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smartsselling asked:

Team Coach Sean Carlisle of 6 Weeks To Soccer Magic demonstrates an effective footwork drill for learning how to change directions quickly on the soccer field during a game.

Soccergirl15 asked:


i heard that they are going to start a womens soccer leauge in the usa in 2008/2009 and i was wondering if the womens national soccer team is still going to be the superior one?

SPORTiana.com asked:


In most countries, the name of the game sound alike. Words like football, fussball, futbol, futebol… don’t just sound the same, they are the same game. In the U.S., however, they call it soccer. Major League Soccer (MLS) as an American professional soccer league has been around for some time now.

Unlike other American major league sports, MLS does not dominate the sport’s public attention on global scale, nor its champion is crowned as the ‘World Champion’. MLS has been going through constant development. Did it gain significant public and media attention in the world football? No!

Soccer as the 2nd, 7th or 10th most popular sport in the U.S. doesn’t make a great difference, the American public will still follow the NFL, , MLB NHL or NBA. The world public would follow those leagues with same attention as they are world’s most prominent sports leagues.

In recent years with the globalization of media, the world sports scene has started to change; in that process, English football league, Premiership, promotes itself as ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ and is in fact the world’s most popular and most watched sporting league, with a current worldwide viewership of half a billion people and media income for seasons 2007 to 2010 worth over $5 billion.

If the world will watch football leagues like English Premiership or Spanish La Liga, who will watch the American major league sports other than domestic spectators? Will a part of the American public turn to watch overseas football leagues as well? Such questions made soccer be an issue in the U.S sports.

Every now and then, the MLS officials would wake up from the drowsiness of being in shadows of Top 4 American major leagues around the time when World Cup takes places and it becomes evident how immense the game of football is in the terms of world public interest, media attention, sponsors.

As the noise around World Cup passes, the MLS would fall back in drowsiness. It was not to be like that after the World Cup 2006 in Germany when the world public had clear picture of European football’s modern stadiums, multi-million player contracts… the world sports spotlight got a hold on football.

This time it’s not the MLS who is to take the initiative of promoting MLS, it’s the whole of American professional sports entertainment industry. It is an economic opportunity where the money revolving around the world football was too great to be missed or discarded.

In the summer of 2007, U.S. soccer attempted to take over the world football by storm by offering David Beckham a $250million contract, the most expensive football player contract in history of the sport, some described it as the deal to bring Beckham to America is thought to be the biggest in sporting history. MLS sent out a message to the world.

In the midst of summer when European leagues were between the seasons and the waters were still, MLS got the wanted exposure with news stories being dominated with the Beckham family moving to LA. Did the stories overtake the world football media and public attention in favor of MLS yet? No!

Is $250 million worth of exposure in the long run? Time will tell. Autumn came, European and international leagues are in full swing, the world sports news publish less articles about Beckham, LA Galaxy and the MLS. To make things worst, LA will hardly make the play-offs, giving the media less to write about.

In the league that has had an overall lost of more than $350 million in the first 8 years after its foundation (a BusinessWeek report from 2004), where at the present time only two teams, LA Galaxy and FC Dallas, are profitable with 3 additional teams expected to be profitable within a year, a $250 million one-player investment seems like a gamble. If so, what are the odds?

In recent years, several notable players chose to make the step away from the bigger leagues of Europe and South America for a financially good contract with teams from the Gulf countries. The headlines reported rich transfer deals, though there was no to little follow-up in media coverage of those leagues.

Not to be forgotten, prior to David Beckham’s arrival, MLS attempted to gain exposure with Freddy Adu, a player under the age of 16 that was crowned as the next Pelé. Adu received significant media attention, the world knew he’s playing for DC United of the MLS.

Many may or may not know that Adu, this past summer at the age of 18, signed a contract in Europe with Benfica FC - Portugal. Prior to joining Benfica, Adu spent some time during summer in the Man Utd’s training camp, Alex Fergusson did not give him the reason to stay.

Benfica paid to the club from Salt Lake City $2million for the player’s release note and Adu will receive $1.2million per year, solid but not the contract that tops the news. Adu was not on Benfica’s Champions League match roster against Milan on Sept. 18th, in compare a player like Messi at the current Adu’s age was already among the starting 11 for the football giant FC Barcelona.

The MLS didn’t appear to have gained substantial attention for the sport with Adu, nor contributed to his development into the world dominant player as expected. Through history, some of the best players of all times played soccer in the States, including Pelé, Beckenbauer, Eusebio…

After the decades long attempts that did not give hoped results for the success of U.S. soccer, what difference Beckham’s playing (currently on a 6 week absence due to the injury) may makes now? Let’s have a brief look at the MLS, a professional soccer league that started in 1996 with more than 10 seasons of experience under way.

