The 2008 FIFA World Player Gala was held today at the Zurich Opera House. The FIFA Presidential Award, FIFA Fair Play Award, and FIFA Development Award were some of the awards presented. However, the biggest and most anticipated award was the World Player Award! Continue reading
Referees have been criticized by coaches, players, and fans time and time again because of an offside call. A wrong offside call can make or break a team during a game. That’s why referees have to be “on the ball” when making such an important call. Guess what? It’s actually impossible to make an offside call according to science! Continue reading
Just a quick post to let you know we’ve added a few more features to Sideline Soccer! To begin with, we’ve added a print stylesheet so you can easily print just the article content with nothing else getting in the way. We’ve also added a Share/Save option to the bottom of every article. This allows you to share articles on your favorite social networks, email your favorite articles to others, or bookmark them to your favorites. Enjoy and let us know if there’s anything else we can do to make your experience here better!
A goal in soccer is like a shooting star. It’s so exciting to see one, but it doesn’t happen very often. And because of that, a player who scores a goal wants to celebrate and enjoy the moment when the net ripples. Unfortunately, FIFA decided to squash celebrations and allowed referees to penalize players who celebrate with a yellow card. Why? Continue reading
Did you know that small marks were made on the post to keep track of the number of goals? Every time a goal was conceded, a small nick was made into the post. So literally, a goal was “scored” onto the post, hence the phrase “to score a goal“!
January 7, 2009 | Drills | No Comments
Keeping possession of the ball is very important in the game of soccer. In order to do that, players must learn how to trap the ball. This drill, which can be used for all ages, provides plenty of repetition in order to learn various ball traps. Continue reading
Did you know that the word “soccer” came from an abbreviation of the word “association football”? Back in the 1880s, students of Oxford University used to abbreviate words by adding “er” to the end. For example, breakfast was referred to as “brekkers” and rugby was referred to as “ruggers”. Charles Wreford Brown, once a student at Oxford University, is usually credited for inventing the word “soccer” but there is a lack of supporting evidence.
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