Soccer Articles

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Jim Brown @ Wednesday, 21st November 2007 @ 2:26 PM

The game of soccer is played and enjoyed by people all over the world. To play soccer, you need two teams with eleven people on each team, a ball, and a place to play it at. Soccer games are usually played on a field that has a rich layer of finely mowed grass on it. Soccer is usually played by children and teenagers; however, it can be played by adults. This is a competitive sport that can be enjoyed by everyone in the family and it does not matter how old they are. The object of a game ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Mohamed Abdul Rauf Bin Mohamed Yusope @ Tuesday, 6th November 2007 @ 1:45 PM

I remembered walking around the nice Perth City appreciating the beautiful cold weather there, my eyes glanced intensely upon the sight of a book store. With my affection for reading, I walked in with great anticipation. My eyes were wide opened when I saw pictures of my favorite player, Zinedine Zidane. Zidane or Zizou is the player who I felt shows great exemplary of wonderful skills that can be found on the streets and transferred it to the field. It's been an eventful year for me... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Roger Munns @ Friday, 19th October 2007 @ 10:44 AM

England's Thierry Henry, the explosive striker for soccer's beleaguered Arsenal team, has decided to cut ties and venture toward greener pastures with the Barcelona club. His recent decision has left fans disappointed but not surprised, as the deal for the move has dragged on for almost a year. Of the move, Henry has recently been quoted as saying, "I have said so many times why I left Arsenal. I don't want to go back to that, but it was hard to leave. I always said th... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Roger Munns @ Friday, 19th October 2007 @ 10:41 AM

Is it the end of an era or the beginning of something new? With his latest win for Real Madrid against Mallorca in the last game of the season, soccer great David Beckham bids adieu to his teammates and heads for the States, where he's set to play for the L.A. Galaxy team. Beckham played for four years with Spain's Real Madrid, and he ended his career with them by helping them to a 3-1 win over Mallorca, much to the delight of fans around the world. As to his end with the team, ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By William Bishop @ Wednesday, 22nd August 2007 @ 6:27 PM

I was a little weary to even bring up the sport of soccer but I can just not help myself. I know that it wants to become big in the United States but that is never going to happen. The problem is that is just too boring to watch on TV. They do not score enough goals and the score always looks so low. It completely reminds me of hockey just without the ice and ice skates. The basic rules are all the same and so are the scores. If hockey hasn't been able to make it neither will soccer.<... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Jim Brown @ Monday, 23rd July 2007 @ 12:35 PM

There is a question that every mother finds herself asking her child at some point in their lives. "If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?" The answer of course is "no" but the question serves to illustrate our potential as human beings for enacting popular behavior. If you ask a citizen of the United States, "If everyone in the world watched a certain sport, would you?" The answer, if the sport were soccer, would be "no". Popular or not,... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Roger Munns @ Wednesday, 4th July 2007 @ 1:15 AM

England's Thierry Henry, the explosive striker for soccer's beleaguered Arsenal team, has decided to cut ties and venture toward greener pastures with the Barcelona club. His recent decision has left fans disappointed but not surprised, as the deal for the move has dragged on for almost a year. Of the move, Henry has recently been quoted as saying, "I have said so many times why I left Arsenal. I don't want to go back to that, but it was hard to leave. I always said th... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Roger Munns @ Thursday, 28th June 2007 @ 1:07 AM

Is it the end of an era or the beginning of something new? With his latest win for Real Madrid against Mallorca in the last game of the season, soccer great David Beckham bids adieu to his teammates and heads for the States, where he's set to play for the L.A. Galaxy team. Beckham played for four years with Spain's Real Madrid, and he ended his career with them by helping them to a 3-1 win over Mallorca, much to the delight of fans around the world. As to his end with the team, ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Roger Munns @ Monday, 2nd April 2007 @ 1:54 PM

After a goalless draw in Israel just a few days before in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, the England football team travelled to Barcelona to play football minnows Andorra. Andorra had a history before playing England of just one victory in international football, and under normal circumstances a country with a population of 70,000, with less than half of the Andorra population Andorran nationals elegible to play, no-one would expect anything other than a comfortable England victory,... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Ben Franklin @ Friday, 2nd March 2007 @ 12:49 PM

Not much is known about the first soccer team. However, the Greeks and Romans played football and ball kicking games. The London Football Association developed the first sets of rules in 1863. British sailors and settlers brought the game to India, South America and Europe. During the late 19th century, soccer was brought to the United States. However, it did not prove popular until after World War I. In 1908, soccer was made an Olympic event. Since 1952, Hungary has won the most gold me... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Bowe Packer @ Thursday, 15th February 2007 @ 3:56 AM

There are many different types of sports games being played in all parts of the world. Some of these games are more popular than others. The more popular games like basketball, baseball, football and soccer have made their way into the games of other countries. Soccer is one such game that is very significant in Brazil. Brazil soccer is more than just a game it is a national past time. In Brazil the sport would be considered by some, to be a part of their heritage. Many of the young boys ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Martin W Davies @ Tuesday, 6th February 2007 @ 5:37 PM

