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5.3.25 - Part 1 · Children's Hour

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Realized Children's Story Hour as a
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Reminder is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind or of other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. Today we will be reading from various
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books on soccer. Your reader today is dying. The first
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book is called good Night Soccer. It was published by
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Capstone Young Readers, a Capstone imprint, and it has a
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copyright year of twenty eighteen. It was written by Michael Dahl.
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Beneath the pink clouds and the sunset of God, the
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stadium's packed. Every seat has been sold. The crowd is excited.
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We're all chanting and singing. We wave our bright scarves
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in the stadium's ringing. Our team wins the toss. Here's
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the kick from our foes. The ball leaves the circle.
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Now watch where it goes, dribbling and passing. Our forwards
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move fast. Then our strikers zoom in when the defense
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is passed. Soon a kick and a goal. We jump
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and we roar, but the other team rushes and captures.
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They score. Through the game, the ball flies, Watch it bounce,
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watch it bend. The clock keeps on ticking. Oh, how
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will it end? Then? A penalty kick somehow slips through
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a hole, hits the back of the net. It's a
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last second goal. Now over the scoreboard, we see stars
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in the sky. Too soon. The game's over. Too soon
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for goodbyes. Good Night captains, Your teams are the best.
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Good Night to you coaches. Now your players can rest.
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Good Night in fielders. Good night strikers and backs. Good
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Night goalkeepers. Now it's time to relax. Goodnight net. Good
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Night ball to the fans in their jerseys. Good Night
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to you all. Good night field where our team was
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the winner. Good Night, bright lights getting smaller, growing dimmer.
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Good Night to my heroes, my champion team. Good Night soccer,
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Hello dreams. Our next book is called Soccer. It was
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published by The Child's World with a copy right ear
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of twenty seventeen, and the author of our book is
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Kara L. Lowlin. Game time. Are you ready to score
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some ghosts? Grab some friends and lace up your shoes.
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Let's play soccer. Fast. Fact. In most parts of the world,
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soccer is called football gear. Soccer players need some gear
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to play. Cleats grip the ground. They keep you from slipping.
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Shin guards protect your legs. Soccer socks keep your guard
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in place. Fast fact. More than two hundred and fifty
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million people in the world play soccer players. Each team
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has eleven players. Every player has a job. Some players
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focus on goals, others guard the net. All the players
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work together starting the game. The kickoff starts the game.
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A player stands in the center of the field. She
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kicks the ball forward. Then anyone else can kick the ball.
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Fast fact. Soccer balls are made of leather and plastic.
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Moving the ball, the players dribble the ball with their feet.
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They also pass the ball to other players. Sometimes they
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stop the ball with their chest. The pros even head
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the ball fast fact. There are thirty two sections on
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a soccer ball. No hands allowed. Only the goalies can
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use their hands in soccer. They can grab the ball
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before it goes in the net. They can throw or
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kick it to their teammates fast fact. Goalies wear gloves
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that help them grip the grip the ball the field.
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The soccer field has lines painted in the grass. The
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player kicks the ball outside of the lines, it is out.
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The other team gets to throw or kick the ball
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by ken fast fact. A soccer field is also called
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a pitch. Free kicks If someone breaks the rules, The
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ref may blow a whistle to stop the game. It
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could mean a free kick. Some players can bend the
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ball on a free kick. They kick the ball so
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that it curves in the air. This makes it harder
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for the goalie to catch. Fast fact, you kick a
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soccer ball with the top of your foot, not your toe. Go.
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When a team's since the ball to the net, they
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score a point, Then the other team gets to kick off.
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Both teams keep trying to score until time is up.
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The end of the game, the team with the most
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goes when fast fact. The World Cup is the championship
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for teams all over the world. It is held every
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four years. Our next book is titled Mix Explains Everything
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Soccer Expert and it was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons,
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an imprint of Penguin Random House, and it has a
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copyright year of twenty nineteen. The author is Stacy Mica Nulty.
