This graph, taken from Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia, shows the popularity of the sport of soccer throughout the world.  Various shades of green color the countries where soccer is the number one sport, whereas red shows those countries where soccer is not most popular.

Games revolving around the kicking of a ball have been played in many countries throughout history. According to FIFA, the "very earliest form of the game for which there is scientific evidence was an exercise of precisely this skilful technique dating back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC in China (the game of cuju)." In addition, the Roman game harpastum may be a distant ancestor of football. Various forms of football were played in medieval Europe, though rules varied greatly by both period and location.

We found a great video on Youtube with soccertips on how to shoot a ball, head-on or bending it (like Beckham).  Did you ever wonder how fast a soccerball can fly, if you really crank it?

Galactics Website Goes Skyrocketing

The Galactics Website has been continually expanding, improving and making itself known, since its reorganization in September 2007.  Now, in less than one year, the website boasts a 10-fold expansion since its beginning with well over 15,000 pageviews per month.  As the primary information tool for all that come to find out more about Galactics, its programs, events or soccer in general, the Galactics website creates public opinion and thus requires extensive work by the Galactics Administration staff... 

It's the summertime so it's vital that you pay extra attention to your water intake.  Drinking enough water is just one of several key steps you should follow in order to stay properly hydrated...

Winning is a special experience. Most people enjoy winning because it makes you feel good. Losing usually makes you feel bad...

You play soccer with your feet, but the position of your head is very important. Actually, we are talking about where your eyes are directed while you are playing...

Only in the United States and Canada is the game referred to as soccer.  Outside these countries the sport is commonly called football, or futbol in Spanish-speaking countries, where the game is particularly popular.  The offical name of the sport is association football.  The term "soccer" originated in England, first appearing in the 1880's as a slang appreviation of the word ...

GALACTICS-Clearwater International F.C. is a non-profit 501c3 corporation dedicated to the task of promoting and enhancing the culture of soccer in Florida. We are a multi-cultural soccer club and have, as of the close of 2007, over 500 members from 39 different countries of the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Bananas contain three natural sugars: sucrose, fructose and glucose and these are combined with fiber.  A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.   Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout--no wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. But energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit.   It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions.  Here are only some of the reasons to add bananas to our daily diet....

Honor Member and active GALACTICS VIP, Tyrone Booze, isn't just any World Champion boxer; he is a champion for life.  Following his retirement from professional boxing, he faced an even tougher challenge - his biggest battle yet, overcoming his own illiteracy.  During the process he inspired others and so in 2002 he founded the Smart Fighter Institute in Clearwater, Florida, a non-profit agency that helps underprivileged kids with educational resources, tutoring lessons and boxing training to improve literacy, fitness and personal life skills.

Dear Friends and Teammates of Dave Hickman,
 
Dave's name is now inscribed on the National Avaition and Space Exploration Wall of Honor at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport, Washington, DC.

Please see the attached notification from the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum. "David Lee Hickman has been placed on Foil 028, Panel 2, Column 1, Line 007, recognizing the Honoree as an Air and Space Leader."
 
Thanks again for your generous contributions that made this honor for Dave possible.
 
Regards,
Frank  Deak

Galactics Clearwater International F.C., now an already well-known soccerclub in the Tampa Bay area, has accomplished much since its...

A Tribute to Pele - All time best soccer player of the world. Legends on the playing fields of sports are legion. Golf has its Tiger Woods. Tennis has its goddes, Venus. Basketball has Shag and Dr. J and MJ. Boxing immortalized

For any of us in the media listening to the player Hope Solo in her biting, post-game interview after the U.S. had lost its semifinal World Cup game, we were likely thinking the same thing: "Great quotes... but why doesn't someone stop her?!" That 30-second interview on national television had predictable results, including being shunned by her teammates, sent home in disgrace and ...

Defining the guideline for all club players of GALACTICS – Clearwater International F.C.  and the appropriate behavior on and off the field.

Full Year Recreational and Competitive Adult Soccer

GALACTICS offers a wide variety of ADULT soccer programs - soccer levels for all needs from Recreational to Competitive and in the near future to the highest levels of Semi-Pro and Pro soccer (Pro team is planned for 2010/2011 once our own all-soccer sports complex is completed).

GALACTICS soccer club is modeled after the most successful soccer clubs in America and Europe. We are a multicultural soccer club, where players of every skill level will find a place - and most important, where our professional soccer staff develop players through a 365 day soccer program.

Full Year Professional Youth Soccer

GALACTICS soccer club is planning to have a wide variety of YOUTH soccer programs - soccer levels for all needs from Recreational to Competitive to the highest levels of Youth soccer in the United States.

GALACTICS soccer club is a modeled after the most successful soccer clubs in America and Europe. We are a multicultural soccer club, where players of every skill level will find a place - and most important, where our professional soccer staff develop players through a 365 day soccer program.

Every person is entitled to certain rights – simply by the fact that they are a human being. They are "rights" because they are things you are allowed to be, to do or to have. These rights are there for your protection against people who might want to harm or hurt you. They are also there to help us get along with each other and live in peace.

World reknown Colombian soccer star Carlos Valderrama, nicknamed "El Pibe"(the Kid),  joined ranks with Galactics Clearwater International F.C. in 2006, coming on board as the club's Technical Director of Player Development. This former national player captained Colomiba during...

Watch our famous staff Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama in a video about his greatest soccer games he played; like the biggest success of the Colombian National Team reaching a tie versus the German team in World Cup 1984.

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Live Interview with soccer super star Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama - April 2007.