Logistics and facilities: On the day of publishing this text, September 27th 2007, Beckham’s LA Galaxy is playing against the KC Wizards. SPORTiana.com, as the author of this text, had the insight in MLS through KC Wizards in the summer of 2006, a year prior to Beckham’s arrival in the MLS.

At that time KC Wizard’s head coach complained about having himself and 2 more assistant coaches to run the team’s training, forcing him to leave several players from 26 man roster sitting on the bench because of not being able to have them all on the field during trainings at the same time.

The training facilities included one open-air field and the in-door field with gym used by the NFL team KC Chiefs, within the Arrowhead Stadium complex. The Wizard’s open air-training field was situated next to the fence aside KC Chiefs training fields.

Grass on the Wizards field was almost separated turfs on the ground as hard as a rock, a field where many players would pass on training in order to avoid injuries. A head coach, 2 assist coaches, fitness trainer… NFL stadium and facilities… small office space at the corner of a stadium… it would be quite a contrast to the clubs from leagues where Beckham previously played.

Players: Majority MLS players come in the league as drafted college players. College soccer usually means player’s playing for a full ride scholarship with the first pro contracts signed at the age of 22 or so. In other countries, first pro contracts are usually signed at the age of 18, at the age of 22 the player is coming out of a 4 year contract and managers have a better understanding of a player’s capabilities in pro football.

This means college players are 4 years behind. By signing a first pro contract at the age of 22, they would come out of the 4 year contract at the age of 26, at that time, major world football clubs would rather invest their money in a 22 year old’s prospect who has also had 4 years of pro football experience.

College players hardly pass over playing in the MLS (players’ first pro contract) on their way to better paid leagues as most foreign clubs would not sign a college league soccer player with no pro football experience at the age of 22.

Prominent American players like DeMarkus Beasley ($2million to PSV – Netherlands, currently for £700,000 with Rangers – Scotland) or Tim Howard ($4million to Man Utd – England, currently with Everton after being loaned), joined MLS directly from high-school without playing college soccer, just like Freddy Adu.

For an average football fan with the choice to watch a variety of matches, e.g. the giants of the game squaring up in domestic leagues like this past weekend when it was Man Utd vs Chelsea in England, Barcelona vs Sevilla in Spain, Roma vs Juventus in Italy, PSV vs Feyenoord in the Netherlands… Boca Juniors games in Argentina, Lyon in France… there’s little space for MLS.

A football fan wants to see the competitiveness, passionate fans, decades-long fierce rivalry between the clubs, tradition, the world’s best players, established players with reputation of playing for prestigious clubs, ultra-modern football-specific stadiums, most of which the MLS does not offer.

The MLS needs to gain the interest of the American public and media in order to gain the same interest with the world public. Hard-working, attractive all-around players like Eddie Johnson of the KC Wizards or DC United’s Jaime Moreno, who proved their quality in this summer’s Copa America 2007 are the prototype players for a successful competitive league.

The MLS’s proposed soccer-specific modern stadiums for all clubs are a step forwards. German Bundesliga witnessed tremendous boost of public interest and media attention on domestic and global level prior to and after the World Cup 2006, with a legacy of great new and renewed old stadiums.

The MLS ought to internationalize as much as possible, the English Premiership did it, when foreign billionaires started buying clubs, world class players arrived in even great number to make it the most watched and profitable football league in the world.

Many writers have speculated on why football is not as popular in the U.S. as it is in some other countries, most of them point to the fact that the game does not have enough scoring. Changing rules of the game in favor of having more goals per game may be beneficial this time around.

Football is a powerful force, it already changed the North American major league sports philosophy, MLS clubs are competing in the Super League and the Copa Sudamericana, The New York Red Bulls new stadium will feature a full “European-style” roof, in 2007 MLS started selling ad space on the front of jersey (a floor of $500,000 per shirt sponsorship), following the practice of the international football.

As the Latin American immigration increases in the US, so is the interest in football. With football being the most popular recreational sport for both boys and girls, the MLS has potential. In 2006 Don Garber, MLS Commissioner, expressed his expectations for the league’s clubs to be profitable by 2010 overall.

LA Galaxy’s merchandise sales through Beckham’s next 4 four years with the club may not top $600 million as it was during his time with Real Madrid, still an MLS player made onto the covers of Sports Illustrated magazine and gather a crowd of 66,000 spectators at a packed Giants Stadium.

In the words of David Beckham about his move to MLS: “I’m coming there to play football… I’m not saying me coming over to the States is going to make soccer the biggest sport in America”. It’s about taking one step at the time, if soccer aims to make it in the football world.

