Soccer

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Soccer is a sport that has been loved by sports players for over a century. In the past few decades, soccer has gone beyond a mere recreational activity, and now is both professional and an Olympic sport. Soccer fans are loyal to their favorite teams, cheering from the sidelines and playing their own games themselves.

The rules of soccer are revised annually, around July, by FIFA, which is the governing body for the sport of soccer. Youth organizations usually adjust these soccer rules to fit the children players. Such adjustments include game lengths, field sizes, number of players per teams, frequency of substitutions, etc.

Soccer positions are as follows:
· Forwards, Strikers, Wingers, Attackers
· Fullbacks, Defenders
· Midfielders
· Goalkeeper
· Stopper
· Sweeper

There are a few of the rules in soccer, declared by the FIFA and other officials, on what coaches and spectators MAY NOT do. Here are a few:

· Coaches may NOT come on the field (or step on the lines) during the game except with the referee's permission.
· There should be no yelling or conversation between a coach and the other team during the game.
· Coaches & spectators must stand on the sidelines & cannot stand behind the end lines

After a soccer game has ended, soccer players and coaches typically line up facing each other on the halfway line, walk past each other and touch hands while saying, “Good game.” The coaches are last in line and shake hands last in the soccer game. This soccer tradition is a sportsman-like gesture and sets a good example.