Soccer a World Wide Classic Sport

Information taking from FIFA records.

In the  early Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA’s congress. The choice of location gave rise to controversies, a consequence of the three-week boat journey between south America and Europe ,the two centres of strength in football . The decision to hold the first World Cup in Uruguay , for example , led to only four European nations competing. The next two World Cups were both held in Europe . The decision to hold the second of these ,the 1938  FIFA World Cup , in France was controversial , as the American countries had been led understand that the world Cup would rotate between the two continents . Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted  the tournament .

Since the 1958 FIFA World Cup , to avoid future boycotts or controversy , FIFA began  a pattern of alternating the hosts between the Americas and Europe , which continued  until the 1998  FIFA World Cup . The 2002 FIFA World Cup , hosted jointly by South  Korea and Japan , was the first one held in Asia, and the only tournament with multiple hosts . Sotuh Africa became the first African nation to host the World Cup in 2010. The 2014  FIFA World Cup will hosted by Brazil , the first held in South America since 1978, and will be first occasion where consecutive World Cups are held outside Europe.

The host country is now chosen in a vote by FIFA Executive Committee. This is done under a single transferable vote system.  The national football association of country desiring to host the event receives a “Hosting Agreement ” from FIFA ,which explains the steps and requirements that are expected from a strong bid. The bidding association also receives a form ,the submission of which represents the official confirmation of candidacy . After this, a FIFA designed group of inspectors visit the country to identify that the country meets the requirements needed to hosts the event and report on the country is produced. The decision on who will host the World Cup is usually made six or seven years in advance of the tournament. However ,there have been occasions  where the hosts of multiple future tournaments were announced at the same time , as will be case for the 2018 and 2022  World Cups .

For the 2010 and 2014 World Cups , the final tournament is rotated between confederations ,allowing  only countries from the chosen confederation  (Africa 2010, South America in 2014 ) to bid to host the tournament . The rotation policy was introduced after the controversy surrounding Germany’s victory over South Africa in the vote host the 2006 tournament . However, the policy of continental rotation will not continue beyond 2014 , so any country, except those belonging to confederations that hosted the two preceding  tournaments , can apply as host for World Cups starting from 2018 . This is partly to avoid a similar scenario to bidding process for the 2014 tournament ,where Brazil was the only official bidder.

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Since when is the expansion to 32 teams ? The tournament was expanded to 24 teams in 1982 and then to 32 in 1998 , allowing more teams from Africa , Asia and North America to take part . In recent years , teams from these regions have enjoyed more success ,and those who have reached the quarter-finals include : Mexico , quarter finalists in 1986 ; Cameroon , quarter- finalists in 1990 ,Korea Republic , finishing in fourth place in 2002 ; and Senegal ,along with USA, both quarter-finalists in 2002 . European and South American teams have remained the stronger; for example, the quarter-finalists in 2006 were all from Europe or South America.

200 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds ; 198 nations attempted to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup , while a record 204 countries entered qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup .

OTHER FIFA TOURNAMENTS

An equivalent tournament for women’s football , the FIFA Women’s World Cup , was first held in 1991 in the People’s Republic of China . The women’ s tournament is smaller in scale and profile than the men’s ,but is growing ;the number of entrants for the 2007 tournament was 120 ,more than double that of 1991.

Football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 . Unlike many other sports ,the men’s football tournament at the Olympics is not a top-level tournament , and since 1992 ,an under-23 tournament with each team allowed three over-age players . Women’s football made its Olympic debut in 1996, and is contested between full national sides with no age restrictions .

The FIFA Confederations Cup is a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress-rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup . It is contested by the winner of each of the six FIFA confederation championships , along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country .

FIFA also organises international tournaments for youth football (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup , FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup ), club football (FIFA Club World Cup ) and football variants as futsal (FIFA Futsal World Cup ) and beach soccer (FIFA Beach soccer Cup ).

FIFA WORLD CUP , From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The FIFA World Cup (also called the Football World Cup , the Soccer World Cup , or simply the World Cup ) is an international association football competition contested by the men’s national teams of the members of FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA) the sport’s global governing body . The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 , except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of the Second World War.

The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation (s) over a period of about a month - this phase is often called the World Cup Finals . A qualification phase ,which currently takes place over the preceding three years ,is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s).

During the 19 tournaments that have been held, eight national teams have won the title. Brazil have won the world Cup a record five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament .Italy, the current champions ,have won four titles, and Germany are next with three titles . The other former champions are Uruguay , winners of the inaugural tournament , and Argentina, with two titles each , and England , France and Spain , with one title each .

