How would you guys describe soccer?
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First off, I love how people say it's boring because of the scores--ever seen a 1-0 baseball game? Secondly, the complaints about diving are quite hollow to me--hockey has it, basketball has it, heck, I've even seen people attempt it in relay events in track and field in order to get another team DQ'd.\n\nSoccer is, simply put, poetry in motion. It is a thinking-man's game, unlike American football or some of this other rubbish that people pass off as "sport." Watching Thierry Henry finish off a perfect pass from Cesc Fabregas is like watching Luc Robitaille finish off a Gretzky assist--just bloody beautiful.\n\nAt its basics, soccer is a game featuring 10 players and a goaltender on each side. The obvious point of the game is to kick the soccer ball into the other team's goal while keeping it out of your own. The beauty, however, is in the details. Differing formations, strategies, talent levels and approaches to the game all factor in so that no two games are ever alike, even if it's the 1,294th time Liverpool is playing Man United (I'm being facetious there). \n\nI tell all of my friends that the best part about soccer is that there is always more to learn. I started paying attention to soccer about three years ago, and only now do I feel like I have a handle on the game as it is played in the English Premier League. I haven't even tried to dissect the game in Italy, South American or Africa yet. That's the great part...it's always changing, always evolving, and will all of the great personalities in the game, it's always entertaining.\n\nGive soccer a chance. Quit comparing it to other sports (Do as I say, not as I do, I guess) and just give the EPL a shot for one full season. I guarantee you will be hooked.
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Your standard formation is 4-4-2 they are as follows;\n                          Goalkeeper\n      Right back   Right centre back  Left c/back  Left back\n\n   Right Winger Right Midfeilder   Left Midfeilder Left Wing\n\n                    Right Forward     Left Forward
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Could you describe it?  What opponent?
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Association Football - then Assoc. - then Soccer
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The rules of FIFA begins in these titles:-\n   1. The Field of Play\n   2. The Ball\n   3. Number of Players\n   4. Players' Equipment\n   5. Referees\n   6. Linesmen\n   7. Duration of the Game\n   8. The Start of Play\n   9. Ball in and out of Play\n  10. Method of Scoring\n  11. Off-side\n  12. Fouls and Misconduct\n  13. Free kick\n  14. Penalty kick\n  15. Throw in\n  16. Goal kick\n  17. Corner kick\n\nSource-SAMM
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about 6.......... I used to call it football, but sometimes i have to call it soccer, cuz some people do not understand, but i really don't like to call it soccer...........\n\nbtw i like your avatar......... Henry is da best!!!!!!!!!!
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Soccer....lot's of creativity is necessary!
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SOCCER = 100% PURE GAYNESS & NO TALENT REQUIRED\n\nSoccer is mainly a girls sport.  Anybody can kick a ball down a field.  Not everyone can hit a homerun or pitch a 100 mph fastball or kick a 50 yard field goal.  Plus, look at how gayly huge the goal is.  It is gigantic.\n\nHow can you possibly miss a goal that big???\nAny yet even the "professional" people miss it all the time.\nI think that's hilarious.
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Soccer\nCricket\nBaseball\nBasketball\nGolf
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Soccer!!!  Soccer is a fast moving sport.  I love the constant motion with very few breaks in the aciton. \n\nI do not care for any other sports.  Here is a rundown on most sports as I see them:\nbaseball - NO action unless player hits ball\nfootball - most of the time moves only 10 yards every hour\nbasketball - too many time outs and what fun is it to watch a game where the guys are all so tall that there is NO challenge getting the ball in the hoop...they just walk up and drop it in\ngolf - boring! takes 10 minutes to decide to hit the ball, hit the ball, then walk for another 10 minutes, repeat
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Soccer. Soccer is very fast-paced and has the least rules of them all. As in other sports, when you play casually my friends usually make up new rules to their benefit (No backcourting! 5 Mississipis! No, you were the last one to touch it before it was out!) Soccer has the least excuses in which to make up rules over. Besides, in soccer you're always running, jumping, tackling, blocking, etc. You don't stand around all day waiting for something to come to you (a la baseball, although the goalkeeper goes through the same thing).
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Futbol - Soccer is a team game whose roots go back to ancient times. Forms of the game were played in such places and times as ancient Rome (harpastum), ancient Greece (harpaston), medieval Italy (calcio) and among the Mayans and Inuit eskimos to mention a few.\n\nThe most modern version of the game originated in England in the 12th century. So popular did the game become that English monarchs including Edward II and Henry IV forbade it among their subjects. They held the belief that the game took interest away from the military sport of archery. In spite of that, the game's popularity continued to grow. Read more at the site listed in sources.
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I do not like soccer at all.  Thank you for asking.  :)
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Love soccer?? SOCCER is my PASSION!Soccer is religion. Some say that soccer is not a girl sport and that girls can't play it I can certainly challenge that assumption.  I also have the talent  to fulfil my passion. I live, eat, drink watching soccer. Thank God for GOLTV, FSC baby!!
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SOCCER = 100% PURE GAYNESS AND NO TALENT REQUIRED\n\nsoccer is the worst sport ever\n\nwho the hell can't kick a ball down the field\n\nno wonder why everyone likes it\n\nit is easy as shit\n\nthat is why it is a girls sport
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bitc.h above m e\n! SOCCER IS THE BEST !\nOnly dumb people cannot find it interesting\nit's something amazing that hamburger-like americans would never understand, ........it's european thing, leave it for us, \nEUROPEANS DO IT BETTER
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I've been playing soccer for 10 years, and it's definetly a lot of fun, but you got to remember that it involves a lot of running and also keep in mind that it is 65% mental and 35% physical.  Try involving some of your friends to join with you, that way, you guys will all have fun together.  Just think of the joy of when you score your first goal!  And if you don't like the outdoors so much (sun burns, allergies, etc) try indoor soccer...I love indoor soccer, and it's a easier too handle, because you don't have to commit as much.  just GO for IT! its always good to try something new!