In England, the football transfer window is closing. This usually means a traditional mad scramble on the last day of the season by clubs wishing to bolster their squad for the final half of the season. Often it is clubs struggling at the wrong end of the table that desperately want to sign quality players in order to avoid the dreaded relegation which can cost a club up to 20 million pounds in lost revenue. So how does a football transfer work? And what is the actual process of a footbal... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By John Pawlett @ Wednesday, 24th January 2007 @ 12:01 PM

Soccer is more than just an all American sport or something that some might play in their free time.It has become such a popular sport, that it is now considered to be one of the most popular games throughout the world. Almost every country in the world is found with a soccer team that helps them to get in the extra kicks towards victory. The game of soccer was known to be developed as early as the 1500s by the Chinese and Japanese dynasties. There are also reminiscent of the game that... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By Chris Campbell @ Tuesday, 12th September 2006 @ 1:53 AM

Soccer has to be one of the original sports games every played by people. I can just imagine cave dwellers kicking around the old soccer ball. Or maybe it was a soccer rock? A soccer coconut perhaps? It's got to be one of the simplest form of sports play imaginable. I mean, really, I kick the ball this way and you try to kick the ball that way. Whether the ball (coconut?) goes more this way or more that way determines the winner. While it may be easy for me to imagine soccer being kic... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By David Walker @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 6:49 AM

Arsenal Odds: 7/1 Last Five Seasons 2005/06 - 4 (Premiership), 2004/05 - 2 (Premiership), 2003/04 - 1 (Premiership), 2002/03 - 2 (Premiership), 2001/02 - 1 (Premiership). 2005/06 Cup Progress FA Community Shield vs Chelsea (n) - lost 2-1. Champions League Final vs Barcelona (n) - lost 2-1. FA Cup Fourth Round vs Bolton Wanderers (a) - lost 1-0. Carling Cup Semi Final vs Wigan Athletic - lost on away goals with the score 2-2 on aggregate after extra time. more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By David Walker @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 6:48 AM

Aston Villa Odds: 750/1 Last Five Seasons 2005/06 - 16 (Premiership), 2004/05 - 10 (Premiership), 2003/04 - 6 (Premiership), 2002/03 - 16 (Premiership), 2001/02 - 8 (Premiership). 2005/06 Cup Progress FA Cup Fifth Round (replay) vs Manchester City (a) - lost 2-1. Carling Cup Fourth Round vs Doncaster Rovers (a) - lost 3-0. Top Goal Scorer 2005/06: Milan Baros (striker) - 12 goals. Players Out Jamie Ward (Torquay United - Free) The events surr... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By David Walker @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 6:46 AM

Blackburn Rovers Odds: 350/1 Last Five Seasons 2005/06 - 6 (Premiership), 2004/05 - 15 (Premiership), 2003/04 - 15 (Premiership), 2002/03 - 6 (Premiership), 2001/02 - 10 (Premiership). 2005/06 Cup Progress FA Cup Fourth Round vs West Ham United (a) - lost 4-2. Carling Cup Semi Finals vs Manchester United - lost 3-2 on aggregate. Top Goal Scorer 2005/06: Craig Bellamy (striker) - 17 goals. Players In Benni McCarthy (FC Porto - £2,500,000), Jason Robe... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By David Walker @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 5:54 AM

Bolton Wanderers Odds: 500/1 Last Five Seasons 2005/06 - 8 (Premiership), 2004/05 - 6 (Premiership), 2003/04 - 8 (Premiership), 2002/03 - 17 (Premiership), 2001/02 - 16 (Premiership). 2005/06 Cup Progress UEFA Cup Last 32 vs Marseille - lost 2-1 on aggregate. FA Cup Fifth Round (replay) vs West Ham United (a) - lost 2-1 after extra time. Carling Cup Quarter Finals vs Wigan Athletic (a) - lost 2-0. Top Goal Scorer 2005/06: Stylianos Giannakopoulos (midfiel... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By David Walker @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 5:50 AM

Charlton Athletic Odds: 1500/1 Last Five Seasons 2005/06 - 13 (Premiership), 2004/05 - 11 (Premiership), 2003/04 - 7 (Premiership), 2002/03 - 12 (Premiership), 2001/02 - 14 (Premiership). 2005/06 Cup Progress FA Cup Sixth Round (replay) vs Middlesbrough (a) - lost 4-2. Carling Cup Fourth Round vs Blackburn Rovers (h) - lost 3-2. Top Goal Scorer 2005/06: Darren Bent (striker) - 22 goals. Players In Simon Walton (Leeds United - £500,000), Jimmy-Floyd ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports » Soccer | By David Walker @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 5:47 AM

Chelsea Odds: 4/9 Last Five Seasons 2005/06 - 1 (Premiership), 2004/05 - 1 (Premiership), 2003/04 - 2 (Premiership), 2002/03 - 4 (Premiership), 2001/02 - 6 (Premiership). 2005/06 Cup Progress FA Community Shield Winners vs Arsenal (n) - won 2-1. Champions League Last 16 vs Barcelona - lost 3-2 on aggregate. FA Cup Semi Final (n) vs Liverpool (a) - lost 2-1. Carling Cup Third Round vs Charlton Athletic (h) - lost 5-4 on penalties with score at 1-1 after extra t... more...