Olympic 2012

The Life Of Soccer

By Katherine

New Zealand Teams And PlayersMens:

1.Kosta Barbarouses2.Alex Feneridis3. Jake Gleeson4. Ian Hogg5. Cameron Howieson6. Dakota Lucas7. Adam McGeorge8. Michael McGlinchey9. James Musa10.Tim Myers11. Ryan Nelsen12.Michael O'Keeffe13.Tim Payne14.Marco Rojas15.Shane Smeltz16.Tommy Smith17.Adam Thoma18.Chris Wood

New Zealand Teams And PlayersWomens :

1.Rebekah Stott 2.Hannah Wilkinson3.Katie Hoyle4.Annalie Longo5.Anna Green6.Sarah Gregorius7.Betsy Hassett8.Amber Hearn9.Kristy Hill10.Hayley Moorwood11.Jenny Bindon :12.Abby Erceg13.Rebecca Rolls14.Rebecca Smith15.Kirsty Yallop 16.Ria Percival 17.Ali Riley

18.Rosie White

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Other Teams In The OlympicsWomens :

● Cameroon (CAM)● South Africa (SAF)● Colombia (COL)● New Zealand (NZL)● Canada (CAN)● Korea (KOR)● Great Britain (GBR)● Sweden (SWE)● USA (USA)● Brazil(BRA)● Japan (JPN)● France(FRA)

Mens:● Japan (JPN)● Korea Republic (KOR)● United Arab Emirates (UAE)● Egypt (EGY)● Gabon (GAB)● Morocco (MAR)● Senegal (SEN)● Belarus (BLR)● Spain (ESP)● Switzerland (SUI)● Honduras (HON)● Mexico (MEX)● New Zealand (NZL)● Brazil (BRA)● Uruguay (URU)● Great Britain (GBR)

RulesFootball is played on an outdoor or sometimes indoor grass pitch by two teams of 11 players.The aim of the game is to score goals. By kicking or hitting the ball with your body into and past the other team’s goalie and get past the goal line. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the game wins. Off side. Off side is when you are in front of the players from the other team but you don't have the ball and get passed the ball. To prevent this from happening is to have a player from the other team between you and the goalie . It does not matter if you have the ball just make sure that if you do want to pass the ball to someone make sure they are on side .Only the goalkeeper on each team are allowed to touch the ball with their hands except when taking a throw in . A throw in is when a player from the other team kicks the ball out there for having, taking a throw in. The other players use their feet, head and body to move the ball around the pitch, advancing on Their goal but protecting their own.

More Rules The rules for the Olympics state that players participating must be under the age of 23, with only 3 over aged players allowed. This was done to ensure that the Olympics do not overshadow the World Cup as a football competition.There are eleven players on each team one of which is the goalie where to put the rest of the players is up to your coach. The other positions are backs ( defense), ford ( striker), midfield, left and right wing.Matches are played over 90 minutes – two 45-minute halves.The soccer rules are fair for the game.They are being upheld. I don't think anyone has taken steroids or drugs in this years olympics soccer. The country who won, won fairly.

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