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Soccer Soccer is a competitive sport that teaches you teamwork, ball handling skill, endurance, etc. Boys and girls play this sport all over the United States and all over the world. This sport consists of 80 yard long field with 20 to 22 people on a field, 11 on each team. The players on each team want to kick or “score” a round sized ball that is the size of a basketball but softer and is black and white into a rectangle shaped net called a goal. The point of the game is to score more goals than your opponent. Of course it is much harder to get to the goal and score than it sounds. There is much more to it.

 In a starting lineup consists of one goalie, three defenders, three midfields, and three forwards.  Sometimes the coach will put in three midfields instead of three, it just depends.  The remaining players on a team are used as substitutes which sub in other players when they get tired.  Getting tired in soccer is very normal.  It takes a lot of energy to race to the ball back and forth trying to score.  With using only your feet, you really need to be in shape that way you can run, dribble, and shoot the ball.  Using your hands is strictly illegal.
 Some leagues that provide soccer are AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization).  They provide fun soccer for the people who don’t really care about winning.  AYSO also provides something called Select soccer for the people who showed outstanding soccer talent and want to go on to play a little bit more competitively.  Another league that provides soccer is CYSA (California Youth Soccer Association).  This league targets the people in California but there are many leagues around the world that are very similar.  They provide soccer in a more competitive version.  They have Metro and Comp levels.  After tryouts, the girls who the coaches believe show outstanding talent go to Comp. (Competitive) and the girls who show outstanding talent but need a little bit of work go to Metro.  Some get cut but that just means they have to try again next year.
 There is a lot of equipment needed to wear for soccer.  First off there are the jerseys with are like looses T-shirts made of a cotton and polyester that have the league name of the front left of the jersey and your number on the back.  Then the players wear shorts that match the jersey and have matching socks.  In you feet area you must wear shin guards with optional ankle guards, socks that go up to your bottom knee covering your shin guards.  Than you wear shoes called cleats that have spikes on the bottom that way you have support when you run in the grass.  But you have to make sure that you have the right kind of cleats, football cleats have a spike on the toe, and that is illegal to wear in soccer.