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. .
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As the number of entries increased and the demand for a place in the finals was.
getting bigger, FIFA decided it was time to set a larger stage for the finals. After several .
conferences and meetings, they agreed to expand the finals to twenty-four teams. Two teams .
each came from Africa, Asia and CONCACAF region. South America still had three spots, .
Europe would get thirteen. The host and the cup holder would round up the number. This was .
the best World cup since 1970, with many many good and some bad memories, it also break .
some of the old records. .
China played for the first time after they joined FIFA in 1979 and Taiwan was moved to .
Oceania zone. Israel was moved to Europe. As expected, many new faces appeared, but at the .