| The game of soccer is played and enjoyed by people | | | | Soccer is a team sport and the team that works |
| all over the world. To play soccer, you need two | | | | together is usually the team that wins. Both teams |
| teams with eleven people on each team, a ball, and a | | | | try to score points by moving the soccer ball with |
| place to play it at. Soccer games are usually played | | | | their feet and the team with the most points will win |
| on a field that has a rich layer of finely mowed grass | | | | the game at the end of the day. If there is a tie, |
| on it. Soccer is usually played by children and | | | | then a draw will occur and the team that wins the |
| teenagers; however, it can be played by adults. This | | | | draw will be determined the winner of the soccer |
| is a competitive sport that can be enjoyed by | | | | game on that day. |
| everyone in the family and it does not matter how | | | | Soccer is a competitive sport that is played all over |
| old they are. | | | | the world. All people need to play soccer is a little |
| The object of a game of soccer is to get the ball in | | | | time, a group of people and some athletic gear such |
| to the other team's goal without using your hands. | | | | as a soccer ball and some goals. Soccer is also a |
| People who play soccer usually use their feet but | | | | social sport because it gives people the chance to |
| many players have been known to use their heads | | | | interact with each other as they speed down the |
| quite a bit during the game to hit the ball if it is in the | | | | field. Off the field, soccer players will typically meet |
| air. The only people allowed to use their hands during | | | | for pleasure in a pub or perhaps for a toasty pizza |
| a soccer game are the goalkeepers, who stop the | | | | celebration. |
| ball from going in to the net. | | | | Soccer players are very healthy conscious because |
| These people are usually referred to as goalies too, | | | | they spend a great deal of time running. Many soccer |
| and referees are liable to issue penalties to any other | | | | players have a strict regimen of exercise and diet in |
| player that uses their arms and hands to move the | | | | order to maintain their competitive edge during a |
| ball toward the end of the field. Linesmen keep a | | | | game of soccer. With eleven players to contend with |
| sharp lookout on the action that goes on during a | | | | during any game of soccer, it is best to ensure that |
| soccer game. They use hand signals to communicate | | | | every player on the soccer field is at their peak of |
| their calls to the referees and the players that are | | | | physical conditioning at all times. |
| participating in the game and on the sidelines. | | | | |