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Outside the USA, it is generally called "football" (Spanish: ''fútbol'').
Outside the USA, it is generally called "football" (Spanish: ''fútbol'').
==Origins==
==Origins==
* [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], a [[Portuguese]] contemporary player for [[Real Madrid]].
* [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], a [[Portuguese]] contemporary player for [[Real Madrid]].
* [[Lionel Messi]], [[Argentina]]n forward, currently plays for [[Barcelona]].
* [[Lionel Messi]], [[Argentina]]n forward, currently plays for [[Barcelona]].
==Criticisms==
Soccer requires comparatively little from children but the ability to run after the ball - the risk of failure for anyone except maybe the goal keeper is zero. Even the strong chance that any given game will end in a tie makes it attractive for parents reluctant to impart life's difficult lessons to young kids. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-philbin/2010/06/09/media-make-selling-soccer-goal#ixzz2gO2g6g35]
When played at the [[Olympics]], soccer is considered to be somewhat of a [[joke sport]]. This is so as the Olympic competition is held with players who must be under-23. Therefore, they are not the best players in the world.
==A note on terminology==
==A note on terminology==