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The Inventors Of Modern Soccer – English Soccer History

February 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

English Soccer History – Early Days

It’s hard to determine exactly how soccer became so popular in England in the 19th century, but the truth is that in the mid 19th century, almost every major town had a semi-professional soccer team. These teams were usually associations of workers from the same factory or institution or simply students at a local University.

Matches between those teams were played occasionally, with little to no prize, but only for competition’s sake. However, these matches were played without any rules or a referee and as soccer isn’t necessarily a sport that’s completely clean of violence, all it took was a harsh tackle or an argument about a particular rule to start a bloody fight between the two teams and their supporters.

But the year 1863 marked an extremely important chapter in English soccer history, as several soccer clubs from all over the country (prominently from London) met up in the English capital and set up a sort of “soccer constitution” called the Laws of the Game (a modified version of the original rules are still in effect today and are still called as such).

That was also the birth certificate of the Football Association, or simply FA that is still ruling over English soccer nowadays and had a tremendous importance throughout the history of soccer in England and the way it evolved.

English Soccer History – Important Milestones

With England being rightfully considered the inventors of modern soccer, one would expect them to be amongst the most successful national squads in the World. However, despite having some world class soccer players throughout time and despite always being favorites for the competitions they start in, the English national squad only achieved few important milestones throughout the entire soccer history in England.

The apogee of English soccer and the most important chapter ever to be written in the entire history of soccer in England was definitely the successful World Cup run in 1966, a competition that was held on English ground, giving them the advantage to grasp their long-awaited trophy.

The 1966 team, captained by legendary Bobby Moore and with other key components such as Jackie Charlton or Geoff Hurst playing regularly, remains the best national squad in the entire English soccer history, especially since their success has not been equaled ever since.

English Soccer History – Modern Era

England is still a top team in Europe and throughout the World and has some players that are considered having world class quality, but the national team still has moderate success, despite being star-studded.

Recently, the form of English clubs overshadowed the poor performance of the national team, as Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool or Arsenal continue to be heavy contenders for each year’s European Champion’s League, the most prestigious club competition in the World.

Despite being happy with the respect English clubs impose in Europe, fans are still yearning for that long awaited European or World Cup which could mark a new important chapter in the English soccer history.

Niv Orlian is the author and the owner of a Soccer Fans website that provides information on various topics related to soccer such as the history of soccer , rules, famous soccer players , real time news, statistics, and training guides.

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History Of Soccer

February 6, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

If you want to understand the history of soccer, you have to admit that for some reason, humans have a natural urge to kick things. Whether it’s to release frustration, or simply for fun, we do this even without noticing.

How many times have you not walked on the street as a kid (and not only), simply kicking that pebble or cone on the ground in front of you out of boredom. It’s this natural urge that stands at the basis of the history of soccer.

- When was soccer invented?

When speaking about the history of soccer a lot of people regard England as the place that soccer was born and although this could be a true statement in a particular context, the truth is that the English were the first to organize soccer around 1863, however they did not “invent” it per say. So if 1863 is the year the sport got “baptized”, then what year was soccer invented and where?

Since soccer or soccer-likesports can be traced way back to ancient times, it’s difficult to pin-point a specific year, but historians of the phenomenon usually chop it down into 3 periods of time.

- History of soccer during ancient times

They might not have had our modern commodities, but ancient people sure knew how to have their fun. And, you guessed, kicking a “ball” around (obviously, the balls were extremely rudimentary compared to what is used today) was considered a fun activity in many areas all around the globe, most of them developing at the same time, without interaction from one another.

In history of soccer the first written statement regarding the start of soccer comes from a Chinese military manual at around 300 BC, which describes a practice called “cuju” that involved the players kicking a leather ball through a hole in a silk cloth stretched between two poles. On the other side of the globe, in the Americas, the Aztecs were playing a similar sport, although some compare it to basketball more than soccer.

The purpose of the game was to kick the ball through a small stone circle that was placed high up on the arena’s walls, hence the relation to basketball.

Now I don’t know about you, but to me it sounds a lot more difficult to place a small leather ball exactly in the middle of a stone circle that’s well high above your head with your foot, than striking a modern “high-tech” ball in an 8 yard goal.