The World Cup is the World’s most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Germany . The Current World Cup is being held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010, and the 2014 World Cup will held in Brazil.

Information taking from Main article of FIFA World Cup records.

Out of 77 nations that have played in at least one World Cup ,only eight nationals teams have won the World Cup , and they have added stars to their crests in a total of nineteen World Cups . With five titles , Brazil are the most successful World Cup team and also the only nation to have played in every World Cup to date . Italy 1934 and 1938 and Brazil 1958 and 1962 , are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. Brazil and Germany have both made the most appearances in the final, with seven, while Germany have made the most appearances in the top four, with eleven .

Six of seven champions have won one of their titles while playing in their own homeland , the exception being Brazil,
who finished as runners-up after losing the deciding match on home soil in 1950 . England (1966) and France (1998) won their only titles while playing as host nations . Uruguay (1930) , Italy (1934 ) and Argentina (1978) won their first title as host national but have gone on to win again , while Germany (1974) won their second title on home soil.

Other nations have also been successful when hosting the tournament . Sweden (runners-up in 1958) , Chile (third place in 1962) , Korea Republic (fourth place in 2002), Mexico (quarter-finals in 1970 and 1986) , and Japan (second round in 2002) all have their best results when serving as hosts. So far ,all host nations have progressed beyond the first round .

BEST PERFORMANCES BY CONTINENTAL ZONES

To date , the final of the World Cup has only been contested by Europeans and South American teams . The two continents have won 10 Europe and nine South America . Only two teams from outside these two continents have ever reached the semi-finals of the competition: USA (North ,Central America and Caribbean) in 1930 and Korea Republic (Asia in 2002) .The best result of an African team is reaching the quarter-finals : Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002 . Only one Oceanian qualifier , Australia in 2006 , advanced to the second round.

Brazil victory in 1958 in Sweden is the only time a non-European team won a World Cup in Europe . A European team has never won the World Cup outside of Europe , as all World Cups hosted in either South America, North America ,or Asia have been won by South American teams. Only twice have consecutive World Cups been won by teams from the same continent . When Italy and Brazil successfully defended their titles in 1938 and 1962 respectively .

RECORDS , STATISTICS AND AWARDS ON INDIVIDUALS

Two players share the record for playing in the most World Cups , Mexico Antonio Carbajal and Germany’s Lothar Matthaus both played in five tournaments. Matthaus has played the most World Cup matches overall , with 25 appearances . Brazil Pele is the only player to have won three World Cup winner’s medals, with 20 other players who have won two World Cup medals.

The overall top goalscorer in World Cups is Brazil’s Ronaldo , scorer of 15 goals in three tournaments . West Germany’s Gerard Muller is second , with 14 goals in two tournaments . The third placed goalscorer ,France’s Just Fontaine , holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup . All his 13 goals were scored in the 1958 tournament .

Brazil’s Mario Zagallo and West Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer are the only people to date to win the World Cup as both player and head coach . Zagallo won in 1958 and 1962 as player and in 1970 as head coach . Beckenbauer won in 1974 as captain and in 1990 as head coach . Italy’s Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coach to ever win two World Cups.All World Cup winning head coaches were natives of the country they coached to victory .

As of the end of the 2006 tournament , Brazil and Germany have both played 92 matches , the most by any nation , with Brazil scoring the most goals, 201 .The two teams have played each other only once in the World Cup , in the 2002 final .

daughter and sons,

Some of the next information is taken from a Miami Herald article by Michelle Kaufman.

Kristine Lilly is a veteran of five women’s World Cups and one of five moms who play in the women’s Professional Soccer league.

Other WPS moms include Kate Markgraf of Chicago Red Stars , who is back after a one-year leave after giving birth to twins Carson and Xavier; Tina Ellerton of St Louis Athletica, who has a 9 year old daughter McKenzie and 2 year old Mya Joy ; and Solveig Gulbrandsen of FC Gold Pride , who moved her husband ,Espen Andreassen and four year old son , Theodor, from Norway to Northern California .

Lilly and her husband , David Heavey , have a daughter ,Sidney who is 11/2 . Lilly 38 met Heavey a firefighter in 2004 while walking her golden retriever , and they married in 2006 . She had watched her U.S. teammates Joy Fawcett and Carla Overbeck jugle soccer and motherhood , and they inspired her .

