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5.3.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Raioi's Children's Story Hour. As a
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REMINDERI is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind to have 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 Diane. We will
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continue with the book we left off with last time.
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Kay is for kick a soccer alphabet. It was published
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by Sleeping Bear Press and in print of the Guilt
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Group Incorporated, division of Thompson Learning Incorporated. It's a copyriter
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of two thousand and three and the author of the
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book is red Herzog. Oh. It's for Olympic Games, held
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once every four years, when athletes play for soccer. Got
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and heed theirs cheers Oh. It's also overtime extra play
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when tied, as players running down the field and being
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called off sides. Only three nations competing in the first
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Olympic soccer event at the nineteen hundred Summer Games in Paris.
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For nearly a century, only men played Olympic soccer, but
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the United States won the first women's Olympic competition in
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nineteen ninety six. Soccer games played according to international rules
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are divided into two forty five minute halfs. Teams are
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tied after ninety minutes. Some leagues play one or sometimes
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two overtime periods to determine a winner. The teams remain
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tied after the overtimes. The game is decided by a shootout,
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each team trading shots on go in a series of
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penalty kicks. The offside rule is meant to keep an
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offensive player from waiting by the go, so generally there
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must be at least two defenders, including the goalkeeper, between
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a player and his opponent's goal. The player is even
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with a defender, then he is not offside, and if
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a player is onside when a pass is attempted, he
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can receive the pass with only the goalkeeper between him
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and the go He is a near perfect player who
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outperformed the rest of all soccer's professionals. Haeley was the best.
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He scored more than one thousand goals in the US
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and Brazil. No person has played better, perhaps nobody will Edson.
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Arantis du Semento, known throughout the world as Peley, is
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widely considered the greatest male player in soccer history. He
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joined Brazil's national team and played in the nineteen fifty
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eight World Cup at the age of seventeen and all
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during his career, Peyley recorded ninety seven goals in one
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hundred eleven international games, leading his country to three World
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Cup titles. Pele retired in nineteen seventy four, but the
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following year he suppressed the world by sign a contract
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with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.
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His arrival made soccer even more popular in the United States.
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His final game in nineteen seventy seven was watched by
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more than seventy seven thousand fans and six hundred and
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fifty journalists, and was broadcast to thirty eight nations on television.
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He is also passed, which is when a player kicks
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the ball to his teammate. A pass maybe used to
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keep the ball away from an opponent, to move the
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ball closer to the opposing goal, or to give the
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ball to a player who's in a better position to score.
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The pass wasn't really a part of soccer until the
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eighteen seventy two game between England and Scotland, when the
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Scottish players realized they could move the ball better passed
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it back and forth. Q can stand for quickness, a
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vital quality, as anyone who watches an new soccer game
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can see quick thinking and quick reflexes. Quick passes by
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quick feet, move slowly on a soccer field, and you
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may taste defeat. Speed is a very important part of soccer.
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World class players can boots the ball at the speeds
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of more than seventy miles per hour and dribble the
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ball faster than many people can run. But quick thinking
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and speedy reactions are also necessary during the game. For instance,
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a defender who is attempting to intercept a pass must
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consider dozens of factors in a fraction of a second.
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Where is the ball going, how fast is in the
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posting player moving toward it, What are his skills? What
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is the pace of the pass? Is it on the
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ground or in the air? Where can it be intercepted?
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What part of the body should be used to do so?
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What should be done with the ball? Head it, tramp it,
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clear it, shoot it, pass it to whom to wear
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our It's for the referee showing a red card, The
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player who commits the foul has to leave the yard.
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The ref may flash a yellow card when a foul
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stops action. Two yellow equals when read as serious infraction.
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Most soccer games are officiated by one referee and two linesmen.
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Linesmen are responsible for determining which team gets possession of
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the ball after it goes out of bounds in which
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players are offside. The linemans can also signal the referee
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when they witness a foul, but only the referee can
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make that call. The referee starts the game, serves as
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the official timekeeper, and enforces the rules. The referee is
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responsible for issuing yellow and red cards. The yellow card
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or caution is a warning to a player who has
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committed a serious penalty, such as tripping, a sportsmanlike conduct
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or entering or leaving the game without the referees permission.
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A red card or sending off is occasionally issued to
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a player who exhibits serious foul play to yow. Cards
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result in automatic red card, the player must leave the
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game immediately. Soccer is the simplest game. That's the letter s.
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Don't own a ball, use rolled up socks. No sport
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does more with less on city streets or sandlots. There
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are many ways to play. Many soccer superstars started just
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that way in eighteen sixty two, when a man named
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Jcne three wrote ten rules for a sport that would
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become known in the United States as soccer. He called
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it the simplest game. The object of soccer is indeed simple.