- History of soccer during the Middle Ages

We usually think of the medieval era as a time when war was viewed as a necessity and a “job” rather than a calamity. Despite being quite a serious, “dark” period of time, somehow the medieval people managed to take some time for some sports, including soccer.

The forms of soccer played during this time were obviously incomparable to our current definition of the sport; hence they are usually classified as “mob soccer”.

While their dads were off at war, children would often grab a patched up leather ball, hit the nearby field and start a “war” on the field. The lack of rules often lead to fights and serious injuries and the sport was regarded as dangerous in many locations.

A clear example of this can be found in the London British Museum, where an engraving shows a group of men struggling to win a leather ball, with a second image showing a man with a broken arm. You do the math.

- Modern-day soccer

As mentioned above, although we don’t know when soccer was invented, we do know when it was organized as a sport under a clear set of rules. Being a popular practice in England, soccer was played chaotically and oftentimes it would lead to the same on and off-pitch battles similar to the ones occurring during medieval soccer matches. On each match, the two teams would agree on a particular set of rules, but with the lack of a referee arguments would often spark up.

In order to keep things in order, a few English clubs met in London on October 26, 1863 in order to create a set of well-defined and universal rules for the game.

The Football Association was born and although their set of rules did not apply to all clubs immediately, in a few decades, as soccer clubs switched from amateurism to professionalism, their laws and conduct restrictions became standard for everyone.

As you can see, there’s really no “right” way to answer the “When was soccer invented?” question and you’ll have your fair share of arguments at hand regardless of what period you believe was the spark that caused the wildfire that soccer is today.

And you’ll probably agree with me on this: it’s not really that important to know when soccer was invented, but rather acknowledge that we are lucky to be able to enjoy this wonderful sport at its best, as we can in modern times.

Niv Orlian is the author and the owner of a Soccer Fans website that provides information on various topics related to soccer such as the history of soccer.

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Some Soccer History

February 3, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

If you want to understand the history of soccer, we must admit that for some reason, humans have a natural need to revive things. Whether it ’s release frustration, or simply for fun, we do not even notice.

How many times have you not walked on the street as a child (not only), just kicking that pebble or cones on the ground in front of you out of boredom. It ’s natural wonders upon the basis of the history of soccer.

– When soccer was invented?

When we talk about the history of soccer many people regard England as the place that soccer was born and although it may be a true statement in a particular context, the truth is that the English were the first to organize around soccer 1863, but they did not invent it by saying. Thus, if 1863 is the year of the sport called , then what year was invented soccer and where?

Since soccer or soccer-likesports path can be traced back to ancient times, it ’s difficult to pin-point a specific year, but historians of the phenomenon in general, chop it into 3 periods of time .

– History of soccer during antiquity

They might not have had our basic modern, ancient people, but make sure you know that their pleasure. And, you guessed it, kicking a ball around (of course, bullets were extremely primitive compared to what is used today) was considered a fun activity in many areas worldwide, most of them at the same time, without interaction from one another.

In the history of soccer the first written statement regarding the start of soccer comes from a Chinese military manual around 300 BC, which describes a practice known as cuju that involved kicking a leather ball through a hole in a silk fabric stretched between two poles. On the other side of the globe, the Americas, the Aztecs played a sport similar, although some compare it to more basketball soccer.

The goal is to hit the ball through a small circle of stones which was prominently on the scene ’s walls, where the relationship with the basketball.

Now I n ‘t know you better, but it seems to me much more difficult to place a small leather ball exactly in the middle of a circle of stones that ’s well above your head with your foot, to find a modern high-tech ball in a courtyard goal 8.

– History of soccer in Middle Age

In general, we think of medieval times, as a moment when war was seen as a necessity and a Working rather than a calamity. Despite being a very serious, dark period of time, a certain way medieval people have managed to take some time for some sports, especially soccer.

The forms of soccer played during this period are obviously incomparable to our current definition of sport, where they are generally classified as mob soccer .

While their fathers have fallen in war, children are often adjusted to seize a leather ball, click on the nearby field and start a war on the ground. The absence of rules often lead to fights and serious injuries and sport was considered dangerous in many places.