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rleroy5 asked:


Have you ever watch proffesional soccer? seen someone get injured? Does the team of paramedics and trainers pull out a can (that looks similar to spray paint) and spray iton the injury? and then miraculously the player is able to get up and walk?

Is this product a form of nitrogen that applies a cold layer of gel on the injured area?

I was just wondering because my mom and I call it the ‘miracle spray’!

James Brown asked:


Soccer fans love the game of soccer because it is filled with pulsating action that comes from teams that represent people from all parts of the world. Soccer allows people of all cultures to integrate onto a playing surface and exhibit their talent in a very aggressive game that is watched by millions of people each weekend. When one of those players is missing though, a different type of hell breaks loose.

Soccer is a sport that is very respected by fans because they have made it their business to know all about the people involved with the game. The fans understand the time and commitment that some soccer players put into a game that they love doing every day of the week. There are certain soccer players that still must prove their abilities in a foreign land even after they have become champions in their homeland. These players will be under constant scrutiny by the public as they wait for the player to prove their abilities and live up to the hype generated by the news.

These self-made soccer avatars have been exposed by the news media as the best in their craft and have been criticized for being highly paid for their professional services. Some professional soccer players have used their brain instead of their athletic talents and excelled in the news because they have a very talented mate who is just as interesting in the public eye. When this type of scrutiny is diverted for just a short time, it gives the soccer playing champ a chance to rest and look forward to playing the next game of soccer.

It is rather strange that the press would canonize a foreign soccer player for not being able to play in Los Angeles when he was injured in a soccer game. Although the player was where he was supposed to be, and doing what he was hired to do, some critics feel that he was taking advantage of the situation somehow and was not keeping up his end of the bargain.

Perhaps the injury occurred on a soccer field in England, or one in the United States. Soccer players know the risk when they enter the field, and yet, many of them still do and have the courage to continue playing long past when they should leave the field for medical reasons. Permanent injuries can occur when any soccer player puts the game above self, but the ridicule provided by the press and teammates might give a foreign player that plays for America no other choice.

A player with this much power and charisma on and off the soccer field deserves to be watched but not monitored. Some events of life deserve to be solemnly attended to with dignity and with a guarantee of privacy. There are certain times when time limits should be lifted and attention to family matters be given the widest considerations. Otherwise, the watching might turn to monitoring so soccer teams can try and figure out if devotion to self finally overrides the grinding urge to return ever again to the playing field where a foreigner is often criticized.

John Salmon asked:


Want to learn how to play soccer? Well you have come to the right place. To become a good soccer player you need to master several skills. You can not just focus on a single jurisdiction, instead, you must also have other good skills as a good control over the ball or quality passes.

You always tend to improve your skills soccer because there is always something you can improve your game So, we’ll take a look at major way of playing soccer skills that you need to master soccer player.

How to play soccer - Courses A training describes how soccer players in a soccer team are positioned on the ground. Different formations are used from match to match depending on the skill of your opponents. If your opponents are ultra defensive then, of course, a more offensive formation as 4-3-3 is preferable.

But if your opponents are ultra an offensive 4-4-2 formation that is more preferable. For example, describes the 4-4-2 formation to play with 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and two forwards / centers, and is the most widely used in the formation of soccer today.

How to Play Soccer - dribble In soccer, dribble is one of the most difficult to master skills but also one of the most useful attacking moves. In a game typical of soccer, you and your teammates try to propel the ball toward your opponent’s goal under the different ball, dribble, such as your adversaries.

If you master the art of dribbling will be quite difficult to stop and opponents will be unsuccessful tackles on you which will result in useful free kicks and even penalty kicks.

How to Play Soccer - Topic To dominate the game in the air you must have good skills category. Heading can be painful at the beginning because you have to hit the ball with the right side of your head.

But do not worry about headache because there is no medical evidence establishing that position in soccer should cause brain damage. There are four main methods for hitting a ball.

How to Play Soccer - Passage To be effective in soccer, you must have good skills in passing. Passing May seems easy at first and indeed it is.

What makes it difficult passage is the tempo of a game. A low rate will give you more time to think and you can not make that many mistakes in time where you have to think quickly and pass the ball with precision.

How to Play Soccer - Posts First player before the goalkeeper is known defender. As a defender your mission is to stop your opponents and shooting into your goal area.

There are also teams play with a defender closer to the goalkeeper that regularly. This position is known as libero, or sweeper. The libero / sweeper must always be the last player in defence and help its defenders.

Behind before your defensive line and there are midfielders. As a midfielder your task is to score goals and to stop your opponent scoring midfielders. Typically, an offensive midfielder is either (to play more on the ground) or defensive (ie to play closer to your defensive line).