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I know a lot about soccer. I've been playing for
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a long time, almost three weeks. Practice is fun, the
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game days are the best. You wear special shoes called cleats,
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and a shirt with your lucky number. You know it's
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lucky because it's on your shirt. And bad old armor
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on your legs. I wish we got helmets and shields too.
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Mike's ready to get out there and kick the ball.
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Make sure you warm up before the game. Stretch, twirl
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summer salt in the huddle. Coach will tell you that
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winning is not important. Do your best to run fast,
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kick the ball, work as a team. Half sun. The
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game starts when the ref blows the whistle. He's the
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guy in yellow and he has a whistle. You should
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not bring your own whistle. Other stuff you should not
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bring to a soccer game crayons, a blanket, even if
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you just want to wear it as a cape, your
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sea show collection, or dust money collection, or any collection really.
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Sometimes there are dandelions and four leaf clovers on the field.
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I pull these out so no one gets distracted. Kick
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the ball mix. And sometimes there are ladybugs and worms.
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Should move these so they don't get hurt. I don't
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see any today. Give the ball mix. Thousands of fans
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come to the games, and they all take pictures. I
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like to give them different poses, maybe one smiling and
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a serious one, and one with my teammates. Let's take
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a picture of you kicking the ball. The clouds over
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the soccer field can be amazing. I've seen the alligator,
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a toothbrush, and a diamond ring. Nothing today. Coach wants
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everyone to play, so sometimes you will sit on the
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side and chair on your teammates. Here mix, eat an
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orange wedge. C see you can hear that bird chirping, Michael.
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Look at there's a butterfly hose. I like your new haircut.
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When you go back in the game, you must be
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ready for anything. Last week a dog ran out on
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the field. Come here, puppy. Can we keep him? Mom?
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Mix the ball In soccer, you can't use your hands
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to touch the ball. I've come up with other things
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to do with my hands so they don't get bored.
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I wave it fans, I hide them in my shirt.
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I play it'sy dizzy spider. I feel like I'm forgetting
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something important. Kick the ball, the ball. Mix something you
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have to do in soccer. Snack. That's it. I can't
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believe it. I almost forgot you. Get a snack at
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the end. Shake hands with the other team. First, good game,
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good game, a mix, Nice to meet you, good game,
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good game, Bye mix. That was fun. Coach can't wait
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to kick the ball again next week. Our next story
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is called K is for Kick, a soccer alphabet and
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it was published by Sleeping Bear Print Press, an imprint
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of the Gil Group Incorporate, a division of Thompson Learning Incorporated.
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Has a copyright air of two thousand and three and
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the author is Brad Herzog. A is where soccer is
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played all over the world in almost any country with
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a fat flag proudly in world, from Argentina to Australia,
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you'll find a soccer go even on the Arctic ice
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way up the North Poe. Millions of people of all
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ages and on every continent plays soccer. More than a
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billion people watch the Men's World Cup finals on television.
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The group that helps set and revise the rules of
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the game is the Federation International to Football Association, or FIFA.
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It was established in nineteen oh four. Soccer such a
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global passion that people will play anywhere. Nineteen ninety five,
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two teams from Russia played a game at the North
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po where the temperature was tiny twenty degrees below zero.
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B is for the ball, of course, without it, there's
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no game. The largest in the world is at the
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Soccer Hall of Fame, and B is for brave boys
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and girls who try with all their might to boot
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that bouncing soccer ball colored black and white. Aside from
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the massive sculpted ball that appears to be crashing through
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an exterior wall of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
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in New York. The facility also includes historical displays and
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a kids indoor field. The Hall of Fame has one
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of the world's largest collections of soccer artifacts, featuring more
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than eighty thousand items, but the heart of the hall
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is the room honoring the more than two hundred twenty inductees, players, coaches, trainers, officials,
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and administrators. The Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum
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is in Vaughan, Ontario. Rules call for the ball to
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be round and made of leather or other approved materials.