A clear example of what can be found in the British Museum in London, where an engraving shows a group of men who are fighting to win a leather ball with a second image shows a man with a broken arm. You do the math.

– Modern day soccer

As mentioned above, although we ‘t know when soccer was invented, we know when it was organized as a sport under a clear set of rules. Being a popular practice in England, soccer was played chaotic and often it would lead to the same or outside the arrivals battles similar to those that occur during soccer matches medieval. On each match, both teams would agree on a particular set of rules, but with the absence of an arbitrator arguments often spark.

To keep things in order, some English clubs met in London on October 26, 1863 to create a well-defined and universal rules for the game.

The soccer Association was born, and while their set of rules do not apply to all clubs immediately, in a few decades, soccer clubs has increased from amateurism to professionalism, their laws and driving restrictions has become the standard for everyone.

As you can see, there ’s really not right how to respond to the When was invented soccer? Question and you ‘ll make your fair share of arguments to hand whatever period you think was the spark that caused the wildfire that soccer is today.

And you ‘ll probably agree with me on this point: it ’s not really important to know when soccer was invented, but rather recognize that we are fortunate to be able to take advantage of this wonderful sport at its best, as we can in modern times.

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The 10 Greatest Ever Soccer Players in Mls History

January 28, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Walter Zenga (New England Revolution)

The man they nicknamed Uomo Ragno (Spider-Man), was an ever present in the Inter Milan goal through the 1980’s, making no less than 328 appearances and appearing for his country 58 times.

Even more impressively, in Italia 90 set a record of keeping 5 consecutive clean sheets, totalling 518 minutes without conceding a goal, a record that still stands today.

He is now the manager of Serie A side Catania.

Richard Gough (Kansas City Wizards/San Jose Clash)

A no-nonsense centre half and one of Glasgow Rangers most successful ever players, winning 9 titles as part of the infamous ‘9 in a row’ team. Gough also amassed 61 appearances for the Scottish national side. His spell at Rangers was interrupted by a brief stint with Tottenham Hotspur, only to return to Rangers, becoming the first ever Scottish player to be sold for over £1,000,000.

He spent 2 years in the MLS with Kansas City Wizards and San Jose Cash, being named in the MLS XI of the Year whilst with the Wizards.

Lothar Matthaus (Metrostars)

Perhaps not just one of the greatest players in the history of the MLS, but in the history of soccer. Winning World Soccer Player of the Year, European Footballer of the year and Fifa World Player of the Year, Matthaus could play in defence or midfield, with a rocket right foot that earned him the status of Germany’s most capped player.

His managerial career, however, has not been as successful as his playing days, with short spells in Brazil, Austria and Serbia, and as of now in Israel as the manager of Maccabi Netanya.

Roberto Donadoni (Metrostars)

A vital key in AC Milan’s success through the 80s and 90s, when very few could argue against them being the best club side in the world (other than Barcelona’s dream team). Notorious for effortlessly running past players on the right flank, Donadoni collected 5 Serie A titles, 3 European Cups, 3 European Super Cups and 2 Intercontinental cups before moving on to the Metrostars, where he was named in the Best XI in the 1996 Season.

Now boss of the Italian national side, Italy are left with a mountain to climb in order to progress to the quarter finals after disastrous results against Holland and Romania.

Maurice ‘Mo’ Johnston (Kansas City Wizards)

Mo Johnston was a Scottish centre forward starting his career with Partick Thistle, and then spending a couple of seasons at Watford before his move to Celtic that would later earn him hatred across Glasgow.

Leaving Celtic for Nantes, vowing to never return to Scotland, Johnston reconsidered and done a U-Turn, claiming to sign for Celtic again at the end of the season. As the summer approached, Johnston changed his mind once more, this time signing for arch rivals Rangers. This infuriated Rangers fans as Johnston is an ex Celtic player and supporter, but worse still, he was Roman Catholic. Celtic fans turned on him, opting for the nickname of Judas, replacing his former moniker of MoJo, Rangers fans disliked him from the start.

Nevertheless, he scored 46 goals in 100 games, before moving back to England with Everton. This unsuccessful spell was followed by brief stints with Falkirk and Hearts, before joining the Kansas City Wizards, spending 5 seasons there.