Before midfielders, there are forward and centers. The main difference between these two is that one before normally has good capabilities while sprint centres are stronger and better targeting actors.

How to Play soccer - Shooting Good shooting skills are essential if you want to score goals. In soccer fire under control, you’ll be able to score goals. Good scoring ability is also important because it May increase your chances of becoming a professional soccerer.

How to Play Soccer - Kicking Having god kicking skills is not the same thing as a good shooting skills. A good case in point is the kick. A direct free kick is a great chance to score a goal especially if you have a good technique shooting.

You do not have to be the most difficult shooting player in your team to become a good free kick taker, but you should focus on the objective of striking. A blow is more difficult to control and often up 50 metres behind the lens.

The Rules To learn how to play soccer or simply to understand how soccer is played you need to look at some basic rules. Let’s start

Each soccer team is composed of eleven players who played together (similar to an orchestra) to score points. These points are called goals and the team that scores most goals wins the match for victory.

A goal is scored when the ball across the goal line. As a soccer player, you can use your whole body to control the ball (next to your arm).

Only the goalkeeper is allowed to take the ball with his hands. However, a goalkeeper as May you only use your hands to grab the ball while in your goal area.

Apart from the goal area you have the same responsibility as the rest of your team and can not use your hands. However, you can act like any other player on the field and also May you score if you get a chance of course Typically a soccer match lasting 90 minutes with two halves of 45 minutes.

The ball should be size 5 for adults and 4 players lower for young people under 12 years. You’ll also need a pair of shin-guards to protect the weakest of your legs against the slide tackles.

You’ll also need a pair of shoes, but it is necessary that during a soccer game. Rings and earring must also be removed before the start of the match.

A soccer field can vary in size depending on the league you play, how old you are, indoor field, outdoor area, etc. In most cases, the size of a soccer field ranging from 100-130 meters long.

There are also flags on each corner to mark the corner spot. On a soccer field there is usually soccer eleven positions, including a goalkeeper.

albalution asked:

soccer skills homework for kids!!

lewickialex asked:


Hey, im 14, and i recently didnt make a team i tried out for because i wasnt slow. That’s what the coach told me, he also said that i was more skilfull than most of the players on the team. but its true. i run the 100m in 15.3 seconds. if i want a shot at pro, how fast do i need to be able to run.

I Am Iron Man asked:


can u tryout and try and become a perfessional soccer player and work yourself up from minor leagues to professional leagues? if so, how do i do that? it’s something i’m very interested in doing

John Salmon asked:


Soccer is a competitive sport that the interests of men, women and children is under review and to varying degrees by fans across the USA. Follow the pace with the type of soccer which is available in the USA will be a great company because soccer is played professionally by men and women of the USA and foreign countries, and is also offered to youth at various levels .

The interest in soccer has increased considerably over the last ten years partly because of media coverage of the game and players participating in games every week. Men and women throughout the USA participate in training camps of soccer which are available in the world. Such formal training to prepare soccer players for a job the USA national team, or can prepare to play soccer on a college level.

Various programs soccer used a simple introduction to the world of soccer and will allow people to decide if this sport is robust adapted to their life. Instead of training, some soccer fans magazines rely on sports to help them keep pace with the world of professional soccer. Through various magazines, a soccer player can learn and read on the ideas of many people who serve as coaches, and other articles will focus on nutrition, training exercises and other elements of information that every soccer player will find very useful to some in their busy career.

There is always something useful to be acquired by a person who takes the time to read magazine articles about soccer. These bits of information on health issues affecting soccer players in the world could well prove useful by parents who have children who are interested to learn this sport. The lifestyle they lead when they are young can make a difference on how they play the game of soccer when they become an adult. A healthier lifestyle means they have more energy to put in each party.

Most articles contain useful information that will help a soccer player improve the way they play soccer. Another way that soccer fans keep pace with the world of soccer is by reading interviews with soccer players who play the sport robust each week at a professional level. There are things that happen on the ground may be very controversial, and the hearing of soccer players fans can personally understand what happened on the ground during a game of soccer.

A fan can keep pace with the current styles offered in soccer held by visiting various retailers on the Internet that specialize in faith shirts, shorts and shoes that are worn by soccer teams across the USA and the world. Fans can also keep pace by purchasing tickets for soccer events that will see for themselves what the appeal of tough action in a soccer match is all.

Fans will be able to hold a conversation on a level much more to these events with other fans if they keep up with what’s happening in the world of soccer. A fan can use forecasts Major League Soccer to maintain a close relationship with their favourite soccer team. These tools will help them keep pace with the changes taking place in the team files throughout the year and win a little personal history on people who play the game.