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It should weigh between fourteen and sixteen ounces and should
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measure between twenty seven and twenty eight inches around. Soccer
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in the US officially began in nineteen thirteen when the
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United States Football Association, now called the US Soccer Federation
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was formed. The following year saw the arrival of the
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first national tournament, the National Challenge Cup. In the US,
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the founding meeting of the dominion of Canadian football was
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held in Toronto on May four, twenty fourth, nineteen twelve,
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when soccer executives laid the foundation of what is today's
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Canadian Soccer Association. C is for clubs everywhere that give
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the fans their field, like Italy's AC Milan in Santos
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and Brazil. It's for the college soccer teams that play
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from coast to coast and countless school community leagues that
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many cities host. Most countries in Europe and Latin America
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have professional or semi professional soccer leagues. The winner of
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the top division in the country's national champion is the
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national champion. Many of these top teams compete against other
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countries top teams. Among the champions over the years are
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legendary clubs such as England's Manchester United, Spain's Real Madrid,
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and Italy's AC Milan. Soccer at the university level, like
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soccer elsewhere in North America, grew slowly until the nineteen sixties.
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Today there are Division one, two, and three college championships
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for both men and women. D is for the defense
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deflecting shots on go. Each steering defender has a special
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row full box stoppers sweepers. They keep a game low scoring.
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The ways they break up plays are anything but boring.
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Defenders are also called full backs, are the last line
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of defense in front of the goalkeeper. Their primary mission
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is to take the ball from the other team, but
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defenders also begin their own team's offense. Defenders try to
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get the ball and pass it to the teammate. The
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stopper is the defensive player responsible for making sure the
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other team's top scoring player doesn't succeed. The sweeper rooms
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from side to side, sweeping the area clear of the
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ball that has gotten by other defenders. DA is also dribbling,
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moving the ball by controlling it with your feet. In
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Diego's Wonder in nineteen eighty six, Diego Maradonna led Argentina's
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national team to the World Cup title after dribbling passed
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through and around nearly the entire English team during a
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World Cup game. Mardonna left the goaltenders sprawled on the
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grass as he kicked the ball into an open net.
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The go called Diego's Wonder, was one of the most
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electrifying fees in soccer history. Eleven players to a side
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that's the letter E forwards, midfielders, defenders, and the brave goal.
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Leeue is also England, where soccer first was played and
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where excitement for the game will likely never fade. Midfielders
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also called halfbacks, dribbling past the ball looking for scoring chances.
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Forwards are usually responsible for scoring goals. The forward, also
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called a striker, is the one who plays closest to
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the opposing team's goal. Commonly, teams use three or four forwards,
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two or three midfielders, and four defenders. It depends on
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the coaches style. Although game similar to soccer was played
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in the Far East more than two thousand years ago,
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modern soccer has its roots in England. Many English schools
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played various versions of a kicking game in the early
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eighteen hundreds, but it wasn't until eighteen forty eight that
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a group gathered and wrote the first soccer rules. As
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British sailors traveled the world, they often organized soccer games
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which spread the game to all parts of the globe,
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particularly throughout Europe and South America. F stands for football,
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but not the North American game to everyone else on
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the globe. That is soccer's real name. F is filled
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fifty yards wide and fancy shout and war is forwarded
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using fancy footwork as they tried to score. Soccer was
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originally known as association football in eighteen sixties. English schoolboys
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liked to nickname things by adding er to the word.
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For example, rugby was often called rugger, so association football,
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which shortened to associate, which means associer. Eventually this involved
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into soccer. Still the game is called football nearly every
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except the United States and Canada. There's no standard size
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for a soccer field. The British called it a soccer pitch.