Hw was more recently head coach of Metrostars, before being given his marching orders, taking over the helm of Toronto FC.

Mo Johnston’s last minute winner for Rangers vs Celtic, 1989

Denilson (FC Dallas)

At 21, Denilson became the most expensive player in the world when Spanish outfit Real Betis paid approximately $32,000,000 to Sao Paulo for his services. Renowned for his dazzling stepovers and skinning opponents on the left flank, he was regarded as one of the most promising players the game had seen.

Sadly, the promise he showed never really developed, mostly down to his selfish play by holding on the ball for too long, or as the UK would say, ‘ball-hogging’.

He only played 7 games for Dallas before returning to his native Brazil.

Carlos Valderrama (Tampa Bay Mutiny, Miami Fusion, Colorado Rapids)

Considered the greatest Colombian player of all time, his creativity and flare was only surpassed by his hair – a curly orange electrified afro. Elegant and intelligent with the ball at his feet, El Pibe (The Kid) never actually ran anywhere on the pitch, but with his level of skill, why bother? His status of legend was confirmed in 2006, when a 22 foot bronze statue of him was erected in his home town of Santa Marta. Brilliant.

Spending 6 years in the US, Valderrama still holds the record for the most assists.

Youri Djorkaeff (Metrostars)

Aptly nicknamed ‘Snake’, Djorkaeff was a cultivated attacking midfielder and formed a crucial partnership with Zinedine Zidane, resulting in France winning the 98 World Cup and Euro 2000.

Banging the goals in for Monaco, he spent one season at Paris St Germain before signing for Italian giants Inter Milan and Kaiserslautern, when somehow Bolton Wanderers persuaded him to sign.

He became Metrostars ‘MVP’ during his brief spell in the US, before an ankle injury forced him to retire.

Hristo Stoichkov (Chicago Fire, DC United)

Unpredictable and quite possibly insane, this tricky Bulgarian had everything: pace, mesmerizing dribbling and a devastating shot. Barcelona snapped him up from CSKA Sofia, where his temperament, passion and goal scoring record immortalized him as a Barcelona great.

He was also instrumental in Bulgaria’s unexpected run in the 94 World Cup, during which time they made it to the semi final, losing to Italy. Stoichkov also earned the Golden Boot, finishing joint-top with Russia’s Oleg Solenko.

David Beckham (LA Galaxy)

The man who needs no introduction, ‘Goldenballs’ is the most famous soccer player on the planet, who’s brand is more renowned than his free kicks and defence-splitting passes.

A style icon for every male in Britain whilst playing for Manchester Utd, Beckham’s commitments to his life away from soccer meant that his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson was likely to deteriorate, as it did to the extent that Ferguson managed to kick a soccer boot at Beckham’s eye, requiring stitches.

Fast forward a couple of years, Beckham joins ‘Los Galacticos’, winning the Supercup in his first season. He had to wait until 2007 for a major honour though, when Real won the Primera league.

Whilst at Galaxy, his career has seen a couple of milestones, a 100th cap for the England national team, and a stunning 70 yard goal against Kansas City Wizards, almost mirroring his efforts for Man Utd against Wimbledon in 1996.

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Some History About Football

September 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

The chronicle of football is commonly traced back to it’s beginnings in rugby, the English amusement that is very like to football and soccer which also began in England back in the early 1800’s.

The school campuses of Ivy League schools all played similar variations of football through the mid 1800’s. Then curtly after the end of the Civil War around the 1860’s some of the colleges began playing planned football. Princeton University frontiered some of the necessary policy of football and the tough became patented. It seems odd to be able to patent a fixture but, nonetheless the sport began to grow. The first football resolute in academy football account was then played in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers with Rutgers as the conqueror thus producing football account.

College Football History took another big stage in 1873 when several colleges met to form the first policy of the diversion and established the total of players on each squad. The coach for Yale, Walter Camp helped the absolute walk in the change from rugby form football to the American grandeur. He narrowed the number of players to eleven on each side and sized the football topic to 110 yards. He then fashioned the downs approach in 1882 which was originally three downs to grow 5 yards and then altered to 4 downs to collect 10 yards.

