 | Players run as many as 6 or 7 miles during the course of a game. |
| Soccer is the world's MOST popular team sport. |
| Pele, probably the greatest player to ever play soccer called it "the beautiful game". |
| Soccer-like games were played in China as many as 2000 years ago. |
| The proper name of soccer is "association football". |
| The Romans played a game called "harpastum" which was probably the origin of modern soccer. |
| Rules require that soccer be played on a rectangular field between 100 and 130 yards long, and between 50 and 100 yards wide. |
| A soccer ball measures between 27 and 28 inches in circumference. |
| A soccer ball weighs between 14 and 16 ounces. |
| The World Cup is soccer's most coveted prize. |
| In Europe and South America, star soccer players are celebrities for life. |
| For the age group under 13, soccer participation ranked second after basketball |
| At the end of the 1980's, about 12 million Americans under the age of 19 (37% of them girls) were playing organized soccer. |
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Hi Krissy! I hope you'll put updates about your games on your blog.
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