Compare And Contrast Soccer And Football
David Medina
Mr. Rivera
English 101
March 4, 2012
Soccer vs. Football
In the United States one of the most popular professional sports is football, yet there is another sport which is gaining popularity in this country known as soccer. Although there are some similarities to the two sports, like both having eleven players on the field at a time, there are some very distinctive differences between football and soccer. In the game of football, there is several ways to score points for your team. The team can score a field goal which is worth three points, get a touchdown and extra point for seven points or score two points for tackling the other team on their own end zone called a safety, which is worth two points. In comparison, the game of soccer has only one way to score which is called a goal and it gives the scoring team one point. Both soccer and football are played on fields but the size of each field is different in each sport. The field in soccer ranges from one hundred to three hundred yards long and fifty to one hundred yards wide, with a goal on either end of the field that is always eight yards wide. In contrast, the football field is one hundred and twenty yards long and thirty yards wide with end zones on both ends of the field called the end zones. …show more content…
Like most sports, both soccer and football are timed events.
Football is played in four quarters that are twelve minutes in length and the time is stopped for certain events, like an incomplete pass. In each possession a team has four downs to gain ten yards as they move down the field in the attempt to score a touchdown. If by the third down they do not get the ten yards need, they will punt the ball to the other team and that team gets possession. In contrast soccer is played in two forty-five minute halves and the time never stops for any reason. If there are delays in the game, like a player is injured, the time is saved for the end of the game and play continues for the amount of time
lost. In football, the players use their hands to pass, catch, or run with the football and their feet to kick for a field goal, extra point or to punt the ball. This is not the case in soccer where the players only kick the ball except for if the ball goes out of bounds and the player throws the ball back into play or if the goalie picks up the ball to stop a goal. Outside of the two exceptions noted, using your hands in soccer will result in a penalty or loss of possession. The last difference between football and soccer is the players on the field. In football there are offensive and defensive players that are consistently substituted with other players. In soccer there are only three players per match that can be substituted so eight out of the ten players remain on the field the entire game.
As you can see, soccer and football although similar in some ways are two very different sports that are equally as exciting to watch being played.
Mr. Rivera
English 101
March 4, 2012
Soccer vs. Football
In the United States one of the most popular professional sports is football, yet there is another sport which is gaining popularity in this country known as soccer. Although there are some similarities to the two sports, like both having eleven players on the field at a time, there are some very distinctive differences between football and soccer. In the game of football, there is several ways to score points for your team. The team can score a field goal which is worth three points, get a touchdown and extra point for seven points or score two points for tackling the other team on their own end zone called a safety, which is worth two points. In comparison, the game of soccer has only one way to score which is called a goal and it gives the scoring team one point. Both soccer and football are played on fields but the size of each field is different in each sport. The field in soccer ranges from one hundred to three hundred yards long and fifty to one hundred yards wide, with a goal on either end of the field that is always eight yards wide. In contrast, the football field is one hundred and twenty yards long and thirty yards wide with end zones on both ends of the field called the end zones. …show more content…
Like most sports, both soccer and football are timed events.
Football is played in four quarters that are twelve minutes in length and the time is stopped for certain events, like an incomplete pass. In each possession a team has four downs to gain ten yards as they move down the field in the attempt to score a touchdown. If by the third down they do not get the ten yards need, they will punt the ball to the other team and that team gets possession. In contrast soccer is played in two forty-five minute halves and the time never stops for any reason. If there are delays in the game, like a player is injured, the time is saved for the end of the game and play continues for the amount of time
lost. In football, the players use their hands to pass, catch, or run with the football and their feet to kick for a field goal, extra point or to punt the ball. This is not the case in soccer where the players only kick the ball except for if the ball goes out of bounds and the player throws the ball back into play or if the goalie picks up the ball to stop a goal. Outside of the two exceptions noted, using your hands in soccer will result in a penalty or loss of possession. The last difference between football and soccer is the players on the field. In football there are offensive and defensive players that are consistently substituted with other players. In soccer there are only three players per match that can be substituted so eight out of the ten players remain on the field the entire game.
As you can see, soccer and football although similar in some ways are two very different sports that are equally as exciting to watch being played.