| Most families will learn how to play | | | | There are some things that friends and |
| soccer and other sports together. The | | | | family members need to know before |
| eldest children might learn what the | | | | starting a game of soccer. Most of them |
| object of soccer is through their school | | | | will already know that they need a |
| athletic program, and then they can pass | | | | soccer ball which is colored black and |
| on this information to their siblings. | | | | white. Some family members in the past |
| They might choose to tell them that the | | | | tried to use a football and it did not |
| object of the game of soccer is to get | | | | work out very well for them. The goals |
| the ball into the other team's goal and | | | | for playing soccer should be soccer |
| leave it at that. | | | | goals but families have learned to |
| Some siblings might know a little bit | | | | improvise over the years. |
| about the game of soccer and feel feisty | | | | Some family members feel that soccer can |
| enough to add their own comments about | | | | only be played on a soccer field. If it |
| the scoring system that is used. When | | | | was a professional game of soccer this |
| family and friends play soccer together, | | | | might be true, but a soccer game can |
| they are sure to share the information | | | | actually be played on any type of field |
| with each other at some point during the | | | | that has enough open space. Some people |
| game and some might even know a little | | | | have backyards that are large enough to |
| bit about soccer before a game is ever | | | | play soccer and families will usually |
| mentioned. | | | | allow people to come over and watch the |
| Some of the kids have learned to find | | | | action on the soccer field. |
| out about such things before playing | | | | Most families like the idea of not |
| their siblings in a game of soccer | | | | having to leave home to play soccer. |
| because they want to make sure that they | | | | This makes it a lot easier for friends |
| have a fair chance at winning a game or | | | | to meet and spend the entire afternoon |
| two. They make it a point to know what | | | | playing soccer if they want to before |
| they have to do to score a point, and | | | | they have to break the action to go home |
| how many points it takes to win. They | | | | and eat their dinner. Some families make |
| learned that a team who delivers a ball | | | | it a point to play soccer regularly |
| into the opposing team's goal will earn | | | | because it gives everyone a chance to |
| a point, and the team that gets two | | | | catch up with what is happening in each |
| points ahead of the other team wins the | | | | other's lives. |
| game. | | | | |