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Rules for rules call for the game to be played
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on a rectangular field that is between one hundred and
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one hundred and thirty yards long between five hundred and
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one hundred yards wide. The boundary lines at either end
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of the field are goal lines, while the side boundaries
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are touch lines. The center circle in the middle of
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the field, measuring ten yards across with the center line
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dividing it in half, is where the game begins. G
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G is for the goalkeeper with one glove on each hand,
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who guards the nets so expertly and makes the team's
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last stand. The goal he guards is eight feet high
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and twenty four feet wide. His job is to make
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sure he doesn't let the ball inside. The goalkeeper is
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the only player on a team who may use his
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hands other than when a player is a boarded a
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throw in. He guards the go within a rectangular penalty
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area that measures forty four yards wide and extends eighteen
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yards from the goal line. The go area is a
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smaller rectangle twenty yards wide and extending six yards in
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front of the go. After the goalkeeper catches the ball
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or picks it up off the ground, and may be
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thrown or dropped kicked into play. Gee is also for
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Gordon Banks and the greatest save ever. Banks was a
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goalkeeper who led England to the nineteen sixty six World
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Cup Championship. Four years later, in the same tournament, his
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team faced Brazil and the Great Pilas. Ten minutes into
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the game, with Banks standing near the left host of
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the go pile headed a ball towards the right side
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of the net. Banks dived full with of the go
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and nanshad get a hand on the ball, it flew
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over the go. His tree's greatest saves h is for
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using your head to redirect a shot. Handballs are illegal,
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but hard heads are not. Just watch the ball store
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your way time your late just right and help your
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knock and meets the soccer ball in flight. A header
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is to strike the ball using one's head. A header
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may be a defensive play, such as clearing the ball,
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or it may be offensive, such as a pastor shot
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on a go. Two of soccer's best and heading were
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Hungarias Sandor Coxes, who was the top scorer in the
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nineteen fifty four World Cup, and West Germany's Ooh Sealer,
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who scored using the header shot in four different World
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Cup tournaments. Both were nicknamed the Golden Head. It has
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been estimated that a soccer player heads the ball an
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average of six times per game and many more times
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during practice, so proper technique, such as trying to use
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the thickest part of the skull the forehead to head
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the ball is important to prevent heading injuries. A handball
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is not allowed in soccer, but the term hand actually
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includes any part of the arm below the armpit. Only
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the goaltender may use his hands. If another player uses hands,
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the other team is awarded an indirect freak kick from
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where the hand touched the ball. This happens inside the
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go area. A player may kick it directly toward the go.
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Indoor soccer, that's our choice for the letter I. The
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pace is fast and furious. The scores are rather high.
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The game is often played on turf inside a hockey rink.
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A goal could happen anytime, so indoor fans don't blink.
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The first recorded indoor soccer match took place in Canada
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in eighteen ninety five, when two teams faced off in
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a roller skating rink. Today, many indoor fields around the
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country have been built specifically for the game. The number
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of players per side varies in indoor soccer according to
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the league in the size of the field. Indoor games
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are usually divided into four fifteen minute quarters, and coaches
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can substitute players anytime during the game, is often as
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needed to allow tire players time to rest. Like hockey,
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players are sent to a penalty box for major fouls,
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and like basketball, there's a three point arc. A goal
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scored from more than forty five feet away is worth
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three points. Jays for the Jerseys soccer players where but
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often in big matches, opponents tend to share a gesture
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of respect. After a game ends, They simply swap their
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jerseys as if they were old friends. The world of
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soccer international expedition match is often called a friendly. Nothing
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supports this term more than the traditional practice of swapping
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jerseys with a worthy opponent at the end of a match.
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Often players put on their opponent's jersey immediately right on
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the field. This postgame tradition has been to Brazilian superstar Pillay,
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who offered his jersey to England's captain Bobby Moore after
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this nineteen seventy World Cup final. More offered his jersey
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in return, and their tradition began. Kay Mus teamed for kick,
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of course, a shot aimed straight and true. There are
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so many different types, but we'll just name a few.
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Bicycle kicks, goal kicks, corner kicks as well. Will the
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ball land in the net? Only time will tell. A
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bicycle kick is an acrobatic shot in which a player
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kicks the ball in midair backward and over his own head.
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Is one of the most athletic and exciting moves in soccer.