Lilly said last year was my first Mother’s day , and that day feels much more special now that I am a mom . Everyone tells you having a child will change your life , but you don’t really understand it until you are a parent.

I met my husband late in life and immediately started thinking about having family , she said . ” I definitely had great role models from the national team, so I knew it could be done, It’s been really fun and made me have balance in my life.”

Lilly has played more national team games (342) than any player - male or female in soccer history . She is a 23 year veteran of the U.S. team , having joined in 1987 while still in high school . When other members of the 1999 World Cup team retired , Lilly stayed on .

She said she still is passionate about her sport, but being a mom put her job in perspective . “there is more in my life than just soccer. I still hate to lose and I’m very competitive ,but at the end of the day ,soccer is just part of my life , not my whole life.

The moms in the league have forged a special bond . There might be no greater multitasker in professional sports than soccer mom Christie Rampone , who during the last month of last season was a starting defender for Sky Blue FC and also acted as team captain and coach . She led the team to the inaugural WPS championship game and revealed to her team at that game that she had played the previous three months pregnant .

Rampone who has a daughter Rylie , 4 , gave birth to Reece on March 6 . She plans to return to the team in June.

Lilly said her husband’s flexible hours make parenting more manageable , and his parents live nearby when they need help . Sometimes, she just lets Sidney tag along to practice . And when Sidney naps, mom naps.

MY practice gear now includes diapers and milk bottles , but it’s really fun to have her with me ,” she said. “the other players on the team love her, and she loves them . She kicks the ball around and I can do my job”.

Lilly said she hopes that she can be a positive role model, not only for Sidney, but for girls everywhere.

I think it’s great for girls to see that there are women who are playing pro sports, competing ,staying fit ,and at the same time being loving mothers “, She said “none of us are playing soccer for the money . We’re not breaking the
bank , tha’s for sure.
We do it because we love it, and that’s a great message for all kids.

Cristiano Roanldo added up one more to all those great deceptions of South Africa 2010 whereabout many others stars like Wayne Rooney, Franck Ribery, Samuel Eto’o y Didier Drogba who they had to retreat with their heads down during the world tournament .
I feel defeated, broke in pieces ,desolated, frustrated with an unimaginable sorrow said Ronaldo in Internet site “Gestifute.com ” of his representer Jorge Mendes , as a captain I always have assumed and will assume my responsabilities .

And to pile up more troubles , the portuguese desmised with a grossness face spiting front of the camera after the elimination against Spain 1-0 in the Green Point Stadium of Cape City .
Ronaldo of 25 years old shows the record of the most expensive trasnsference in the history of the football soccer, $132 millones of euros paid by Real Madrid to Manchester United , june 26 2009 for his services.

But in South Africa notwithstanding Cristiano Ronaldo plaid as a common player, scored one goal to North Corea .

Wayne Rooney was trapped in the middle of the English ruins during this Cup. With 24 years old came to South Africa with great expectations which he could not comply with , it was part of the humiliation suffered by the inventors of the football soccer which were displaced by United States of the first place , group C. Rooney had suffered a injury during the league of Champions against Bayern Munich and he did not recover completely .

Samuel Eto’o with Barcelona and Inter obtained the titles of League of Champions , but with the undamable lions looks like a small lamb . His countryman Roger Milla assured that Eto’o does not play the same way in the World Cup than in his teams . He only scored one goal in this world wide championship.

Drogba started with bad luck . June 4 the Chelsea striker was hurt in his right arm during the amicable game against Japan , he was operated the next day hopping he would be ready for South Africa. He scored the only goal against Brazil in the loss 3-1 of the elephants .

Ribery of splendid performance with Bayern of Munich ,he disappeared with his team France, who rises in rebellion finishing in a confusion .

No solo el pais de Sur Africa se encuentra a la expectativa del magno evento que se avecina este 11 de Junio del 2010 , sino que todo un continente Africano por primera vez se viste de gala y de ilusion por lo que pasara durante un mes de actividad donde las adrenalinas estaran a la maxima expresion. Entre el futbol , la cultura del pais , la fiesta , el colorido , el ruido, la musica y la conmocion, pasmaran los sentidos por 31 dias de grandes experiencias.

