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Sports Geographer BJ Pheasant has calculated the ratios of needed incoming male college freshman soccer players versus the number of 12th grade boys soccer players in each state. The ratio shows the number of players from each U18 club team needed to play in college soccer to fill the incoming freshman class in each state. 

The calculations use data from the US Census Bureau, USYS, NCAA, NAIA and Gotsoccer among others in its research.

El cinco de febrero de mil novecientos ochenta y cinco (1985), nació en la isla de Madeira, Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (Cristiano Ronaldo). Dos años más tarde, al otro lado del charco, nacería Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini (Lionel Messi), más conocido como Lionel Messi o simplemente Messi, el veinticuatro de junio de mil novecientos ochenta y siete (1987), en la ciudad del Rosario, Argentina. Los dos tenían una cosa muy común; su pasión por el futbol. Ambos empezaron a jugar desde muy chiquititos en el equipo donde trabajaba su padre. Cristiano Ronaldo en el Andorinha y Messi en el Grandoli. Claro que en el caso del segundo toda la culpa sería de su abuela. En seguida comenzaron a destacar y Cristiano Ronaldo fue fichado por el Club Deportivo Nacional, mientras que Messi pasaba a jugar en las categorías inferiores del Newell's Old Boys. En nada, Cristiano ya estaba pasando las pruebas para fichar por el Sporting Clube de Portugal, equipo donde había empezado también Luis Figo, uno de sus grandes ídolos. Cristiano levantaba pasiones allí por donde se movía y aunque hacía casi nada que había debutado como profesional, Alex Ferguson lo fichó para el Manchester United en el dos mil tres (2003). Nada más aterrizar en la liga Inglesa, heredaba el número de David Beckham; "CR7 is here". En mil novecientos noventa y ocho (1998), a Messi le diagnosticaron una carencia de la hormona del crecimiento y buscó en el futbol la solución para costearse el tratamiento. Probó suerte en el River Plate, pero sería Carles Rexach (Carles Charly Rexach Cerdà), director técnico del F. C. (Futbol Club) Barcelona, quien le ofreció la posibilidad de viajar a España con su familia y hacer las pruebas de acceso a la Masía (fútbol base del Fútbol Club Barcelona), para vestir la camiseta dorada blaugrana (que forma parte del F. C. Barcelona) y cubrir los gastos médicos. En dos mil cuatro (2004) empieza su aventura en el primer equipo del Barça (se pronuncia Barza), de la mano de Frank Rijkaard, en un partido oficial contra el Español. Al año siguiente; en dos mil cinco (2005), ya marcaba su primer gol como senior, tras un pase de Ronaldinho. Ese mismo año falleció el padre de Cristiano, debido a problemas con el alcohol, sería un golpe muy duro para él. Pero tocaba seguir mirando hacia adelante. manuelverdugo.com

The article focuses on the football Ultras and their involvement in the stadium as a social situation and contextual environment from a linguistic point of view. The focus of the article is on the Fiorentina Ultras - Ultras Viola - as it is a very big community of
football followers with a historical role in the Italian Ultras phenomenon. Among the different means of communication adopted by the Ultras Viola, the article focuses on the
analysis of the banners exposed in the stadiums (114 banners exposed by the Fiorentina Ultras from the season 2004/2005 to 2008/2009). The banners are, together with the
choruses, the foremost mean adopted to communicate and they can be seen as a sort of crystallization of the Ultras’ messages. A sociolinguistic, sociosemiotic and sociosemantic
analysis of the banners allows us to identify the styles of communication and the different ways of expression as well as the constitutional dynamics of the Fiorentina Ultras’ identity.
Key words: Football Ultras, Linguistics, Communication

"There has been little research into the psychological factors affecting footballers at different levels (Hanin et al, 2000), in particular, the mental toughness and hardiness of footballers.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between mental toughness and hardiness of footballers and the level of football at which they perform.


Participants - 61 footballers (mean AGE=25.23 years; range 18-40 years; SD=5.55), from various clubs and 2 levels of performance.
Mental toughness was measured using the Psychological Performance Inventory (PPI; Loehr, 1986).
Hardiness was measured using the Personal views survey III- R (Maddi and Khoshaba 2001).


