Articles of category "Soccer"

Even though research has demonstrated that the game of soccer - you know the one with a round black and white checkered ball - was invented by the Incas, there are those that feel the game has more than a passing link to Rugby. And I can understand this - because the balls are kind of the same, and the game is kind of the same. Just like horses and lamas are kind of the same because they have four legs. "The motherland" of the American football is Harvard where in 1874 the first game took place. Soon the soccer became popular and in other universities and then it became popular in the whole country. Nowadays there are many soccer confederations over the world.

Many individuals who don't understand the terminology often mistakenly call soccer for football. In Italy it's called Calcio. In other countries it's called "football" but it has nothing to do with American Football. Soccer is the kind of sport with an oval ball. The aim of the game is to score the goal. If a team gets more points it becomes a winner. Originally soccer was a kind of rugby. Step by step it changed very much and later it became a separate kind of sport. Nowadays there are many soccer competitions and soccer confederations.