Soccer

Soccer or in most countries, fútbol, is the most popular sport in the world. Most of it's popularity comes from Latin American countries where this is their 'go-to' sport. Soccer is also known for its extremely competitive world championships every four years: The FIFA World Cup- where 600 million people watched the final game of the championship in 2010. The history of soccer is widely debated because of the amount of related, ancient sports. The first recorded, organized soccer group was in British medieval times. This organization evolved and spread throughout Europe and then was passed to South America with European conquests. The Peruvian national soccer team has been represented in FIFA since 1927 and has won the Copa Americana twice and has qualified for the World Cup several times. The Peruvian soccer team's colors are red and white to represent the flag. In many villages and towns, soccer games called pichangas. In pichangas, almost everything goes and you just kick around a ball and have a fun time.