Elite footballers scored significantly higher than recreational footballers in overall mental toughness, hardiness and each individual subscale, (Golby & Sheard, 2004).
While the present study confirms that elite footballers have superior levels of mental toughness and hardiness than recreational footballers, future research might concentrate further on psychological skills training, coping strategies and psychological preparation strategies in a wider variation of sports specific to a wider range of athletes, from grass roots to international level."

One initial step in the management of stakeholders is the identification and classification of these actors. This study sought to answer the research question: how managers of Brazilian professional soccer clubs identify and classify their stakeholders? For this purpose we used the theoretical framework Stakeholder Theory, developed by Freeman (1984) and other researchers. We used the method proposed by Almeida et al. (2000), which assesses the saliency through the concepts power, legitimacy, and urgency, which were proposed in the study by Mitchell et al. (1997). There were two propositions concerning the context of Brazilian soccer clubs: first, the urgency perceived by managers in demands of a stakeholder is high when his legitimacy is high; second, the most salient stakeholders for managers are those with high legitimacy. Stakeholders were studied as perceived by the managers of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. Three types of stakeholders were classified as demanding (sponsors, partners and the partner for the construction of the new stadium), and three as dependents (members, athletes of professional soccer team and media). Other stakeholders identified were classified as irrelevant, including fans and the organized groups of fans. In the specific case of these managers of this particular soccer club, the trend was the acceptance of both propositions.

Assessing the relative contribution of offensive and defensive football to success in the UEFA Champion's League, data related to the 513 clubs that have taken part to competition between 1955 and 2019 are analyzed using regression models. After controlling for the number of participations and teams playing in one of the four major European leagues-La Liga, Premier League, Serie A and Bundesliga-it is found that both offensive and defensive football can lead to success in the competition. Indeed, offensive and defensive football both have a significant impact on the number of titles won and their relative contributions are found to be equal. Both tactical approaches also have a significant impact on the number of matches won in the competition; even though the relative contribution of offensive football is bigger. Furthermore, only offensive football is found to have a significant impact on the number of points earned in the competition. Finally, it is found that poor offensive and poor defensive football both have a significant impact on the number of matches lost in the Champion's League; with the relative contribution of a poor defensive performance being more pronounced.

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. It is a close contact sport with many resulting foot and ankle injuries. The incidence of foot and ankle injuries in elite soccer is estimated at between 3 and 9 injuries per 1000player hours of competition. Foot fractures (33%)are in second place after ankle fractures(36%). Most injuries are during competition. Metatarsal injuries, fractures, contusions, and anterior ankle impingement syndrome are some of many injuries sustained by players over their lifetimes. This Foot Guard system in question is designed to inhibit damage to the top of the foot and front of the ankle from repetitive micro trauma that can compound and cumulatively cause damage over a players lifetime, causing significant health costs and time off the field. Ekstrand and Gillquist found that 71% of injuries could be related to risk factors such as Equipment, Playing Surfaces and Rules. The other 29% were considered to be caused by a Chance Event. So, if by chance , a player accidentally, or intentionally stepped onto another players foot, damage from the cleat is inevitable, depending on force exerted. If Rules are not changed to accommodate Safety Technologies that eliminate the chance factor, then players are bound to keep getting injured. By instituting this Foot Guard Technology, FIFA will be reducing the Chance Factor, improving on the Equipment Factor and Approving the FootGuard by instituting a new Rule Factor, thereby, significantly reducing the risk factors by at least a margin of 50%.
The safety profile of this universal external metatarsal foot guard system is tested on an individual wearing a Nike Mercurial soccer shoe compared to the soccer shoe without the guard.

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of eight-week core and balance training on single-leg sway parameters and well-directed kick of male soccer players. 24 male players of an amateur soccer club aged 14 to 15 participated in the study. The participants were randomized into an experimental group (EG, n=12) performing core and balance trainings with soccer training and a control group (CG, n=12) performing only their routine soccer training programs for 8 weeks. Biodex Balance SD (Biodex Inc., Shirley, NY) device was used to measure single-leg sway parameters and Mor–Christian general aptitude soccer test was used to evaluate well-directed kick. EG athletes showed statistically better results in well-direct kick and dominant-leg-sway parameters than CG athletes (p < 0.05) while there was not seen any changes on non-dominant leg sway parameters (p > 0.05). When classical soccer practice supported by core and unstable surface exercises, possible developments in balance affects dominant and non-dominant legs of athletes to achieve in soccer the necessary skills more easily so it can be concluded that regular soccer training with core and balance exercises would be particularly effective in improving balance parameters and soccer skills.