Desde Mayo 15 del 2004 , donde Sur Africa fue invitada para realizar la copa mundial de futbol FIFA 2010 , a esta nacion por las pocas experiencias vistas tiene camino largo para recorrer al enfrentar los grandes equipos del mundo . Se encuentra en el puesto 83 del ranquin mundial y cuenta con una sola victoria de 1-0 ante Slovenia en el 2002 , por lo tanto lo que las naciones de la tierra esperan de su rendimiento despiertan una conciencia futbolistica unica , quizas nunca antes vista.
Podria ser un misterio lo que Sur Africa guardaria ante esta competencia futbolera, ya que cuenta con un entrenador de Experiencia mundialista y procedencia de un pais altamente competitivo como es Brasil , Carlos Alberto Parreira , el cual es un zorro de las mejores canchas del mundo.

Sur Africa como pais creen que ellos traeran cambios signficativos, uniendo los negros y los blancos alrededor de la camiseta verde y dorada de Bafana Bafana , prolongando las distancias entre los problemas del pasado y el nuevo dia de hoy. Con sus ruidosas vuvuzelas (cornetas plasticas) y su exuberancia inherente, ellos prometen hacer de este espectaculo algo que no olvidaremos por mucho tiempo . Ello va tanto para jugadores como para superestrellas de renombre. Leonel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo , Wayne Rooney y todos los demas que han viajado de las cuatro esquinas del mundo para mostrar sus habilidades sobre 10 magnificentes estadios.

El calendario futbolistico esta tan congestionado que algunas veces sera dificil generar la excitacion alrededor de un evento en particular por encontrarse paralelo a otro de iguales competencias. Africa 2010 promete dar el campanazo mostrando el potencial de un continente quien tan solo sus equipos han podido llegar a cuartos de final en las copas mundiales de la FIFA.

Durante los siete meses en que se conocieron los 32 participantes al torneo mundialista , se han comenzado a sacar toda clase de conjeturas de norte a sur y de oriente a occidente de quien sera el ganador de la Copa. Podra Brasil levantar su sexta copa? Podria Espana levantar el trofeo por vez primera despues de ser los campeones europeos por primera vez hace dos anos? Seria capaz Diego Maradona inspirar a la Argentina desde la banca para ganarla como el mismo lo hizo como jugador en 1986? Podria Inglaterra con su entrenador Italiano ? O quizas la misma Italia seria capaz de repetir una segunda vez consecutiva?

Y que hablar de Camerun quien ha participado en seis ocasiones o la talentosa Costa de Marfil quien dirige la carga del continente Africano. Todo lo sabremos en el transcurso de las proximas cinco semanas, cuando lo dos equipos triunfadores midan sus fuerzas en el estadio de Soccer City ,a fin de derimir la disputa de quien es el unico merecedor de alzar La Copa de oro del Mundial 2010, por un regimen de 4 anos hasta el proximo Brasil 2014 .

El mismo asombro inspirado en el vecindario de Johannesburg, donde Mandela arengo al pueblo despues de haber sido liberado de la carcel en 1990 , sera tambien el escenario para la apertura del primer partido de este mundial entre Sur Africa y Mexico .

Habra juegos de grandes expectativas en todos los estadios , el famoso y tradicional grupo de la muerte , comunmente percibido en el Grupo G , con Brasil, Costa de Marfil, Portugal y Corea del Norte, donde se encuentran algunas rivalidades . Solamente un nuevo particpante se ha unido a la fiesta futbolera, Slovakia, mientras dos entrenadores trataran de emular a Franz Beckenbauer y Mario Zagallo , convirtiendosen en ganadores de la Copa Mundial de la
FIFA tanto como jugadores como entrenadores. Johannesburg es llamada la Ciudad de Oro y no podria haber una mejor y apropiada enmarcacion para los ganadores de esta Copa Mundial de la FIFa 2010 para abrazar tan brillante trofeo por encimas de las cabezas de los jugadores . Pero antes de este momento memorable y tarde en la noche de aquel 11 de Julio, un inmenso numero de historias estaran esperando para ser escritas.

Informacion tomado en ingles de la FIFA.com

El Inter de Milan ha contado con una retaguardia que ha frustrado toda clase de ataques a lo largo de las varias campanas en Europa , el guardametas Julio Cesar , el defensa central Lucio y el defensa derecho Maicon ,determinaran una solidez dificil de escalar a los contricantes del Brasil quien se propondra conquistar su sexta corona mundial de la FIFA Sur Africa 2010.

De veras que este trio Nerazzurri son figuras claves en el equipo de Dunga quienes al dalrle solidez al equipo en la parte de atras le permitara mas libertad al conjunto de atacantes como Kaka, Robinho y Luis Fabiano al frente.

