How Did The World Cup Of 82' Affect People's Opinion On Soccer

And How Did It Encourage Them To Play It?

Soccer is a popular sport played all over the world. Even though it has only been

popular in North America for the past 30 years, soccer has been a long time favorite most

everywhere else. It is the national sport of most European and Latin-American countries, and of

many other nations. "Millions of people in more than 140 countries play soccer"1. The sport

dates back to the Egyptians, who played games involving the kicking of a ball. Now, the sport

has grown to a global pastime, including men’s and women’s teams, and the World Cup (which

is played every four years since 1930).

The modern game of soccer has a simple goal: kick or head the ball in to the goal of

your opponent’s team. Basically, there is also one simple rule: No one except the goalkeeper

may use they’re hands to play the ball. Soccer is a simplistic sport. Eleven members of each

team defend their side of the field to prevent the ball from being forced into their goal, which

results in a point scored by the team kicking the ball. There are only three officials involved

during play: The referee, and two linesmen.

built clubs and stadiums in order to help talented, young, players so that in the future they could

victory over a strong European team, West Germany. Germans lost 1-0 but they won the next

into the game, Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland was 17 years and 42 days old when he

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