Современные представления о спортивной тренировке в футболе и
решении поставленных задач на разных этапах процесса подготовки футболистов
показывают нам, что характеристика соревновательной деятельности и тренировочного
процесса в футболе представляются, как динамическая система со множеством
взаимосвязанных факторов, которые необходимо учитывать в ходе разработки
программ, планов и методов реализации общей стратегии по обучению футболистов.
Ключевые слова: соревновательная деятельность, тренировочный процесс.

The active rest phase is the transition period of annual training planning. In Turkey, especially in amateur sports clubs, there exists a transition period of four or four and a half months, and this period, in general, passes with passive rest. In such a long passive period of time, soccer players experience significant losses in their technical and motor performances. The objective of this research presented, is to study the effects of a soccer training programme on some physical and technical skills of children that put through an eight weeks of soccer training, and to compare the findings to the motor performances and technical skills of children that spent the twelve weeks of transition period with passive rest. Children’ soccer technical skill levels was tested by using wall passing and dribbling, and physical condition levels by using standing long jump and the flamingo balance tests. After eight weeks of training, the results of pre and post tests were compared and found significant differences. At the end of twelve weeks of transition phase, between the all results of the post and permanence tests, statistically significant differences in the negative direction was found.

A goalkeeper is special because he is the team&#39;s last line of defence and the first line of offense. Being the last person on the defensive gives him the privilege to handle the ball [1]. Since the changes to the laws of the football game [2] it does not allow the goalkeeper to take the ball back from the defender by hands. Where the pass back to the goalkeeper will now be punished with a free kick if the keeper picks it up? From the props, our study focus on the demand goalkeeper due to the changes in the laws of the football game where our background confirms that The goalkeeper should work hard in these conditions [3] for this reason, this study has to answer the question: Which training improves the ability to both control and manipulate the ball with both feet since the foot controls the ball most of the time, it is essential for goalkeepers? [4]. Where our results confirm the need to integrate the goalkeeper in the sessions ball control case the Algerian coaches.

Introduction
This paper presents a part of the initial measurement of extensive research that examines the effects of plyometric training method on the body composition, motoric and functional abilities of athletes. The research problem is the connection of explosive force and jumping performance agility of athletes. Negative correlation between these two motor skills is expected.
Method
The study included 15 students of the Vocational Training of Preschool teachers and Sports trainers from Subotica. For the measurement of body height was applied the Anthropometer according to Martin, for the body weight the instrument for measuring of body composition InBody brand. To assess the explosive strength jumping performance tests were
applied: standing long jump, triple jump and Sargent test, a test for assessing agility 10 x 5 m running and Illinois test. Statistical analysis was performed with the help of program SPSS 20. There were calculated some indicators of descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient.
Results and Discussion
As expected, the results of this research indicate a negative correlation between the type of explosive strength and agility jumping athletes. The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient is in the range of r = -0.779 and p = 0.001 to r = - 0.454 and p = 0.089.
Conclusion
Results of this research confirmed our previous findings about the negative correlation between explosive strength and agility jumping performance of athletes.
Key words: explosive power, agility, reflection, soccer.

La Eurocopa 2021. La Eurocopa o copa de Europa, actualmente también mencionada Euro; es el campeonato de futbol masculino más importante de Europa obviamente y se celebra cada cuatro años, organizado por la UEFA (Unión de Federaciones Europeas de Fútbol). La primera edición, tuvo lugar en mil novecientos sesenta (1960), gracias a Henri Delaunay, presidente de la Federación Francesa de Futbol, que en mil novecientos veintisiete (1927), había intentado organizar el torneo. Sin embargo; la FIFA estaba demasiado pendiente del mundial que se celebraría en mil novecientos treinta (1930), y por eso desecharon la idea. Cinco años más tarde Delaunay volvía a la carga. En América del Sur ya se estaba organizando una copa América y en Europa, pues no podía ser menos. A pesar de que esta vez, consiguió mas apoyos, Alemania, Italia e Inglaterra se opusieron y no llegó a celebrarse. Finalmente, el proyecto se llevó a cabo, pero Henri ya había fallecido, y en su honor comenzó llamándose Copa Henri Delaunay. Ocho años más tarde pasó a llamarse Copa de Las Naciones y por último, como lo conocemos ahora; Copa de Europa o Eurocopa. Otra de las cosas que también ha cambiado bastante, es el número de participantes y es que hasta mil novecientos setenta y seis (1976), en la fase final, solo jugaban cuatro equipos. Y mira ahora, cuentan con dieciséis. En la primera división, Alemania Occidental, Italia e Inglaterra se negaron a jugar, consiguiendo así, que el campeonato tuviese menos categoría. A España le tocó jugar contra la URSS en cuartos de final y por cuestiones políticas decidió retirarse, dejando pasar al equipo soviético, que terminaría siendo el vencedor. La segunda convocatoria contó con más participación. Aunque Alemania seguiría sin jugar hasta mil novecientos sesenta y ocho (1968). Se celebró en España y el campeonato terminó siendo más político que deportivo. Otra vez hubo equipos que se negaron a enfrentarse. Sin embargo; esta vez España si tuvo que jugar contra la URSS en una final de la que terminaría siendo vencedora. Los cambios políticos en Europa y la entrada de nuevos países en la Unión Europea, han ido añadiendo nuevos equipos a la competición, participando ya hasta cincuenta y tres en el último sorteo. manuelverdugo.com

