The history of soccer in the olympics

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Soccer has been in the Olympics for quite a long time, but the first time it entered was in 1908 in the London games. There were 4 teams that were invited to participate in the first games. That was only the mens, but i bet some of the women wanted to play as well, so the women were able to play in the official program in 1996.

In between this gap of time there was a man named  Henri Delaunay that made a proposal to initiate a professional world cup championship of football. Which was passed and that is how the world cup came to be. Why would people want to train for the World Cup and Olympics? Im sure that it was a controversy. So they made it possible for many people to play, where the people in the World Cup could not play in the Olympics games.

        The United states has been in many of the FIFA Cups, FIFA stands for International Federation          
of Association Football. The rules of the game have been developed since it has started. The size for example, the size of a soccer field has to be between 100m- 110m long and 64m- 75m wide.

 There is also a point on the field called the penalty spot which is 11m from the mouth of the goal.The point of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team. The team with the most goals at the end of the game wins the game. If you would like to find more information on the history of soccer I very highly recommend worldsoccer.com 

 http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/history-of-the-olympic-football-tournament

http://www.nbcolympics.com/soccer/about-this-sport/history/news=soccer-history.html

Pregame warmup with Tim

Ussoccer presents tim howards warmup.
Howard starts off  by doing some of his stretches and light warmup jogs just to break a sweat befoe he hits the field. When he gets on the field he will do some quick sprints and jog it off. Then comes the best part Doing the hnadling of the ball, left dives, right dives, up and down, volleys, shots from near and far and crosses. Then he finishes with some Kicking.
http://www.ussoccer.com/news/mens-national-team/2011/08/qa-tim-howard.aspx

It is always good to be streched out and warmed up before an athletic event. Heres the how to dynamic stretching and warming up before a soccer match as a goalkeeper.

First you should start out with just a light easy jog for about 5-10 min max

Second you start with highknees, buttkicks, knee hugs, lunges, carioca
- remember you should be walking while you do these.

Third You can hit the field. Start with just bouncing the ball around and catching it, hit the ball off your foot and get to it as quickly as possible.

Fourth you can start with having a shooter kick aome near shots for reaction time warmup and far shots for positioning. Then you can move onto crosses and working on comming out. But if the ball is to far you can work on saving volleys.

That as a guide to a quick and easy way to warmup before a soccer match.


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Tim getting old?

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Howard, evertons goalkeeper has had a solid start to the english premier league season. Everton has leaped into fourth place. Howard who is now 33 years of age playing in his tenth premier league season. He is said to have the third greatest career of a U.S. goalkeeper in England. Tim has had 192 consecutive league starts in his entire career. Sports illustrated presnets.

           "The way you get Champions League football is by playing really well over the course of 38 games. Some teams can play well and they're just not as talented, and they're not going to make the top four. So far we've shown we have the talent and can punch above our weight. Now it's just a matter of sustaining this. When Christmas time comes and the games come back-to-back-to-back, as tough as it is, it's also a great opportunity to pick up a lot of points."

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/grant_wahl/11/05/tim-howard-jozy-altidore/index.html#ixzz2C77UOwvQ

Even though tim howard is a fantastic goalkeeper there is always room for improvement, but with age it also gets harder as well. Tim does not have to work on his very fine tuning but now he has to work on maintaining his physical  attributes and staying mentally sharp as well. I believe that Tim has a very great potential in the part of his career to get to the top of the goalkeeper rankings. Sports illustrated presents.

"I needed to learn a lot of things and get better in every way. I think I've done that. I've gotten to the point where I've virtually mastered the position. Now that has different levels, depending on your talent. But I've become the goalkeeper I wanted to become. Hopefully I'll continue getting better, but it's going to be in small increments. The hard part is to maintain my physical attributes, keep fit and stay mentally sharp so I can be at my best."

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/grant_wahl/11/05/tim-howard-jozy-altidore/index.html#ixzz2C77UOwvQ

Howards Personal Life

Tim Howard Was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey toMatthew Howard. Tim's parents divorced when he was a young boy at the age of 3. He live with his mother who was a manager for a cosmetics distributer, his father still remained in his life as a long-distance truck driver for a health care firm. In the years growing up for Tim he showed an interest in basketball and soccer. But he was then diagnosed with tourettes syndrome in the 6th grade. Before he had reached his teenage years he was at a soccer camp and a man by the name of Tim Mulqueen saw Tim's potential and took him under his wing.

Howard was a star in high school not only in soccer but in basketball as well. He led his team to the state finals his senior year averaging 15 points a game. But yet his skills in the game of soccer were far better. He had played midfield for awhile before he even started goalkeeper. He had spent his first 3 years of high school at  Montclair Kimberley Academy, which was a small private school. Then moved to North brunswick township high school.

Tim playing his first professional game as a senior in high school For the North Jersey Imperials. To later play for the Metro-stars till 2003 then Manchester United payed $4 million in transfer fees to get them on their team in 2003. After six years with Manchester United he was spotted by the Everton goalkeeper trainer. Howard had many quotes that he follows but a big one of his is "I don't make the decisions and it would be foolish of me to think that i did"(A. Hodge).

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The life of tim howard, Everton goalkeeper standing at 6' 3", 210 pounds, is a very strong goalkeeper physically and mentally. He has achieved greatness by receiving the golden glove in 2009 at the confederations cup. Also he has over come obstacles in his life like tourettes syndrome.

He started put as a high school goalkeeper from New Jersey. Then started his professional career at the North Jersey Imperials before joining the New York/New Jersey metrostars. Later to be accepted to the USA National team. Six years later he was spotted by Manchester United. Now Howard has taken his chances to plays for the first- team football, Everton.

Howard intense, hard work has led him to one of the top ranked goalkeepers. His play style is clinical, intelligent and consistent. I have chosen to talk about Tim Howard and his accomplishments for two reasons. H is a huge inspiration in my life as a goalkeeper and also his will to overcome any obstacle in his life like tourettes syndrome.