Without proper security gear at the time the sport had become very brutal and perilous to all the players. There were even several deaths that had full place in the sport. It had become such a critical quandary that the President of the time Teddy Roosevelt summoned a change and helped apply a group of 7 preferred members to govern the rules organization and salvage football narration. This grouped eventually became the NCAA or National Athletic Association which we all know nowadays.

The side twisted several new rules counting the forward succeed and several shelter trial which penalized players for brutality and unsafe acts. Football chronicle was tainted when an everyday apply for the time of locking arms and blocking in agreement which was rightfully made illegal as well. The fixture was shortened to the sixty record that we play nowadays and a neutral zone between the umbrage and defense was also incorporated.

The development of the sport led to an inevitable extension into the school football sphere. College football chronicled has since flourished into an incredible weekly show. Hundreds of seminary teams now compete each year under the guidelines of the NCAA. Numerous seminary divisions now have conferences and all have hopes of pleasing a foremost New Year’s Day Bowl. The record of football and nostalgia are living in well in academy football today.

Professional football was first played around 1895 and in 1920 the APFA or American Professional Football Association was fashioned. It was renamed to what we all know today as the NFL or National Football League in 1922. The NFL started sluggish and in the mid forties only had ten teams. A chief union then took place in 1970 that joint the 16 NFL teams with the 10 AFL teams to make one large association with two conferences. The growth continuous to the now 32 team league and professional football has adult tremendously since it’s beginnings in 1869 from one college diversion to a billion dollar empire. So goes the history of football.

To learn about rugby positions and history of rugby, visit the Rugby Rules website.

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Does Loyalty Exist in the Modern-Day Soccer Player?

September 24, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Throughout the history of soccer there have been many examples of players showing admirable loyalty to their team and its supporters. Bobby Charlton, Paolo Maldini, Ryan Giggs, Tony Adams and Matt Le Tissier to name a few. Look at the list and you will notice a strong connection between the players, all were plying their trade for very successful clubs except for Le Tissier.


The exceptionally talented Southampton talisman could have taken his pick of teams during the 1990s and he deserved more England appearances than the records show. However, how many other soccer players are there that have talents like this but choose not to play for one of the top clubs? Not many, that is for sure.


With players like Chelsea’s John Terry reportedly earning 130,000 pounds a week it wouldn’t be a surprise for him to remain at the club for his entire career. He is Chelsea through and through and with the club chasing every title going each season it would seem foolish for him to move clubs. Supporters have a connection with their team and they hope and even expect the players to feel the same. Players like Giggs and Scholes would never have considered leaving Old Trafford and two Champions League Medals and ten Premier League titles justify those decisions. But what if they had started their careers at the unglamorous Bolton or Middlesbrough – would they still be there now? Unlikely.


Managers are under more pressure than ever to find the next big thing, as demonstrated by Arsene Wenger’s youth policy at Arsenal. He has raided some of Europe’s best teams with minimal funds and discovered talent of the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy, Nicklas Bendtner and the Carlos Vela. It has recently been announced that Arsenal have won the race to sign the highly-rated Aaron Ramsey from Cardiff City for approximately 5 million pounds.


Ramsey has played only 22 times for Cardiff and at the tender age of 17 is joining one of the best clubs in the world. A lot of pressure for a young player to live up to in one of the most competitive and demanding work environments. Is Ramsey disloyal to the club that nurtured his talents for leaving without achieving anything of great note or is this just another business and would any 17 year old in the world turn down the chance to work for a better company with a better salary and with much better prospects.


Soccer is not like any other business though. Take John Bostock of Tottenham Hotspur and previously of Crystal Palace as the prime example of the contemporary soccer player. As a seven year old, Bostock won a place at the Palace academy beating a whole host of other applicants. Nearly nine years later at the age of 15 years and 295 days he made his professional debut making him the youngest player in the club’s history. The Daily Mail named him ‘the boy Barcelona can’t buy’ as he looked set to snub many big-name suitors in favour of playing for his ‘boyhood club’. The season ends and Bostock decides to leave for Tottenham Hotspur to better his career and not for money at just 16 years old. Another prospect that feels he needs to leave his employers to further his career.