In the wake of the massive human displacement from Syria (2011–), some international NGOs (INGOs) have intervened in Lebanon to prevent Lebanese and Syrian youth from “radicalizing” and joining armed groups. In the framework of international humanitarian assistance within the “Global South,” while refugee adults are expected to become self-reliant, children and youth are often addressed as objects of universal concern and rarely as aware subjects of decision-making. Drawing on interviews conducted between Spring 2015 and Autumn 2016 with INGO workers and child players and their parents, we consider INGO play activities in contexts where political violence is widespread and longstanding, such as the Tripoli governorate in northern Lebanon. This chapter first aims to unpack the INGO discourse on children’s vulnerability. Second, we analyze INGO discourses and practices in a bid to critically examine the humanitarian and developmental attempts at providing politically neutral spaces for refugee and local children. We therefore build a threefold analysis focusing on the dehistoricization of political violence in the Arab Levant, the employment of the “Sport for Development” formula as a path to social cohesion, and the weak cultural literacy of INGOs in regard to contextual adult-child relations. Thereby, we argue that while INGOs tend to commodify the child as an a priori humanitarian victim, the international assistance community should rather strive to provide children with alternate avenues for political engagement in order to counter war recruitment.

Сажетак Циљ овог истраживања је да се испита повезаност између поседа лопте, контаката са лоптом и контакт индекса у утакмицама освајача медаља на Светском фудбалском првенству 2010. године. Питање на које се овим истраживањем тражи одговор гласи да ли постoји и, ако постоји, колика је и ког је смера повезаност између поседа лопте, кон-таката са лоптом и контакт индекса. Посед лопте и контакти са лоптом су у основи извођења свих техничко-тактичких елемената које фудбалер изводи са лоптом. Контакт индекс је нов појам у области спортске нау-ке која се бави истраживањем фудбала и фудбалера. Он је показатељ одступања од теоретски најједноставније игре што се тиче контаката са лоптом по поседу лопте. Вредност Пирсоновог коефицијента корелације између поседа лопте и контаката са лоптом износи r=0,899 p=0,000, из-међу поседа лопте и контакт индекса r=0,107 p=0,644 и између контака-та са лоптом и контакт индекса r=0,528 p=0,014.

Whereas an initial step in the management of stakeholders is the identification and classification of these actors, this study sought to answer the research question: how managers of Brazilian professional soccer clubs identify and classify their stakeholders? The theoretical framework used was the Stakeholder Theory, developed by Freeman (1984) and other researchers. The method used was proposed by Almeida et al. (2000), which assesses the saliency through the concepts power, legitimacy and urgency, that were proposed in the study of Mitchell et al. (1997). There were two propositions concerning the context of Brazilian soccer clubs: first, that the urgency perceived by managers in the demands of a stakeholder is high when his legitimacy is high and other one is that the most salient stakeholders for the managers are those with high degrees of legitimacy. Stakeholders were surveyed as perceived by the managers of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. Three types of stakeholders were classified as demanding (sponsors, partners and the partner for the construction of the new stadium) and three as dependents (members, athletes of professional soccer team and the media). Other stakeholders identified were classified as irrelevant, including the fans and and the organized groups of fans. It can be said that in the specific case of these managers of this particular football club, the trend was the acceptance of both propositions.