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Pele
Soccer Facts
- Soccer is the fastest growing and most popular sport in the world.
- Soccer is called football in some other countries.
- Since 1952, Hungary has won the most gold medals in the Olympics, in soccer.
- Soccer games are controlled by referees.
- The soccer ball's circumference is 27-28 inches. It is made of leather or rubber.
- Pele is considered the best soccer player that ever lived.
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Soccer History
- The first set of rules for soccer were made by the London Football Association in 1863.
- Soccer became a major sport in England and Scotland in 1872.
- The idea of professionalism was introduced in 1885.
- The first full time league was made in 1888.
- In 1908 soccer came into the Olympic games.
- In 1930 there was success in the World Cup.
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Soccer Rules
- Two teams of eleven try to guide a soccer ball into goal cages at opposite ends of the field, using different parts of their body.
- Only the goalkeeper may use his/her hands.
- When a penalty is committed inside the eighteen-yard-line, the opposite team is granted a penalty kick.
- A direct kick is when a team gets a penalty shot on goal and no other player has to touch it before a goal may be scored
- An indirect kick is the same as a direct kick, but another player must touch the ball before a goal may be scored.
- When a player on a team kicks the ball out of bounds, a player on the opposite team throws the ball in bounds by an overhead, two-handed throw.
- Shoulder - to- shoulder contact is allowed.
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Pele
- He is considered the best player that ever lived.
- Pele was born on October 23, 1940.
- His real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
- Pele scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 games.
- He retired in 1977.
- He went to the World Cup three times.