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Put the ball in your opponent's go more often than
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you put in yours. The basic rules of soccer are
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so soil that the game can be played in some
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form almost anywhere. Parks and streets serve as makeshift soccer fiells.
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A pair of trees or rocks or hats can be
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turned into ghos. Imagination is an important soccer skill. In fact,
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one young boy in Brazil grew up in the nineteen
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forties using a grapefruit as a soccer ball. Do you
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know his name? Peley Teas for trapping the ball, no
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hands allowed. That's why players stop it when their chest,
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with their chest or with their foot or thigh. T
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can be a throw into to pull the ball in play,
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or a tough and tackle tackle to take the ball away.
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In soccer, a trap is how player stops a moving
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ball and gains control of it without illegally using his
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arms or hands. A tackle is a means of getting
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the ball from the opponent. May be accomplished by sliding
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or by a shoulder charge, and often both players fall
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to the ground. However, the rules do not allow elbowing, holding, pushing, tripping,
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or hip checking. When a player last touches the ball
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that passes over the touch line, his opponent may throw
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it back in play from the point where it cross
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the line. The ball is thrown with both hands from
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behind and over the head. Is the only time a
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player other than the goalie is allowed to use his hands.
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After the throw in, the player cannot touch the ball
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until it has been touched by a teammate or an opponent.
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The boss improperly thrown in. A throw in is awarded
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to someone from the opposite team. Use for the uniforms
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that most soccer teams use, shorts and colored jerseys, socks
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and cleated shoes, and you, as a brave and under
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dog against a mighty foe. In soccer, anything can happen
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some days, you never know. The early days of soccer
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uniforms were very much different from today's lightweight jerseys and shorts.
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Players commonly wore knicker bockers fastened tightly below the knee,
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long stockings, and heavy boots. Often players wore caps, sometimes
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even top hats. Eventually, these uniforms were replaced by jerseys
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and long shorts. Over the years, the shorts have become
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shorter and the clothing has become lighter. Vs. Four Virginia.
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Once Bruce Arena's team, they challenge for the College Crown
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every year. It seemed two thousand and two the coach
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led the USA to the World Cup quarterfly finals, quite
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a fine display. From nineteen seventy nine through nineteen ninety five,
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coach Bruce Arenas University of Virginia team produced a record
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of two hundred and ninety five wins, fifty eight losses,
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and thirty two ties, and won five national titles. Nineteen
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ninety six, Arena coach the US Olympic men's soccer team
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and coached the DC United squad the first ever MLS Cup.
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Irana took over as coach of the US national team
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in nineteen ninety eight and set about devel being eighteen
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that could compete with any in the world. The Americans
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proved it at the two thousand and two World Cup.
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The Americans seven total goals and two wins matched its
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best World Cup performance since the first tournament seventy two
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years earlier. W is the World Cup thirty two team
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ball to see which nation has the finest hawker squad
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of all. From Canada to Cameroon, from India to France,
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every nation wants to be the last one at the dance.
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The World Cup is a soccer tournament held every four
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years for both men and women that decides the best
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national team on the planet. Only thirteen countries competing in
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the first World Cup tournament in nineteen thirty, which was
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by invitation. Only two and two to more than one
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hundred and ninety nations participate in the qualifying tournament for
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the World Cup. Frenchmen Jewles Remant first had the idea
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of a World Cup competition and donated a gold trophy
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to be presented to the champions. When Brazil took the
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title for the third time in nineteen seventy, its national
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team was allowed to keep the Jewels Remitt Cup, so
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a new trophy, designed by an Italian sculptor was created.
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It is made of eighteen care gold and shows two
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soccer players holding a large up a large globe ws
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for winners. The seventeen men's World Cup tournaments held between
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nineteen thirty and two thousand and two were won by
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only seven different countries. Brazil won five times, followed by
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Italy three times, West Germany three times, Our Gentina two times,
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Your Go Away two times England, once in France once
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X marks the spot where someone commits the foul. A
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penalty kick right then and there is what the rules allow.
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The other players must remain at least ten yards away.
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The extra nervous goalie is asked to save the day.
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A free kick is a shot on goal awarded after
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a rule violation. It can be direct or indirect. An
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indirect free kick is awarded for such offenses as off
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side violations and obstructing an opposing player. It counts as
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a goal only if the ball touches a player on
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either team before crossing the goal line. A direct free
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kick counts as a go whether or not the ball
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touches anyone on its way to the goal. It is
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awarded for major intentional offenses, such as playing the ball
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with the arm or hand, tripping, pushing, or holding. A
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penalty kick is a direct free kick awarded when a
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defender commits a major foul within the team's penalty area.
