MAKE A SOCCER GAME
This is a tabletop game. It’s pretty easy to assemble. The soccer ball triangle is a little tricky to fold. This is a great activity for a rainy day. You can use the game to practice multiplication by giving a point value to each goal, setting a timer for play, and having the kids multiply the number of goals by the points per goal.
SOCCER FUN FACTS
· Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.
· In European countries, soccer is called football.
· Soccer is played on a grassy field called a pitch.
· Soccer games are 90 minutes in length, divided into two 45 minute halves.
· Each team has 11 players on the field.
· In ancient Greece, Rome, and China, people played a game that was similar to soccer.
· In ancient China, the first soccer balls were sewn of cloth and filled with rubble.
· In Medieval Europe, a game called Mob Football, was popular. It was a violent form of soccer.
· In the Middle Ages, soccer balls were made from inflated pig bladders.
· The “father of soccer” is a man named Ebenezer Cobb Morley. In 1863, he founded the Football Association (FA), which came up with the rules and regulations for the sport.
· The most famous men’s footballers are Lionel Messi of Argentina and Christiano Ronaldo of Portugal. You might know David Beckham of England or the famous Brazilian, Pele’.
· The most famous women footballers are Marta of Brazil, Mia Hamm (USA), and Birgit Prinz of Germany.