Por ende ha sido 12 meses asombrosos para el Inter de Milan por estos brasilenos a nivel internaicional conquistando con su equipo brasileno la Copa de Confederaciones 2009, finalizaron numero uno en las eliminatorias Sur Americanas
para el mundial de Sur Africa 2010 y a nivel de club , bajo la batuta del Entrenador Jose Mourinho , los tres fueron elementos claves en el desarrollo de la liga italiana y la doble victoria sobre el Bayern Munich en la liga de campeones de la UEFA en el partidop final del dia Sabado pasado.

Ha sido un ano espectacular es cierto, pero aun no se ha terminado todavia los desafios, comentaba Maicon despues del 2-0 en el Bernabeu por que aun nos falta la mas alta presea por ganar y vamos a ser todo lo posible por ganarla tambien .

El grado de confianza es dificilmente una sorpresa para la retaguardia del Inter ,cuando han manejado exitosamente los embates de Arjen Robben , Lionel Messi,Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho y Francesco Totti, en estas contiendas domesticas y europeas.

Hablando sobre el mismo significado y desde el punto de vista del entrenador Mourunho eventualmente detuvieron al Barcelona a solo un tanto por partido en cuatro encuentros, contando que el average del Barcelona es de dos goles por partido sobre sus oponentes .

Aunque la defensiva del equipo Inter no es solo de tres hombres sino con la contribucion del rumano Christian Chivu, los argentinos Walter Samuel, Esteban Cambiasso, y Javier Zanetti , todos los cuales hicieron sus propias contribuciones, pero la conexion brasilena no puede ser ignorada , ciertamente Julio Cesar, Maicon y Lucio fueron la designacion numero uno en la tropa de Dunga para finalizar la zona Suramericana de eliminatorias, concediendo solo once goles en 18 partidos y si a estos le podemos agregar al otro central Juan del Bayer Leverkusen ,la solidez sera aun mayor.

Unas de las grandes ventajas es que no requieren mucho para adaptarsen debido al juego de equipo que ya tiene tres de ellos en el mismo club, comenta Juan

Los jugadores brasilenos cuentan con una gran confianza en que ganaran la proxima corona Mundial de la FIFA sur Africa 2010.

La FIFA y Sony han escogido Waka Waka ( Esta vez para el Africa ) como la cancion oficial del torneo Mundial de la FIFA in Sur Africa. Y ha sido escrito por la cantante internacional Shakira quien la cantara con la banda Sur Africana Freshlyground (terreno fresco).

El anuncio de la FIFA sobre el himno para la Copa Mundial estaba en expectativa a la espera de que Waka Waka (esta vez para el Africa ) saliera a la luz como el nombre del nuevo himno del futbol . Al ritmo de sonidos africacons con su vitalidad y energia del continente anfitrion Sur Africano , con guitarras respaldando el ritmo Afro -Colombiano y el batir de la Soca. Los coros son similares a una cancion famosa popular de Camerun cantada por Golden Voices (voces de oro)

Sin embargo las opiniones las encontramos divididas en cuanto a la calidad de la cancion , pues unos la alaban y otros la consideran pobre segun el objetivo del magno evento . En mi opinion personal una cancion himno que encierre todo el significado de un campeonato mundial deberia ser alguien que vive, que siente y que aun lo haya practicado a fin de plasmar todo el significado del deporte de las multitudes en una cancion.
Pero en fin lo hecho , hecho esta y seguiremos adelante y estamos seguros que disfrutaremos todo lo que nos depare este torneo intercontinental .
El presidente de la FIFA Jospeh S. Blatter ha expresado su satisfaccion por la cancion de la Copa Mundial Waka Waka( esta vez por el Africa ) la que traera grandes satisfacciones a los muchos expectadores del continente Africano , especialmente por ser una cancion llena de enrgia y dinamismo .

Shakira expreso su gran honor de ser participante de esta fiesta futbolera con Waka Waka y haber sido escogida para llevar a cabo esta efervescencia global , conectando cada pais , raza, religion y condicion alrededor de una pasion unica lo cual representa un evento de poder para unir e integrar lo que esta cancion en si representa.

Zolani Mahola de Freshlyground declaraba de que era un honor colaborar con Shakira in Waka Waka ( Esta vez para El Africa) en especial porque esta cancion captura el espiritu y la energia de la Copa Mundial Africana.
Las ganancias recaudadas por este album , la FIFA los dedicara para 20 centros en el continente Africacon a fin de estimular cambios sociales atraves del futbol , ofreciendo educacion y cuidado de salud ,asi como tambien entrenamiento .
La FIFA y Sony han gozado de una buen sociedad en la programacion musical desde 1994 . La tradicion de los himnos oficiales vienen desde los anos 1966 con la Copa Mundial de la FIFA en Inglaterra , cuya mascota era “Copa Mundial Willie” quien era un leon. Desde entonces la musica y las mascotas se han convertido en un componente del magno evento.