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The kicker places the ball at a spot determined by
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the referee. The goalkeeper must stand on the goal line
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between the goal post and cannot move his feet until
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the ball is kicked. The rest of the players must
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remain outside the penalty area. If the goalkeeper stops the
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ball or it rebounds into the playing, play continues. If
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the ball enters the net, it is a goal. Why
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is for youth soccer the favorite game of all Happy
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children get their kicks and have themselves a ball. It's
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more popular around the world than any other sport played
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on a field or diamond or in a rink or court.
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Hundreds of millions of children play soccer around the world.
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The United States, the sport is one of the most
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popular pastimes for kids under age twelve. The American Youth
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Soccer Organization begin in California in nineteen sixty four with
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nine teams. There are more than fifty thousand teams in
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forty six states. The organization holds regional championships, but there
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are also international competitions for youth soccer players. In Canada,
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nearly seven hundred thousand youths under eighteen register to play
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soccer in two thousand and two. Why is also goalkeeper
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lev Yashin, who led the Soviet teams and Olympic gold
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medal in nineteen fifty six and a European championship in
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nineteen sixty. As the star of the Dynamo Moscow club team,
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he was named European Player of the Year in nineteen
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sixty three. A quarter century later, a panel of two
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hundred and fifty international soccer journalists chose Yazin as the
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long goalkeeper on the World Team of the twentieth Century.
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Zis for Zeniden Zidan, a French star named world's best
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in athletes of all ages who played the game with
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zest a pass that zips across the field a game
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tied zero zero and catching Z's while dreaming of being
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a soccer hero nidfielders. Zaidan has twice been named the
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FIFA World Player of the Year, in nineteen ninety eight
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and two thousand. Zidan recorded two gos against Brazil in
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the final game to lead France to the nineteen ninety
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eight World Cup crown. Four years later, he scored a
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brilliant left footed go from the edge of the penalty
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area to lift his Real Madrid club team to the
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European Cup Championship. Zia is also record setting Italian goaltender
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Dino Zoff, who set what is perhaps an unbreakable international
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shutout mark in nineteen seventy four by playing one thousand,
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one hundred and forty three minutes or more than twelve
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straight games without allowing a go. He led his club
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team Juvenus to five league titles. Then, at age forty one,
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in nineteen eighty two, he captained Italy to the World
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Cup Championship. Our next book is called Lionel Messi and
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it was published by Golden Books, an imprint of Random
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House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House. His
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copyright year of twenty twenty four and the author is ROBERTA. Lugelow.
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Lionel Andreas Messi was born on June twenty fourth, nineteen
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eighty seven, and Rosario, Argentina. His parents, George Messi and
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Celia Cuttinini, called him Leo. Leo fell in love with soccer,
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which is called football most countries. When he was very young,
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he played all the time with his older brothers and cousins.
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When Leo was four years old, he joined a local
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youth team. His father was the coach, but his grandmother,
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Celia was his biggest fan. She went to all his
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training sessions and games. Sadly, she died before his eleventh birthday.
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Ever since then, whenever Leo scores a go he celebrates
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by looking up and pointing toward the sky in tribute
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to his grandmother. Leo was asked to join the youth
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system of Noule's Oh Boys, one of the biggest teams
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in Rosario. When he was eight, he became their star
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player and scored more than two hundred and thirty goals.
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The kids on the youth team would often perform ball
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tricks during halftime the professional grand games. They would balance
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the ball on one foot, juggle the ball with both feet,
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and back kill the ball over their heads. Leo's skills
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entertained the fans and caught the attention of coaches for
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the best teams in South America and Europe. Leo was
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always smaller than his teammates. Doctors prescribed medicine that could
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help him grow, but it was very expensive and Leo's
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parents could not afford it. The world of famous soccer
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club FC Barcelona offered to pay his medical bills if
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he joined their youth team, So thirteen year old Leo
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and his family packed up and moved to Spain. He
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was often homesick living in a new country, but Leo
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was always happy when he was playing soccer. Just a
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few years later, Leo went from the youth league to
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La Liga, Spain's top professional soccer division. At seventeen years though,
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he became the youngest player and goal scorer in La
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Liga history, and this was only the beginning. Leo would
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go on to set many more records with FC Barcelona.
