Emphasis Preaching Journal

The most watched and most popular international sport is soccer, with the World Cup being the biggest prize for national teams. The next World Cup competition will be held in the summer of 2014 in Brazil. Each soccer team has eleven players on the field. Each player has a specific role to play, as well as a specific area of the field to cover. The positions are basically forwards (strikers), midfielders, defenders, and goalie. Different abilities are needed in each position in order to complement the play of other team members. For example, strikers can be either tall to facilitate play in the air or short and quick to work the ball on the ground. Midfielders are the best conditioned since they have to run most of the field playing forward and defender, depending on who has the ball. Goalies need to be tall and agile with lateral motion, good with their hands, and have quick reflexes to respond to shots on goal. For the team to be effective, each member must rely on the other to give their best effort with their specific talent. Then bring on the competition!