The lengths of a soccer game vary in lengths depending on the age group, but college, high school, and professional play two 45 minute halves. In soccer, there are two teams which consists of nine players and a goalie. The players are only allowed to play the soccer ball with their feet, and they are divided into offense and defense.
In each team, the players are divided into offense and defense, and they're only allowed to used their feet to play the soccer ball. Soccer's main objective is to score by kicking the ball into the opposing team's goal. In which case, the goalie is the only one allowed to his/her hands to stop the ball.
Juggling is often practiced by soccer players, and this is a skill that consists of keeping the ball in the air using the feet, knees, head, chest, or thighs. Unless you want the other team to take possession of the ball, don't use your hands or arm. The opposing team takes possession of the ball by doing a "throw-in" when the other team knocks the ball out of bounds, and during this time both feet should stay on the ground while the player throws the ball back into play. When a ball is kicked over the line of a team's own goal, then the opposite team takes the ball to the corresponding corner and kicks the ball back into play to one of the teammates, and this is called "corner kick". A "goal kick" is the result when the team kicks the ball over the goal line of the opposing team, and this is taken by one the defensive players of that team.
There are circumstances where "fouls" are called. Examples of fouls include excessive pushing, unsportsmanlike behavior, and touching the ball using the hand or arm. If this happens, the opposite team will get a free kick from the referee when he called the ball dead in the spot where the foul occurred.
A shootout is the result of when the regulation time of the soccer runs out and the score is tied, in which case the goalie of one team is up against a player from the opposing team. The game is won by whoever scores a goal first.
In each team, the players are divided into offense and defense, and they're only allowed to used their feet to play the soccer ball. Soccer's main objective is to score by kicking the ball into the opposing team's goal. In which case, the goalie is the only one allowed to his/her hands to stop the ball.
Juggling is often practiced by soccer players, and this is a skill that consists of keeping the ball in the air using the feet, knees, head, chest, or thighs. Unless you want the other team to take possession of the ball, don't use your hands or arm. The opposing team takes possession of the ball by doing a "throw-in" when the other team knocks the ball out of bounds, and during this time both feet should stay on the ground while the player throws the ball back into play. When a ball is kicked over the line of a team's own goal, then the opposite team takes the ball to the corresponding corner and kicks the ball back into play to one of the teammates, and this is called "corner kick". A "goal kick" is the result when the team kicks the ball over the goal line of the opposing team, and this is taken by one the defensive players of that team.
There are circumstances where "fouls" are called. Examples of fouls include excessive pushing, unsportsmanlike behavior, and touching the ball using the hand or arm. If this happens, the opposite team will get a free kick from the referee when he called the ball dead in the spot where the foul occurred.
A shootout is the result of when the regulation time of the soccer runs out and the score is tied, in which case the goalie of one team is up against a player from the opposing team. The game is won by whoever scores a goal first.
