Did you know????
Good Timing
On a soccer field
in Brazil there was a small bird (called a lap wig). The bird was flying
over the field and reflected the winning shot with 3 minutes left in
the game.
Bad Weather
There
was a game in 1945, while Arsenal was playing Moscow a dense fog suddenly
rolled
onto the field. The referee didnt want to reschedule the game because
visiting team come a very far distance. The game soon got out of
hand. A player from the Russian team was sent off the field, but snuck
back
on the field and wasn't spotted in the fog. The Russian's were suspected
of having 15 players on instead of 11. The goalie from the Russian
team ran into the goal post and was knocked unconscious. A spectator
ran onto the field and filled in for the rest of the game.
Longest
Throw-in
The longest ever
recorded throw in goes to a high school student in Ohio named Michael
Lochner. He throw the ball an impressive 158 ft 0.4 in.
Production
Over 90% of the
world soccer balls are processed in Pakistan.
Naming
Why does North
America call the game soccer instead of football like the rest
of the world? Canada and the U.S. wanted to differentiate themselves
from other countries and other forms of the game.
Full
yet?
When Fernando
d'Ercoli (team Pianta) was given a red card in a game, he became so
mad that he snatched the card from the referee and ate it.
When Mike Bagley (of Bristol) was written up for swearing. He got so mad at the referee that he took his notebook and ripped out the page, and ate it!
Tired Yet?
The average soccer player
runs about 7 miles in one game.
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