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In two thousand and nine, FC Barcelona won the Champions League,
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the Spanish Super Cup and the La Liga title. That
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same year, Leo won his first FIFA World Player of
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the Year honor, called the Ballion de Or Awards. Lionel
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Messi has had many nicknames through the years. His family
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called him Leo. Childhood friends called him the Fleet because
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he was so small. Sport reporters in Spain called him
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the Atomic Flee because he was small and super fast,
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But most people know him by the name on the
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back of his jersey, NeSSI. Nessy can make a perfect pass,
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he can dribble through defenders, and he can score. He
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has won more trophies and has set more records than
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any other soccer player, he scored the most goals for
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one team. He's the longest scoring streak in La Liga,
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and he has won six European Golden Boot Awards and
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eight Ballion do Or Trophies just seam a few and
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the biggest prize was yet to come. Even though Messi
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lived and played in Spain, he still had strong connections
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to the country where he was born, so when it
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came to hin to decide which national team to play for,
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he chose the Argentina. He played in Argentinas two thousand
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and five FIFA World Youth Championship squad, represented the country
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in the two thousand and six FIFA World Cup and
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helped them win the gold medal at the two thousand
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and eight Olympic Games. Messi was named captain of Argentina's
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team in twenty eleven. In twenty fourteen, under his leadership,
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they made it to the World Cup final for the
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first time in twenty four years, and in twenty twenty two,
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at the age of thirty five, he led Argentinage to
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win the ultimate prize, the FIFA World Cup. His family
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is always there to cheer him on. In twenty seventeen,
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he married Antonielle Racuso. They first met more than twenty
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years earlier, when Messi played on the same youth team
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as an Antonielli's cousin. The fancy wedding took place in
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their hometown of Rosario. The couple has three sons, Matteale,
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Figo and Cerro. Messi's contract with FC Barcelona expired in
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twenty twenty one. He was sad to leave the team
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he had been with for so many years. Us he
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agreed to play for Paris Saint Jermain. With a new
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team came a new home. He moved from Spain to France.
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Just two years later, he was on the move again,
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this time to the United States. Playing for Inter Miami
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and Florida brought Messi close to his home and family
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in Argentina. Off the soccer field, he has been involved
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with many charities for children. As a UNICEF Goodwill ambassadord,
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he traveled to Haiti after an earthquake left many kids
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and their families without at homes, foods, or clean water.
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He also started the Leo Messi Foundation, inspired by the
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medical expenses he had as a child. It helps give
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children from low income families access to healthcare schools and sports,
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always working hard to be the best he can be,
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and a sport he loves is earned him another nickname.
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People will call him Goat because he's the greatest of
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all time. Our next book is titled After School Sports
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Club Soccer Day, and it was published by Simon Spotlight,
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an imprint of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division. Is
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a copyright year of two thousand and nine and the
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author of our story is Alison Heller. It was the
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first day the after school Sports Club. Caleb, Sammy, Elisa,
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Tests and JB. We're excited to learn a new sport.
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There are all kinds of sports we can learn, said
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their teacher, mister Mike. There is tennis, teaball and soccer.
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We can try soccer, said Test. That looks like fun.
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Mister Mike gave each of the I'm a soccer ball.
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The kids were kicking balls everywhere, Test, JB, Caleb and
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Alisa were doing well. They even kicked the ball to
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the net a few times, but Sammy was not doing
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so well. He was kicking the ball to the side
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and above and around the net. At the end of
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the day, mister Mike gathered up the group a few weeks,
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we are going to have an open house so your
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parents can see what you have learned. Mister Mike, said. Alyssa,
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tests Caleb, and JB were excited, but Samy was worried.
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His dad used to play soccer and Sammy did not
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want to disappoint him. When Samy went home that night,
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he told his dad about the club. That sounds like
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a lot of fun, said Sammy's dad. I cannot wait
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to come see you at the open house. The next
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few weeks, Samy kept on practicing, but he could not
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kick the ball very far. He still could not make
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the net and his passes missed. The night before the
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big open house, Sammy told us dad that he was
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not as good as the other kids. Do not worry,
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said Sammy's dead. Just keep trying and do your best.
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The next day, all the kids parents came to the
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open house. The kids all lined up and dribbled the
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ball the whole length of the soccer field. Next, they
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showed off their passing moves. Finally, each kid took a
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turn kicking the ball of the go. Tess and Caleb
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kicked their right theirs right into the net, so did
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Alyssa and JB. Soon it was Sammy's turn. He took
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a deep breath and kick the ball right into the
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go I knew you could do it, said Sammy's dead.
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I am very proud of you. Well, this concludes the
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children's story I have for today. Please join us next
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time as we will read more stories, fables and fairy tales.
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