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Longtime US national team star Marcelo Balboa was famous for
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bicycle kicks, including one shot during the two thousand Major
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League Soccer season that was voted Goal of the Year.
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The tacking team kicks the ball over the goal line,
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but not into the goal. The defending team is a
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war to go kick. Goalkicks are taken from within the
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goal area and must travel beyond the penalty area and
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are usually taken by the goalkeeper, but any player can
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take the kick. The defensive team kicks the ball over
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the goal line. The opposing team is awarded a corner
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kick from the quarter circle mark where the goal line
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and touched like meat, the kicker boots the ball into
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the goal area. Many goals are scored in this manner,
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usually by teammates time in the past and heading the
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ball into the goal. Ellis for the ladies who played
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the game they love. The US women's national team is
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a cut above. In nineteen ninety nine, a jam packed
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Rosebow crowd watched them win the World Cup and cheer
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them long and loud. An official US women's soccer team
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wasn't established until nineteen eighty five, but quickly American women
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have proved themselves the best in the world, with victories
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in the first ever Women's World Cup in nineteen ninety one,
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the first one held in the US in nineteen ninety nine,
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as well as a gold medal at the nineteen ninety
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six Summer Olympics, celebrated with ninety two thousand screaming fans.
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In nineteen eighty, just over four eight thousand girls played
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high school soccer, and there were only a few dozen
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women's college teams. But by two thousand, nearly two hundred
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seventy thousand girls were competing in high school and nearly
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eight hundred colleges In the Cuba field of varsity women's squads.
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More than two hundred and sixty thousand girls compete on
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American youth soccer or gignation teams. During two thousand and two,
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more than three hundred seven thousand girls under eighteen were
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playing soccer in Canada. Following the excitement of the nineteen
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ninety nine Women's World Cup, a women's professional league emerged,
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the Women's United Soccer Association. In two thousand, US national
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team legend Michelle Agers was named the Women's Player of
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the Century. M is for Major League Soccer and all
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the soccer pros who make the mark on US soil
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against talented foes. The Mutiny, the Galaxy, the Burn, the Clash,
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the Crew, the Metro Stars, the Fusion, the Revolution to
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the United States was awarded the honor of hosting the
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nineteen ninety four World Cup was on the condition that
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a professional league would be established in America. Nineteen ninety six,
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Major League Soccer began in the US. In Canada, the
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National Soccer League later the Canadian National Soccer League, was
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the top league in Canada. The Canadian Professional Soccer League
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that started in nineteen ninety seven replaced it. M is
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also for Magnificent mag Yards, the nickname of the Hungarian
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national team, led by Captain Frank Buscus, who was known
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as the Galloping Major. Hungaria went undefeated in thirty fourth
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straight international matches from nineteen fifty to nineteen fifty four,
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before losing to West Germany in the nineteen fifty four
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World Cup finals. The North Carolina women's team that's the
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letter in with eighteen national titles, the best that's ever been.
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Their nervous fan cheer throughout ninety min it's of fun,
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never letting up until the soccer game is won. The
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University of North Carolina's women's soccer team represents one of
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the great dynasties in the history of intercollegiate sports. Coach
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Anne Saint Durance started the varsity program in nineteen seventy nine.
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Two years later, the Tar Hills won their first national title.
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They went on to win seventeen more over the next
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nineteen years. More than sixty different North Carolina players have
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earned All America honors, and nearly forty of them have
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gone on to play for the US national team. And
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is also for the number nineteen from North Carolina Mia Hamm,
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the finest and most recognized women's soccer player in the world.
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Ham's number nineteen jersey has been retired, meaning no other
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female soccer player can wear number nineteen. At the University
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of North Carolina. She has played on two winning World
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Cup teams and an Olympic go medal team. Nineteen ninety nine,
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Ham broke the all time international scoring record for men
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and women with her one hundred eighth career career go
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We will have to finish this book's next time, so
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this concludes our children's story ire for today. Please join
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