Soccer
By: Grace Lombardo
Soccer ball
• Charles Goodyear invented the first
soccer ball
• It was the year 1855
• The first soccer ball was 14-16 ounces
• It was 27-28 inch.
What inspired soccer
Soccer was invented by a game called
pushball
Pushball is almost like soccer
You push a 6ft. Ball to the other side
This is like soccer and kin-ball
Soccer is born
• Soccer was invented by England
• Nobody knows who exactly invented
• It is 154 years old today
• The first game was a tie 0-0
• It was played by Barnes football club
and Richmond's football club
• It was December 12th 1863
The first world cup
• It was July 13 1930 the first ever soccer
world cup
• November 16th 1991 was the first ever
women's world cup
• The women's world cup was played by
Norway and USA the USA beat them in
the first final
• The men's first world cup was played
by Argentina Uruguay Belgium
Montevideo.
Who plays more soccer
then who?
• 265 million male and female players
play soccer in the whole world
• In addition to 5 million referees and
officials make a grand total of 270
million people
• 13 million people play soccer in USA
• 8.2 million people play soccer in
England
• Soccer is played in more then 200
million countries (including women and
men)
positions in soccer
• The positioning is soccer looks like
• Adults play 11 on 11
• Kids play 8 on 8
• The games are usually 45 minutes
and 1 halftime
Famous soccer players
Carly Loyd
10 Women
USA
Lionel Messi
10 Men USA
Mia Hamm
9 Women
USA
Fun facts
• Soccer is called Football, Soccer, and
America Football
• It’s the most popular sport in the world
• The first soccer nets were wicker
baskets
• Soccer fields used to be called pitches
• A 13 year old Brazilian soccer player
scored every goal of 23 in total during a
game that his team won 23-0
Questions
Comments?