This document discusses several topics related to soccer: - It asks who the best soccer players are, mentioning Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Giorgio Chiellini. - It discusses the best soccer teams, mentioning Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and AC Milan. - It covers injuries in soccer, steroid use by Mexican soccer players, and earning soccer scholarships in high school. - It interviews a soccer coach, Chris Embler, about his experiences and highlights from his career coaching soccer. - In conclusion, it restates that the document discussed the best soccer players, injuries in soccer, and what makes the best soccer teams successful.

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Soccer is a fun sport for almost everybody. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.
There are many things going on in soccer. I want to talk to you about the things happening about
the sport like which soccer player do you rather be the best? The abuse of steroids, how to earn
soccer scholarships in high school, what team is the best? Or have you ever had an injury while
playing soccer? And finally you might be curious about which soccer player has the biggest
contract? The best soccer teams are successful because they train everyday to get better and
because they are committed.
First of all, you might ask yourself which soccer player is the best? You may say its
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi? Or may be Giorgio Chiellini? All these players are fantastic in
soccer, but they have different type of styles and talents. Cristiano Ronaldo is from Island of
Madeira, Portugal and Ronaldo played with Sporting Lisbon in Portugal when he first transferred
from Lisbon to Manchester. Ronaldo started to get recognized all over the world, he was famous
from his step overs and his velocity. Ronaldo is now playing for Real Madrid in Spain. Cristiano
Ronaldo is the best to me because I enjoy how he plays, I learn a lot from him and teach me how
to become a better soccer player. Ronaldo plays as a midfielder where he can distribute the ball
more. Ronaldo has won an award for best player in 2008where he is honored (Jenson). Lionel
Messi is an Argentinian player who has been playing with Barcelona in his entire career. Messi
is currently the best soccer player in the world, because how well and even though Messi is very
short no one can take him. Messi is called “La Pulga” that means “The Flea”, because every
opponent tries to stick to Messi and no one can take him (Bloomberg news). Giorgio Chiellini is
a very great defender who is playing for Juventus in Italy. People enjoy how Chiellini defends in
the field. I as well enjoy how he plays. Chiellini is a very aggressive player who is loyal and well
respected in the team. Giorgio is famous for his dirty slide tackles.

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Secondly, you might want to know which soccer team is the best. Well you might say its
Manchester United, New York Red Bulls, or AC Milan. The best club in the world today is
Football Club Barcelona and Real Madrid as second place. Barcelona is in the same exact league
in Europe, Spain. According to FIFA, Barcelona has won the Champions League, La Liga, and
the Super Cup. Barcelona has won more titles in Wemberly in 1992 (coached). Paris in 2006 and
Rome in 2009. Barcelona is not the best for me because they think they are betterthan other
clubs. I go for Real Madrid, because they are my favorite team. It’s the players that are
successful because they’re the ones that make the team be the best. Back in the 80s and 90s,
Barcelona was not so great back then, Real Madrid has won more trophies than Barcelona.
In Mexico there were five soccer players who play on the Mexico national team. They
were accused of using steroids, a drug that are synthetic made hormones that may be taken in pill
form or injected (Associated press). They’re illegal unless you use it for medication. The five
soccer players went to a Mexican restaurant where they ordered meat, inside the meat there were
steroids. Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa announced he would be suspended for two years, along
with the other players. More than 6 percent or as many as 1 million students said they have taken
steroids for at least 8-12 weeks of use. FIFA said “no soccer player should be taken steroids.
People who use steroids are people who want to look like if they are in great shape, people who
want to look buff. The use of steroids is veryharmful to your body, it will not just make you look
good but it will destroy you from the inside.
If you are trying to become a professional soccer player one day, you should start by
having good grades in all your classes. So you will be able to play college soccer. You can even
earn a scholarship for soccer. High school soccer players around the globe who planned on using
an athletic scholarship in soccer to pay for college they may be shocked in what they will find

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out when that time comes to search for a scholarship. When receiving a scholarship that includes
receiving money for your academics. Soccer scholarships are not guaranteed for four years. It is
not just getting scholarship but you need to do real good in your education to earn it (Litman).
There are big contracts in soccer like Cristiano Ronaldo; Ronaldo is the most expensive
player when he transferred to Madrid. Ronaldo is the highest paid player in the world, until
Messi took Ronaldo’s spot for highest paid player. Before Messi, ZlatanIbrahimovic a Swedish
player who had played with Barcelona had the biggest contracts to sign with Barcelona, when
later he moved to AC Milan in 2010 (FIFA).
The rules in soccer game are simple the official rules are called “Laws of the Game”. The
rules of the game are called by FIFA. The youth teams are usually organized just to adjust the
rules to the children. In every soccer game there’s problems. The ref will always check for field
size, the game length, number of players, the numbers of frequency of substitutes. Off sides are
when there’s a offensive player receiving the ball, while the defenders are way behind
you.Referees want a good and a clean game, every player needs to have a fair play or a clean
sheet which means there are no problems and no cards during the game (referees).
Next, soccer can be a very dangerous sport, because you may never know if you can slide
tackled real hard by another player or get hit on the head and get a concussion if you get hit
there. There many ways of getting injured, which includes: poor field condition, knee sprain,
head, neck and face injuries and more. The most common injuries are knee sprains. Extremity
injuries are pain knee, groin pulls and thigh strains, trying to be in a full recovery may take days,
weeks, months or even years, it depends how serious the injury is. Wayne Rooney an English
player was injured from a game, where he broke his ankle and couldn’t play for 3 full months

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until he was in full recovery. Always maintain the proper fitness, because If you don’t you will
have serious problems. There are a lot of athletes all around the world who are not prepared to
play in such a sport. They need to become fit to be able to play (coaches).
I interviewed a coach, his name is Chris Embler, and he coaches soccer. I asked him
some questions like what was the best part of his job. What’s the worst part of his job? How’s
the average day like? And if he has any interesting stories if he wanted share? The best part if his
job is that he likes to see players develop over a four year period, technically, physically and
spiritually. “They go from being boys as freshman to young men as they graduate” says coach
Embler. He will always enjoy seeing the players later in life to see what they are doing. The
worst part of his job is that he’s away long hours form his wife and children and seeing young
men with immense potential squander opportunity due to bad choices, lack of commitment from
players. He also doesn’t like dealing with parents of players at times that are irrational about
their child’s ability on the field. His average day is he plans the practices and manages large
numbers of players to get maximum potential out of players; he gets up equipment and prepares
rosters, get uniforms and drives the bus. Coach Embler coaches at least 2 matches per week, he
contacts college coaches about potential players. Coach discusses the formations and line ups
with the assistant coaches. One of coach Emblers interesting stories about his career is that he
coached in South Johnston during 1 match, the team was losing 0-5 at half time and then they
came back to win 7-5 against Green Hope, it was a girls team that he coached. They lost against
Enloe 23-0 once. Coach Embler coached 2 all state players and 7 players who played in college,
he also coached in Smithfield Selma High School that finished with the highest rank in history in
the state in 6th, they made it to the 4th round of the state playoffs that year. I was amazed that
coach Emblers team made it to the state playoffs (Embler).

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In conclusion, there are many things in soccer happening like Lionel Messi being the best
player in the world. Having injuries in soccer, which has the biggest contract? The best soccer
teams are successful because they train every day to get better and because they are committed.