1. The term "soccer" originated in England, in the 1880's as a nickname for the word "association".
2.Soccer is the worlds most popular team sport.
3.This sport originated in 1815, in prison where peoples hands were cut off, so they created a game using feet.
4. A red card is the most severe penalty. In 1990, a red card was distributed in the first ten seconds of a game .
5.The World Cup is the biggest soccer tournament and is held every four years.
6.The first World Cup was played in 1930.
7. In all countries except Canada and USA, soccer is called Football.
8.Soccer is like a religion for over a billion soccer fans.
9.Pele was the forts to call soccer " the beautiful game".
10. The average soccer player runs 7 miles per game.

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