what is the main reason for the uniform of the goalkeeper to be different than his team mates in football ?
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To be outstanding among the other players. So the referee wont be confused. If the goal keeper is wearing the same jersey, the defender can use their hands to block the ball if the referee or lines man are not looking carefully. Just my point of view. =D
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THIS IS DECIDED FOR 2 REASONS:\n\n1.-The team will play away or\n2.-The color of the jerseys of the  other team\n\nAll the teams have 2 jerseys in several occasions 3, 1 jersey for the home games and other for the amay games, if the jersey of the team has the same color of the jersey of the another team must be changed.\n\nHope i answer your question\n\nAtt Juanpapas8
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the league is switching uniform styles next year, but not for goalies; they'll be for everyone. sleeker fit, and not as prone to get soaked and heavy with water/perspiration.
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i hope u become the future buffon playing for real madrid !!!\n and i definetly know you will become one day.\n\nokay here's the answer :-\n\n\nyep - a goalkeeper can werany number\n\nbut nopes  too \n-_-\n\nGoalkeepers generally wear the number 1 shirt. This convention has become almost universal.\n\nDefenders generally wear numbers between 2 and 6. \nMidfielders most commonly wore numbers 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11 (11 and 7 were typically used for the left and right wings, respectively). \n\n\nStrikers wore 9 and 10, and less commonly 7, 8 and 11. \n\n\nWhen substitutions were introduced to the game in the 1965, the substitute typically took the number 12; when a second substitute was allowed, they wore 14. Players were not compelled to wear the number 13 if they were superstitious\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_number\n\nthe link will help you more, don't worry i will wear it for you ,i wanna be a striker and a striker can wear jersey "9 lol\n\nthanks.\n\ngive me the best answer !!
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Because that is the color of the National Team, called "Azzurri".\nThat is an historical tradition: before the creation of the Italian Republic, the Italian Regal Family (Savoia) had color "azzurro" (kind of blue) in their flag and that color was adopted by the soccer National Team to respect the Regal tradition.\nSince then the color has been kept in the Italian shirt, even though it is not a color present in their National flag.\n\nNOTE: the Italian flag is green - white - red and NOT red - white -green
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A lot (darn near all) kickers wear soccer cleats b/c soccer cleats have no spike in the front of the foot, allowing them to get a smoother kick off the ground (i.e. the spike on regular football cleats would get caught on the ground thereby disrupting the kicking motion)
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They dont change their uniform after each game.  They change them according to home or away.  If they are playing at home then they will wear their dark jersey but if they are playing away then they will wear their light.  They will sometimes change their jeresy and wear the retro jersey just to change it up and get the crowd more into the game.
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ABOVE ALL\nEVERY PLAYER WORKING FOR HIS NATIONS PRIDE.\nEVERY TEAM SHED THE SWEAT TO POSSES THE PRIDE.\nPARTICIPATING IS A PRESTIGEOUS MATTER IN WC.
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The number 10 is mostly worn by strikers and midfielders. They are officially or unofficially the ones who carry their teams. ie create chances and score brilliant goals. Possibly, also, because some of the best football players the world has ever seen all wore number 10. ie Pele some others that I can't remember their names and now Ronaldhino
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a keeper can move sideways before the penalty is being taken..that would give a psychological advantage to the keeper..but he cannot leave his goal line i.e move forward..if that happens, the penalty has to be retaken..i have seen a penalty being retaken 3 times in a row before because of that..usually the linesman is responsible for this..he will check the position of the goalkeeper because he got the clearer view from the side..
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It is a passed down tradition from other footballers before them. And their teammates run after them anyway right?
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Dear Triggerhappy,\nVery Simple:\nImagine team A is attacking and Team B is defending.for sure there is a space between B defenders and their goalkeeper.OK?\nnow A players should pass the ball to one of their players to score a goal.If the player who is going to receive the ball and score it locate between the above mentioned space,Then he is in Offside.\n\nPlease check the link below on pages 60-66.\nSome possible Offsides are describe by pictures:\n\nhttp://www.fifa.com/documents/fifa/laws/LOTG2005_e.pdf\n\nand also this link :      http://www.burtrandworld.co.uk/offside-rule.php\n\nYellow card is a ultimatum somehow and the team must pay for each yellow card that they get.\nRed card is for a rule breaking or a bad foul and the player will be sent off and the team must pay again but more than Yellow.\nIf a player receive his/her 2nd yellow card during a match the referee will show him/her a red card and send him/her off.\nBest Regrades.............Iranian Bobby
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I have heard that the reason that Germany wear green as an away strip is as a mark of respect to Ireland.  \n\nIreland were the first non-German speaking country that would play an international against West Germany following the war (in 1950).  As the national colour for Ireland is green, Germany said that they would have their 2nd strip in this colour as a thank-you.\n\nThis year Klinsman has changed this strip to red as wearing a red strip  statistically produces better results across the sporting world.
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An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper, inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences:\n• takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession;\n• touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player;\n• touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate;\n• touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate.\n\nHe is the only player on the field who can legally use his hands and then only inside the Penalty Box. Once he picks up the ball he has six seconds to punt it or release it. He is allowed to pick up the ball, run with it and then punt it, throw it, or drop it and dribble or kick it. (However, he cannot touch it with his hands outside the "Penalty Box" and once he drops it he can't touch it again with his hands until an opponent has touched it). The goalkeeper has special protections inside the Penalty Box; the ball may not be kicked if he is touching it with his hand or arm and the referee will call a foul if the goalkeeper is endangered. He must wear a shirt or jersey that is recognizably different from all other players (goalkeepers often wear special jerseys with padded elbows).
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cos they're special... its really to identify who they are - a goalkeeper. its so players dont get confused and so the refs dont get confused either, which keeps them more distinguished from the rest of their teammates. i used to play soccer myself and one thing i learnt from that experience is so that they are able to tell them apart from the rest. u know that they're the goalie that way.
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The suit is made by Reebok. It was requested by 49ners coach Mike Nolan to honor his dad. Nolans dad was a coach and wore a suit. Del Rio is wearing it in support. Nolan asked to wear a suit at the beginning of the year, but as you said it was not Reebok gear so until Reabok made one he could not wear it.\n\nThis really is the reason. Not because he wanted to be professional or to look polished. Look it up online. Or listen to the announcers on ESPN or FOX or anybody who is talking about it. I just heard Nolan on Monday night Football
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Strikers, or the midfielders at the front... because really, football/soccer games and statistics are basically all about how many times you score, and that's what strikers and those midfielders do. They sort of become "heroes" after they score and contribute to a team's victory, so they are often remembered for that. \n\nAt least there are figures concerning how many saves a goalkeeper has done in his/her career, but for defenders, there isn't much to say about how many times they managed to keep the ball away from the goal, for example.