To me soccer is my favorite sport of all time, so it
is to several other people. Soccer is known and played all over the world. There are many reasons why soccer is popular. Firstly
speaking, soccer is not a hard game to understand. The main point is to shoot
the ball into the opposite's team's net. Also, it's a sport for girls and guys
of all ages. In addition, it's a team sport which helps people communicate
better, become more social and you can make friends on the way.
One of the main
reasons why soccer is so popular is that it doesn't really require any equipment
or a special field. Many poor countries play barefoot on dirt or rock and use a
homemade soccer ball. It’s not like other sports, for example skating, that require ice
skates and hockey that requires high body protection. Some countries grew up
playing soccer, like for example Brazil, India, Lebanon, Spain, Germany, Sweden, etc.
Soccer is a world sport. It is the most popular in South
America,
Europe, Africa and the Middle-East.
Soccer has been around for a long time. It started around 255-206 BC in China. Soldiers during the Tsin Dynasty would kick a leather ball and shoot it into a net. As you can see, soccer has a big part in history which draws attention to a lot of people. To add, Soccer is named as football in many other countries. In Canada and America, we usually say soccer but the word soccer was actually invented by the British. There are sports that are called football also, for example rugby and the famous american football. This is why so many Americans and Canadians call football, soccer. I am a Lebanese - Canadian so when I talk in Arabic, I say football and when I talk English, I call it soccer. Football, of course, sounds more suitable for the game, since it's only played specifically with the feet but soccer sounds cool too and it's unique.
Another reason to why soccer became popular and how it became more popular is the famous international federation football association, FIFA, also known as the FIFA World Cup. It is a soccer tournament between the national soccer teams of countries that have been picked based on their play. It is a really exciting sporting event that only comes each 4 years for one month. The FIFA World Cup is broadcasted in 204 countries and billions of people watch it. One of those billions of people is me. I always watch the World cup and never miss a match even if I had something super important to do. I just don't like how it takes forever to come back. Four years is a very long time to me. The World cup is so exciting. During one month all you see is thousands of people on the street wearing their jersey of their favourite soccer player or soccer team, kids and adults playing outside and flags everywhere. My favorite team is Germany and guess what! They won the 2014 FIFA World Cup this year. I was so happy! My cousins who were rooting for Argentina said that Germany wasn't going to win but they thought wrong. At the moment of declaration to the World Cup champions, my family and I went to the downtown of our city and started beeping our horns with our car while holding up Germany flags. There were so many other people doing the same. It was so much fun. Since the World Cup takes a long time to come back, there are other associations that bring popularity to soccer and to keep entertaining us; there is the Euro Cup, UEFA Champions League, there is even the Woman's FIFA World Cup, etc. All in all, soccer is an amazing sport and is loved and shared by many people all over the world.
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| Kids in Haiti playing soccer barefeet. |
Europe, Africa and the Middle-East.
Soccer has been around for a long time. It started around 255-206 BC in China. Soldiers during the Tsin Dynasty would kick a leather ball and shoot it into a net. As you can see, soccer has a big part in history which draws attention to a lot of people. To add, Soccer is named as football in many other countries. In Canada and America, we usually say soccer but the word soccer was actually invented by the British. There are sports that are called football also, for example rugby and the famous american football. This is why so many Americans and Canadians call football, soccer. I am a Lebanese - Canadian so when I talk in Arabic, I say football and when I talk English, I call it soccer. Football, of course, sounds more suitable for the game, since it's only played specifically with the feet but soccer sounds cool too and it's unique.
Another reason to why soccer became popular and how it became more popular is the famous international federation football association, FIFA, also known as the FIFA World Cup. It is a soccer tournament between the national soccer teams of countries that have been picked based on their play. It is a really exciting sporting event that only comes each 4 years for one month. The FIFA World Cup is broadcasted in 204 countries and billions of people watch it. One of those billions of people is me. I always watch the World cup and never miss a match even if I had something super important to do. I just don't like how it takes forever to come back. Four years is a very long time to me. The World cup is so exciting. During one month all you see is thousands of people on the street wearing their jersey of their favourite soccer player or soccer team, kids and adults playing outside and flags everywhere. My favorite team is Germany and guess what! They won the 2014 FIFA World Cup this year. I was so happy! My cousins who were rooting for Argentina said that Germany wasn't going to win but they thought wrong. At the moment of declaration to the World Cup champions, my family and I went to the downtown of our city and started beeping our horns with our car while holding up Germany flags. There were so many other people doing the same. It was so much fun. Since the World Cup takes a long time to come back, there are other associations that bring popularity to soccer and to keep entertaining us; there is the Euro Cup, UEFA Champions League, there is even the Woman's FIFA World Cup, etc. All in all, soccer is an amazing sport and is loved and shared by many people all over the world.
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| Germany were the FIFA World Cup Champions in 2014 |
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Wow Mona! I very much enjoyed reading this blog post. It never occurred to me just how popular soccer is. I don't play soccer, but these reasons you gave on why it's such a great sport gave me a little motivation to try the sport out. I also appreciated how you informed us on how this sport came to be. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteThis blog is incredible Mona. I really loved how you gave your opinion on soccer and the part it plays in your life. Also, that you talked about soccer's passed and what countries play it.I really love the picture you used and the background. I am looking forward to your next blog.:)
ReplyDeleteWow Mona! This is honestly such a great blog post. I’m not really one for sports but after reading this post I’m honestly quite tempted to go out and play for myself! I really liked how you described soccer’s past and how you don’t need much to have fun. Keep up the good work!
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