Los mitos y los prejuicios que rodean a la mujer futbolista se manifiestan en todas las formas pero mayormente para aquellos que aluden sus preocupaciones , los riesgos y los beneficios de las jugadoras femeninas .
La informacion objetiva en este asunto es aun escasa , no obstante es muchisima la investigacion sobre los varones. Consecuentemente la mayoria de las recomendaciones cientificas para los juegos de las mujeres estan basados directamente en las investigaciones de los varones , lo cual no se ve ni apropiado ni ideal .

Con esto en mente, la FIFA ha decidido revisar y recopilar un conocimiento actualizado cientifico sobre los asuntos de la salud por primera vez concerniente a las jugadoras , usando la FIFA Medical Senalamiento y Centro de Investigacion (F-MARC ) . Bosquejando los datos de su propia investigacion en los pasados diez anos, han publicado recientemente un reporte comprensivo en la revista British Journal of Sports Medicine (autores invitados Jiri Dvorak, AStrid Junge, Colin Fuller y Paul McCrory ).

No es solamente un equipo de doctores, sino usted como jugadora , las entrenadoras, y las arbitros femeninas , quienes necesitan saber como mantenerse en forma y saludable y estar al dia de los asuntos que afectan a las mujeres . El folleto llamado “Salud y Forma de la mujer jugadora de futbol ” ha sido creado por este cuerpo de conocimiento y se concentra en la salud y la forma fisica de la mujer futbolista y como estos aspectos difieren del juego de los varones . El folleto ayuda a responder sus preguntas sobre la prevencion de lesiones , nutricion, proteccion de los huesos y cuestiones especificamente relacionados con las damas.

Se le provee a usted con una verdadera y pracrtica guia ,como proteger su salud y su forma fisica in su vida diaria, mientras que tambien le permite tomar respopnsabilidad e informar decisiones , bien sea que juegue por diversion o en un equipo profesional . El folleto el cual esta escrito en lenguaje claro facil de entender , se encuentra disponible en los cuatro idiomas de la FIFA, Ingles, Frances, Aleman y Espanol y puede se ordenado del Departamento Medico de la FIFA en Zurich o bajarlo de la FIFA en Internet.

El camino hacia la copa mundial femenina de Alemania 2011 continua en su rumbo sin detenerse en ningun lugar .
En Europa la Copa Mundial de la FIFA ya ha alcanzado la mitad de su recorrido, con la mayoria de las baterias enfiladas en sus tradicionales competencias continentales a fin de calificar en las eliminatorias de Septiembre . Escocia aun con su 100% record despues de 4 partidos estan blandiendo una amenaza a Dinamarca en el grupo 3 ; mientras que Polonia y Hungria se empujan mutuamente en el grupo 4 por una posicion ,asi mismo Holanda lidera el grupo 2 delante de Noruega aunque con dos partidos mas jugados. Espana tambien mantiene su posicion con tres puntos de ventaja sobre Inglaterra aunque la clave de esta ventaja se debio al haber vencido 1-0 Hope Powell inglesas , deteniendo las tres leonesas de conseguir su liderazgo despues de dos partidos mas.
En el grupo 5 Suecia , Rusia y Francia se mantiene firmes en curso hacia alcanzar sus eliminatorias , mientras que Italia y Finlandia quienes empataron 1-1 el pasado Marzo 31 , se encuentran batallando muy apretadamente en la contienda de su grupo .
Europa se tomara un receso en el proximo mes , no obstante Africa y Asia concertaran finalizar el proceso para determinar las participantes a Alemania 2011.

Los Estados Unidos de American aun saborean su prueba preliminar de la FIFA Copa Mundial , habiendo sentado el precedente de sus credenciales cuando levantaron la Copa Algarve el mes pasado en Portugal ,cuando compitio con la mayoria de los paises europeos incluyendo la poderosa Alemania a quienes vencieron en su ultima instancia .
No obstante USA continua fogueandose con encuentros amistosos dentro de sus vecinos como Mexico y el 22 de Mayo se veran las caras con las alemanas en territorio americano en el Estadio de los Cleveland Browns