The History Of Soccer

Soccer is played around the world in many different countries. Soccer is divided up into clubs or as we know of teams. The oldest soccer club in the world is known as Sheffield in South Yorkshire England. This soccer club has been made in 1857, 6 years before all the soccer rules where even arranged. In 1863 when all the rules have been arranged, there was 11 clubs at that time. !!!

There are a variety of soccer clubs and teams in the world. There are school teams where you go against other schools trying to win. Then we have competitive clubs. The competitive clubs tend to travel a whole lot from state to state even sometimes go to other countries. All of the major leagues travel and play competitive. The there are recreation soccer. They

But sometimes in a tournament, the teams go into a 15 minute overtime round. The overtime works as if there is 15 minutes left in a game so if you score,the other team has a few more minutes to try to catch up. Once overtime is over and the two teams are still tied up, then the two teams go into penalty kicks. Each team haves 5 people try to score inside the 18 yard box, 1 on 1 with the keeper. If a team scores 5 out of 5 Penalty Kicks and the other team only scores 4 out of 5, the team that scores the most goals at the end of the Penalty kicks

The Average soccer beginner gets around 40-50 million dollars for their begginer years. Once you have experience and you are one of the better players in the league and score more, you get a lot more money. You get around 100 million to 200 million or more dollars if you are a well played player and score a lot.

Many people get a few other types of cleats. Sometimes people wear meddle studs at the bottom of the cleat which is not allowed in ages 16 and below. They also make clear that are better for shooting and better for defending. Most people use shooting cleats because it's easier to kick the ball high and far with power.

Some soccer injuries can be mild or life time. Some of the injuries you could get for a little bit of time is concussions fractured or broken bones. Those injuries are common in soccer and heal fast. But some people might not get lucky and get severe brain damage for several years or life. You can also get paralyzed if you get slide tackled wrong or fall wrong too.

The first ever soccer game played was in 1863. It was played at Mortlake London. The two teams that played each other where called the Barnes Football Club and Richmond Football club. The game ended with a score of