Women’s National Soccer team (U.S. Women’s Team) are speaking up about issues concerning wage-discrimination. Despite their incredible success in the previous years‚ their compensation is a significantly lesser amount than the United States Men’s National Soccer team. In 2015‚ the U.S. Women’s Team claims they generated nearly $20 million more in revenue than the U.S. Men’s Team and yet they were paid less. For being champions in the 2015 FIFA Wold Cup‚ the Women’s Soccer Team received a payout
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Saina Zhao 01/21/2014 ANTH 210 X062 The protests about the amount of money Brazil is spending on the World Cup 2014 On October 30‚ 2007‚ FIFA in Zurich officially announced that the World Cup 2014 will hold in Brazil‚ and this is the first time after Brazil to host the football World Cup again since 1950. In the history of the football game‚ Brazil’s national team has win the highest honor of football five times‚ also Brazilian has hosted the World Cup in 1950. The football’s
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Culture in Brazil (especially focusing on soccer) Brazil is a big country. I mean‚ huge. It’s the biggest country in South America. It consists of 8‚511‚996 square kilometers‚ including all of its oceanic islands. Its full‚ official name is the Federative Republic of Brazil‚ and the most recent consensus counted the total population as 188‚078‚22 Brazilians. So now that you know the basic statistics of Brazil‚ I can relate to you the actual topic of this paper- Brazilian culture‚ with an emphasis
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Research Paper: The History of Soccer The game of soccer has changed a lot since it started. The game soccer originated in England in 1000‚ but some people believe it may have started before the 19th century‚ with the Ancient Romans‚ Greeks‚ and Chinese. In England‚ towns and villages would play against each other‚ half of the village on one side and the other half on the other side. The object was to get the ball into the other villages territory. Sometimes the “ball” would be a pig’s bladder
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Soccer all around the world is one of the most competitive and aggressive sports. Each country has its own way of promoting the sport and their local heroes. In some countries‚ soccer is related to religion and is a way out of the poverty-stricken lifestyles some face. Soccer is the favorite pastime in Brazil. Its streets and vacant lots are filled with children playing pickup games of soccer. Families dream of their sons becoming one of the greatest players or equal to soccer legends such
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The Soccer World Cup 2014 in Brazil Will the World Cup bring economic boom or bust? 13th of June‚ 2012 Table of content 1. Brazil in the spotlight 4 2. Current economic situation 4 3. Sporting events and the FIFA World Cup 6 4. Challenges and efforts for the World Cup preparation in Brazil 7 5. Consequences of the World Cup for Brazil 10 5.1. Economic consequences 10 5.2. Political consequences 12 5.3. Social consequences 12 6. Analysis 13 6.1. SWOT Analysis 13 6.2
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When the United States national soccer team defeated the Spanish national team in the semifinals of the 2009 Confederations Cup‚ many sportswriters and fans called the U.S team’s win one of the biggest upsets in modern soccer. Although the United States is known for having dominant sports teams‚ many refuse to admit that the United States has a good soccer team‚ let alone believe that Americans know about the sport soccer. In all fairness‚ even people in the United States do not believe that Americans
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Women’s Soccer: the History‚ the Glory‚ and the Challenges In front of a crowd of over 26‚000 fans‚ Carli Lloyd dribbled the ball and scores! Winning the game. The first hat trick ever in a Women’s World Cup final (Key Figures… 1). Soccer is considered the most popular sport in the world. For men. With players like Carli the sport is growing in popularity for women. Ever since women have been allowed to play soccer they have influenced the game and world culture. The History of Soccer Soccer was
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10. Kelly Smith 9. Hanna Ljungberg Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images The popularity of women’s soccer has increased exponentially since the inaugural Women’s World Cup in 1991‚ and with the improved quality of play has come a steady stream of great players over the years. This is our list of the 10 greatest female soccer players ever. Most of these names you’ll recognize‚ whether you’ve followed the game only in America or on the world stage. Who would make your top 10? Let us know in the comments
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The Subculture of Soccer Hooligans Abstract Are youth cultures spontaneous forms of resistance to mainstream culture‚ manifestations of new styles of expression‚ or products of consumer culture? Do soccer hooligans help the players of the team their rooting for with their encouragement and praising or does the violence they commit cause too big of a distraction to the players and hurt their team’s chances of winning in the long run? These are two important questions that my research was focused
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