Descriptive Essay On Soccer

Soccer is regarded as the world’s biggest sport, it’s played everywhere, from the streets to major cities around the globe. There are many misconceptions about soccer and it’s very frustrating to hear about; being a Soccer fan myself. Whether you call it football or soccer, there are three enormous misconceptions I hear all the time and one of the biggest misconception I hear from people is that soccer is a very long and boring sport. The second one I pick up from people is whenever a penalty kick has been awarded, the referee must give a red or yellow card to the opposing teams defender. This Just isn’t true. The last misconception is you will get beat up by delinquents if you go to a game. Most People believe that soccer isn’t very exciting to watch and is very tiresome to go through. Soccer isn’t a game where two teams go back and forth scoring goal after goal.

What is the only thing harder than disciplining a dozen ten year olds? Disciplining them on ice! All throughout my life I’ve played sports, and no matter what sport it was, there was always one person who seemed to have it out for me…the referee. The referee is one of the most hated people in the world of sports, but is also one of the most crucial. I grew up with the mindset that the referee was the enemy. Whenever they made a call against me or my team, they were always wrong, no matter how obvious the penalty was. But one day, my whole perspective on referees changed---the day I became a referee.

Officials are very influential components when it comes to the game of football. To guarantee that all football games are fair “officials shall hold and maintain the basic tenets of officiating which include history, integrity, neutrality, respect, sensitivity, professionalism, discretion, and tactfulness” (Code of Conduct for Sports Officials). Since the NFL considers officials a third team on the field incompetence among them should not be common, but it is. Most people, mostly

Back in 2012 Lance Easley made a so called “bad call” and received several death threats. He now has post traumatic stress disorder and suffers from severe depression. No one should suffer this because they are doing there job. One referee actually ended up receiving 15-16 death threats all over one call. 3.5 billion soccer fans and there are a bunch of crazy fans who will go crazy over a not so good call.

The referee flipped his coin, signaling the start of what seemed to be a never ending soccer game. As the captains ran back from the center circle, the referee called over his shoulder, “Girls, we’re going to be playing big girl soccer today, so I won’t be calling any fouls.” Not surprisingly, this game turned out to be the most injurious game in my soccer career. When the final whistle blew, there was a total of two concussions, a dislocated hip, a blown out knee, and countless scrapes and bruises on all of us contenders. The parents, rooting for their respective teams, were the ones horrified most of all. While they could have yelled at the referee, acted in an impolite manner, and possibly had their team disqualified from the tournament, they decided to follow the civil process established by the league; this was writing letters of complaint and sending them to the tournament organizer. Through this process, the parents were able to express their displeasure with the referee without compromising the team’s ability to win.

My job was to officiate various sports like softball, and basketball within my organization while assisting with a few extra tasks and being in an advisory role for the league director to note of any areas internally that needed development. There are many factors that contribute to not only an organizations success but an athlete’s as well, such as location of training, physical and mental health, but no variable matters as much as the interaction that athlete is exposed to, whether it is with a referee, the facility itself or the its other participants.

Specialization has also been topic of discussion in lacrosse, with many advocates of multi-sport athletes, including those college coaches” that would be hard for the academy to survive in the US (Source # 23 pg.2-3). The most obstacles to accept soccer is from over-coaching and over-parenting. Coaches should let the players be dominate in soccer not the other way around and parents should let their child to have fun, not to pressure them to win, scolding their children, insulting referees, and challenging coaches which causes the league to make the team forfeit. “Soccer has attracted parents who are middle – and upper-middle-class professionals, highly competitive, hard-driving, and who want desperately for their kids to succeed. The problem is endemic and leagues are now taking steps to curb parent overreaction to the sport, advising teams of forfeits unless parents are controlled” (Oliver pg. 8).

Be a referee can be one of the hardest works you can imagine. People always will criticize you even if you’re giving your best. Be a referee means be a judge, a testify and a lawyer of yourself. Referees got the toughest work of the game; players do, they create. Referees read, they read in body language, they got to do it right away, without hesitating and with no mistakes! Anyway; let’s stop talking about how much people hate referees and let’s get over with the expository writing.

I am taking on several different service projects, but the one I will discuss in the reflection is being a ref for the Gloucester City Youth Soccer League. Back in sophomore year at one soccer practice, Mike Dougherty, Mrs. Doc’s son, came to talk to both Varsity and JV about being volunteer referees for the League. I decided to volunteer because my sister was still playing for GCYSL and I had played soccer for them since I was five up until I was too old (13 years old). Never before did I ref, so obviously I was slightly nervous on how well I would do, but all those worries were quickly gone once I realized it was adorable watching the seven to nine year olds play their little hearts out.

