We call it 'Futbol,' you call it 'Soccer;' You call it 'Football,' we call it 'American Football.' Did you know that both sports had the same origin? The history goes back to the times of the Aztecs; this presentation will bring you to a comparison and contrast of both games: the rules, the organizations, the competitions, the trophies, the heroes, and the fans! TOUCH DOWN! or GOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!
2. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Football
Association Football
Soccer
FUTBOL
FUTSBOL
Football
American Football
Gridiron Football
The Beautiful Game
4. Mexico – 3,400 years ago
China – 2nd and 3rd Centuries BC – cuju
Kyoto, Japan - kamari
Romans and Greeks
Modern football started in Britain – 18th C
Rules evolved into:
1. Association Football
2. Rugby
3. American Football
5. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
October 1863,
Freemason’s Tavern:
Football Association
1800s: British sailors,
traders and soldiers
spread the sport to
the world
1904: FIFA
1930: 1st World Cup in
Uruguay; won by
Uruguay
1874: Game between
Harvard and McGill
Universities
Rule changes from Rugby by
Walter Camp (1858-1925)
‘Father of American
Football’
1892: Professional Football
1903: Ohio League =
National Football League
(NFL)
1919: 1st professional game
1960: American Football
League (AFL)
1966: Super Bowl I
6. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Most popular sport
around the world: 250
million players in over
200 countries
Most prevalent in
Europe and South
America
Mainly in the US
Also Canada,
Australia, New
Zealand, and the
United Kingdom
Other countries have
been establishing
leagues in recent
years
7. Object of the game: get the ball into the
other’s team goal area
Start the game with a coin toss
11 players on field for each team
Some rules: penalties
Referees
Support staff
9. Association Football AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Ball: spherical with
black/white pentagons
Kick the ball
Continued playing
Dress: basic sports
clothes
No huddle or line up
Players: less specialized
Goals: one point
Configuration of the
field: netted goal area
Ball (pigskin): prolate
spheroid, pointed
ends, brown
Carry the ball; tackle
Times out; stop the clock
Dress: helmet, pads…
Huddle and line up for the
play
Players: highly specialized
Touchdown: 6 points
(additional points)
Configuration of the field:
big H
11. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
INTERNATIONAL : (FIFA)
ASIA: (AFC)
AFRICA: (CAF)
EUROPE: (UEFA
NORTH, CENTRAL
AMERICA AND
CARIBBEAN:
(CONCACAF)
OCEANIA: (OFC)
SOUTH AMERICA:
(CONMEBOL)
INTERNATIONAL
(North and South
America, Europe,
Asia, and Oceania):
IFAF
US: NFL
US Colleges: NCAA
Individual countries
leagues
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WORLD CUP
CONTINENTAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
FIFA CONFEDERATION
CUP
SUMMER OLYMPICS
DOMESTIC
COMPETITIONS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
WORLD CUP
US SUPER BOWL
AFC-NFC PRO BOWL
COLLEGIATE
FOOTBALL: BOWL
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL
13. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
WORLD CUPS:
2010, South Africa:
Spain
2014, Brazil
2018, Russia
2022, Qatar
SUPER BOWL:
2012: Indianapolis,In:
NY Giants
2013: New Orleans,La
2014: East
Rutherford,NJ
2015: Glendale,Az
15. Edson Arantes do
Nascimento
‘O Rei do Futebol,’
‘O Rei Pele,’ ‘O Rei’
‘Best football player
of all time’
Technique
Statistics
Awards
Retirement, 1977
16. ‘Sweetness’
Running back’
‘Greatest football
player + greatest
human being’
Statistics
Awards
Legacy
17. ‘The hand of God’
‘Greatest football
player of all time’
Statistics
Awards
Controversy
Head coach of
Argentina national
team
Manager of Al Wasl
FC in Dubai
18. ‘World’
‘Greatest wide
receiver of all time
and one of the
greatest players in
NFL history’
Statistics
Awards
Retirement
Legacy
19. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
715.1 million viewers
(worldwide) for World
Cup’s final match in
Germany, 2006
In South Africa, 2010;
estimated over 700
viewers plus digital
viewers
111 million viewers
(worldwide) for Super
Bowl, 2011
111 million viewers in
US for Super Bowl
2012; broadcast in
200 countries, 25
languages (500
international
journalists) plus
digital viewers
20. 1938 – Cuba
1974 – Haiti
1998 – Jamaica
2006 – Trinidad and Tobago
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21. Participation has improved in recent years:
‘soccer mom’
Popularity has increased based on
demographics and economics
Heightened interest in international ‘soccer’
American men play in foreign leagues
Women Leagues: Women won the Summer
Olympic competition in 1996, 2004, and 2008
World Cup participation:
3rd place in 1930
1934, 1950, 1990, 1994 and every WC since
22. IFAF, 1998, La Courneuve, France
62 member nations:
EFAF
PAFAF
AFAF
OFAF
Over 700 leagues in Europe alone
IFAF World Cup
IFAF Women’s World Cup
IFAF Junior World Cup
NFL International Series