Soccer is known as football in many parts of the world.
Soccer started more than 100 years ago in England.
Soccer is a team game. Each team has eleven players.
The team with the soccer ball tries to pass it to each other as they move down the field towards a goal. The idea of the game is to kick the soccer ball into the goal. A team gets one point if they get a goal. Players can use their head or feet to pass the ball.
The players without the ball try to stop them. They do this by making a tackle or by getting the ball for their team. The team that scores the most goals wins the game.
The Athletes need to be able to run fast, jump high, and be good at passing the ball.
Soccer will be the only sport in the 2000 Olympics played outside of Sydney. It is expected to draw more people than any other sport.
The Brazilian Soccer team will be hard to beat in the 2000 Olympic Games. The national team has won the world cup four times. They won in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994)
