Soccer IS Physically Demanding

Something that really bothers me are people that think soccer is a sport that is easy to play or anybody can play it, when really most could not. Soccer is a very physically demanding sport, players must have excellent fitness if they want to play at the highest level. Along with having excellent fitness they must also have great footwork and have some strength, because soccer is a physical sport. There is a lot of physical play in soccer, a lot of pushing and pulling. If you ever get the chance to watch a soccer match I would suggest you do, because seeing is believing, and if you watch a match I guarantee you will see how physical it really is. Especially watch when a corner kick or a free kick is being taken, that is where there is a lot of pushing and pulling. Something else that really bothers me is when people say soccer players dive to much, but the fact is when someone is running at full speed, like most soccer players would be doing, it only takes a little contact to knock them off of there stride or for them to fall over. All though this is true some players do dive, and when I am watching a match and I see a player dive it really gets me anger. I am a physical player myself, so watching a player dive when there is no contact really infuriates me. Diving is cheating but is sadly going to be part of the game until referees start calling dives and handing out yellow cards for them. Soccer is truly the world’s greatest sport and hopefully someday soon Americans will come to their senses and treat it as such.