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Soccer
ORGANIZATION
Highest international body: FIFA, Federation International Football
Association
United States body: USSF, United States Soccer Federation
USA Pro Level Association: MLS, Major League Soccer
Local Organizations: Local Youth Soccer, AYSO, American Youth Soccer
Organization
College that offers Sport: UCLA
BASICS
Objective: Score goals by dribbling the ball down the field into the
opposing teams goal
5 basic rules: No hands allowed, no physical contact with another
player, when throwing a throw in both feet must touch the ground and
overhead, if a foul happens there is a penalty kick, when score is tie
there is a shoot out
number of players: 11 players in each side
scoring system: you score when the ball crosses the goal line between
two goalposts
surface/court/field of play description: the length must be 100-130
yards and the width must be 50-100 yards, goal must be 8 feet tall and
24 feet wide, the halfway line must have a 10 yard circle
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