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    this book a great deal, yet have to begin my comments by attacking it’s pretentious name and seeming purpose. When I gave up on reading it as the author presented it, and read it as I think it works – a series of fascinating glimpses of interesting football clubs (I can’t stand to call them soccer clubs), then it reads marvelously. However, Foer claims the book to be something more, and that part of the argument just failed for me completely. I’ll get back to this theme, but let me first talk about

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    The U.S. Soccer or Football

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    the U.S soccer or football hasn't caught on quite just yet. Even though the American people have had recent success like in the 2002 World Cup and the 2009 Confederations Cup. Though extremely popular in European countries, soccer took a long time to gain momentum in the United States because Americans put more money and attention into other sports like baseball, football, and basketball. Soccer eventually became popular in the 1970s, but then lost popularity again when the National League went bankrupt

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    Fifa Of The World Cup

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    You are in the World Cup. Its the biggest sporting event in the world. You are representing your country, and the fans are cheering you. The game starts and right away you can tell it’s going to be a rough game. The referee starts calling everything against you and nothing for you. There isn’t anything you can do. You will for sure lose the game. Soccer is a very great sport but, it has FIFA corruption, illegal transfers, and fixed matches. FIFA corruption happens because of the desire of money.

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    Favelas are where approximately 11.4 of the 190 million of Brazils’ population resides. Favelas are typically built when squatters (a person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land) occupy vacant land at the edge of a city and construct shacks of salvaged or stolen materials. These areas are known to be areas with crime and extreme poverty; the people who live there are socially outcasted and are usually ignored by upper class citizens. These areas are home to the people who

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    By the second half of the Nineteenth Century, the first club and sports federation was established ("football history", 2013). The enthusiasm for football was quickly contagious from Great Britain to other countries, thanks to the population and urbanization process resulted from the Industrial Revolution (Spampinato, 2004). There was an urgent need to build a facility could welcome a high number of spectators and fans (Santo, & Mildner, 2010), formed the awareness of sports importance to individuals

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    INTRODUCTION In “The Sweet Spot”,the author Daniel Coyle has analyzed the meaning of talent and his role in success. But, what is the talent? And successfull? The author tryed to give a complete view about these ones examinating that are strictly connected. The author also has examinated the art of “Deep practice” using the example of Futsal, an old brasilian training soccer method that is also used by european soccer players. Danyel Coyle,still regarding the “Deep practice”, made an example about

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    Providing financial stability for a country is a large task, specifically for one like Brazil who has a vast of its people living in poverty. Brazilian government officials believe the games can bring change and growth. Many degree and believe it take more than one month to change a lifetime of errors. Citizens have not only been living in poverty for their lifetime, many families have known the Favelas as home for decades. For change to be effective it needs to begin with the top(upper class and

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    Brazil as a whole, contains a wide variety of distinguishing factors that contribute to its rich culture and that makes it unique, savory and incredibly interesting to learn about. From Carnival to different religious beliefs to soccer and all kinds of different music, Brazil stands out of the crowd for being original. When it comes to “Futebol” as it is called in Brazil or soccer as it is said in the United States, the Brazilian soccer team came to be and had one as a player the greatest in not

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    sport of soccer is traced back more than 2,000 years ago to ancient China. There are some other places that also claims that they started the game of soccer and they are Greece, Rome, and parts of Central America. The place that really transitioned football the game that we now know as soccer is England. In October 1863 is the year that the game of soccer was actually established, eleven representatives from London clubs and schools met at the Freemason’s Tavern to set up common fundamental rules to

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    The History of Soccer in Brazil Essay

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    The greatest footballing country on the planet is Brazil. Brazil is a country that wins 80% of its football matches. They have a record five Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cups, eight Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (CONMEBOL) Copa Ameríca titles, and three FIFA Confederations Cup titles have created a football giant. How did a country on the periphery like Brazil become so dominant? What were the patterns of continuity and change that created this footballing

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