Wednesday, July 24, 2013

SOCCER FACTS 2



  • World’s Oldest Soccer Competition

Did you know that the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup, is the world’s oldest soccer competition? First held in 1871, it is a competition between teams from the English football league (Premier League, Coca-Cola Football League, and lower levels). There are also the FA Women’s Cup.


  • Estadio Nacional

Did you know that the Estadio Nacional in Chile was used for more than soccer games? Unfortunately, the “games” being played were not so beautiful. After World War II, it was used as a clearing house for refugees from Europe. It also served as a detention center and a torture house. People were interrogated, left to starve, subjected to brutal tortures, and many were executed.

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