Today in football, collegiate and professional, the officiating is expected to be perfect, but right now the officiating is very under par. The present day technology in football is getting more and more advanced all for the same reason ‘’To get the right call”. Unfortunately, even with the new review technology, the referees continue to “blow” calls which ruins the game experience for hundreds of thousands of football fans and athletes watching. And, at times, even makes the game dangerous for the athletes playing, y enraged fans that could become violent as a result. With all of the advancement in technology used in football, fans wonder when will they finally get “the calls right”. This is a major issue for both football fans and football players face.

Four key characteristics of a successful referee are integrity, judgment, competence, and communication. From as long as I can remember, my mother always described me as a rule-follower. As a soccer referee, it is my responsibility to ensure fair play and act as an impartial arbiter. At the center of the action, sound judgment is paramount as every split-second decision has ramifications and even a single incorrect call could affect the match outcome. For a referee, competence requires a mastery of soccer subject matter and the ability to apply it correctly. Expertise requires studying intently to develop a meticulous understanding of the Laws of the Game (i.e. rules and procedures). Lastly, effective communication skills are a necessity to deal with angry players and coaches in order to prevent a match from quickly spiraling out of

Playing soccer is more than just running like crazy to score a ball to the opponent team. Playing soccer is the culture of knowing how to manage time, precision and velocity, the players have to show communication and interactions between themselves. If a player is trying to show some kind of individualism and he is trying to show off the coach of the team will probably call him the attention because he is not playing how the soccer is meant to be played. Also if the players are not showing the capability to play at a good rhythm he will be kicked out of the team. The referee also players in the game but he is supposed to be neutral he must no have any preference for any of the teams. If the referee shows any preference to any team will be suspended or in the worst of the times he will be shouted by the extreme followers of the other team.

I knew before the game that the unsportsmanlike conduct would happen, it really did as I thought, but besides our soccer game’s dirty side, it appeared to be more captivating by the way it was played than any other game. I believe that there were three causes for the ungentlemanly behavior that we faced during the tournament. Both my team and the rival team fought to death in order to win the important soccer league because neither of the teams made it to the final game before. They always face each other during the knockout games which made them rivals. Finally, the beauty of the game also had an effect for why the match took place to be played dirty.

Soccer is the biggest sport in the world, boasting a fan base of over four billion people worldwide. It is without a doubt a very loved sport, but that doesn't mean that the sport holds a perfect record of being clean and not being disliked. “ Fernando Torres goes down inside the box in the 89th minute, but the question is whether the ref has given a penalty”(Martin Tyler-Chelsea vs Liverpool). Flopping is one of the biggest debates on this concept, because if not identified it goes against fair play rules and moral standards. In the case above a penalty was awarded in the ending minutes of a match to declare one team the winner over the opposing side. This would not have been a problem if an actual foul was committed in the box, but when looking back at the footage you can see that the player obviously flopped upon contact and no call should have been given at that time. FIFA, the leading soccer association, stands highly to support the enforcement of fair play and ethics in soccer, but there is only so much they can do and so much that has been done. Due to this dilemma, soccer as a sport receives a lot of heat on this and has been trying to cut down on unruly incidents that go against ethics and fair play. Flopping isn't the only thing that goes against fair play and ethics, there is a multitude of ethical and moral rules being broken.

Personally I will have no relation to playing in an actual collegiate soccer game or sport for that matter. Yet I have many good friends of mine who actually play college soccer, more specifically I choose to do a team to narrow down on my topic. I was gladly able to go and observe the Colorado Mesa University boys soccer team. The game was a semi final against Fort Lewis. If the Mesa soccer team was able to get a victory over Fort Lewis then they would move on to the championship game and possibly win the RMAC tournament, that they have one previously last year. This game took place at the Colorado School of Mines University, on a cold night. I arrive and we pay to get in, we head over to the bleachers where all the parents, friends, and students are sitting at. They begin the night with the national anthem, and then we all take a stand. Once that is over with it's now game time. The Mesa soccer boys get into a circle and start there team ritual, which is to sing a chant that they always sing. The chat is the “Ole ole ole” song, after that is over the starting eleven head to the field. The referee gives one last look at everyone to see if they are ready for stats, time, and announcements. So the referee blows the whistle and that starts the time and the moment of play. You start to hear all the parents at different times start cheering on their teams. Everyone on the bleachers is covered up in blankets and jackets, as well as the school spirit wear. You can see everyone