de Football Association). FIFA is the main source of soccer. When people talk about soccer they reference FIFA a lot. There are several American soccer teams. One of the more famous one are the Portland Timbers. In the year of 2015 they won the championships. There are a bunch of cool things about soccer. Here are some cool things that might interest you. The exact size of an average soccer ball is 27’’ in circumference; the goals are 2.44 meters tall and 7.32 meters wide. The USA women’s team was the first team to win the championships in 1991. They won it for a second time in 1999; they have never been less than the top 3 places. Brazilian Ronaldo hold the record for the most goals scored in the world cup games with a high of fifteen goals in three games. The United States has the most soccer players in the world with eighteen million, with 78% of the eighteen million are under the age of eighteen. Arthur Wharton was the first professional African American