Should the supporters expect players to move clubs as often as Nicolas Anelka or are we owed 20 years of service for our lifetime of heartache failures? Fans must understand that soccer is even more of a business now that it ever was and money talks. Bostock played football at the age of seven because he enjoyed it and he found something that he excelled at. Kids don’t play football to make money, and it’s unfair to criticise players for wanting to reach the very top. It just seems a shame that along the way vision and dreams are becoming distorted by the lure of glamour and glory at such a young age.

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Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle.

September 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Top 5 – Mexico Soccer Teams

September 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mexico hasn’t been very successful at national team level, since they only managed to reach the World Cup quarter finals on two occasions (both in World Cups held in Mexico). However, soccer teams in Mexico gradually became more powerful and today they are considered a force to be reckoned with in American soil as well as on an international club level.
I was planning to make a top 5 of the Mexico soccer teams, but I decided against ranking them, because that might stir some trouble with the fans, such as a fan asking why is team over team in the ranking, since won more championships and so forth. Here are what I believe to be the most important soccer teams in Mexico, ranked by alphabet only :) .
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Club America
Club America was founded in 1916, being one of the oldest professional clubs in Mexico, although the first league title was not to be won until 1956-1966. They’re currently the owners of 10 national championships, being only second to Chivas de Guadalajara, who have won 11 titles in their history. The two are the most successful soccer teams in Mexico from a silverware point of view and Chivas is the historical nemesis of America, so a match between the two is a derby that the entire country awaits.
Club America gets credit for discovering or highlighting players such as Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Enrique Borja, Carlos Hermosillo, Pavel Pardo, Zizinho, Claudio Lopez, Ivan Zamorano or Ilie Dumitrescu.
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Chivas de Guadalajara
The club’s official name is Club Deportivo Guadalajara, but every soccer fan in Mexico knows them as Chivas (the goats). Their tally of 11 league titles makes Chivas the most successful of all soccer teams in Mexico, trailing arch-nemesis America by one title. They’re also very loved for their Mexican-only policy, in that they never use foreigners and focus only on local Mexican players.
Their popularity reaches far beyond the borders of Mexico and into the United States, where a team called Chivas USA was formed. The Mexican Chivas have credit for launching players such as Salvador Reyes, Omar Bravo, Claudio Suarez, Juan Palencia, Gonzalo Pineda, Luis Garcia or Carlos Hermosillo.
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Pachuca
Despite being the oldest club in Mexican soccer history, being founded in 1901, Pachuca has only become truly competitive in the past few decades. Winning the Primera Division 5 times in the last 8 years and the CONCACAF Champions Cup twice, in 2002 and 2007, Pachuca rose to become a force amongst the soccer teams in Mexico.
The most notable players that got to play for Pachuca include: Jared Borgetti, Jaime Correa, Fausto Pinto, Damian Alvarez, Mosquera, Ivan Hurtado and Juan Arango.
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Pumas
Because of the team’s close relation to UNAM, the largest university in Mexico, the club became known as UNAM Pumas, although their official name is Club Universidad Nacional A.C. Although the Pumas don’t have the same history as some of the other top soccer clubs in Mexico, having been founded in 1954, they definitely made their years of existence count, winning 5 league champs, 3 CONCACAF Cups, 1 Interamerican Cup as well as several smaller silverware.
Amongst the players that wore the Pumas logo on their shirt in the club’s fifty-year existence, the most important are: Enrique Borja, Hugo Sanchez, Jorge Campos, Alberto Aspe, Luis Garcia, Esteban Solari, Emerson, Ailton da Silva or Dario Veron.
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Toluca
Toluca was a force amongst the soccer teams in Mexico ever since the 1960s, having won 8 championship titles since then. Ever since Toluca’s founding in 1917, they have been known as an offensive team who throws their dice on the attackers, somewhat neglecting the defensive part of the game. This philosophy was a double edged sword, as Toluca varied between relegation places and titles in the 60s and 70s.
Obviously, today this attacking mentality is a lot less noticeable and Toluca’s game has become more tactical. Some of the notable players that wore Toluca’s red and white shirt include: Enrique Alfaro, Zinha, Pedro Romero, Enzo Trossero, Dario Rodriguez, Jose Cardozo, Fabian Estay, Darko Vukic and Juan Antonio Pizzi.

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