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Soccer player David Beckham arrives for a news conference in Paris January 31, 2013. Former England captain David Beckham has joined Paris St Germain on a five-month contract, the French Ligue 1 club said on Thursday.
Adam Butler, File / AP
This is a Oct. 6, 2001 file photo of England's captain David Beckham, left, after against Greece during their 2002 World Cup qualifying match. Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United.
Warming up before a soccer match, Central Park, 1961.
Warming up before a soccer match, Central Park, 1961.
Courtesy of Piotr Zalewski
The Hakkari Gucu or Hakkari Power soccer team in Hakkari, Turkey during a practice session on March 20, 2013.
Alessio Romenzi for TIME
Brazilian soccer star Neymar
Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Former Brazilian national soccer player Ronaldo is hugged by Fuleco, the mascot of the 2014 FIFA soccer world championships in Brazil, during the Ballon d'Or 2012 Gala in Zurich on January 7, 2013.
Dmitry Lovetsky, file / AP
In this Saturday, April 28, 2012 file photo Zenit's fans march prior the match of their team in the national soccer Championship in downtown St.Petersburg, Russia. Fans of the two-time defending Russian champions are calling for non-white and gay players to be excluded from the team.
Yuriko Nakao / Reuters
People cheer as Japan's national women's soccer team wearing their silver medals wave atop an open-top bus parade through Japan's Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2012. Japan held its first Olympic parade on the streets of Tokyo for its' returning medalists in the London 2012 Olympic Games as the city eyes hosting the games of 2020.
Yuriko Nakao / Reuters
People cheer as Japan's national women's soccer team wearing their silver medals wave atop an open-top bus parade through Japan's Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2012. Japan held its first Olympic parade on the streets of Tokyo for its' returning medalists in the London 2012 Olympic Games as the city eyes hosting the games of 2020.
Juan Medina/Reuters
Field of Dreams. A boy in the Polish village of Lisewo prepares to fling a soccer ball. Poland and Ukraine are hosting the European soccer championships, a competition among the continent's best national teams that is held every four years.
Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
Japanese soccer fans celebrate on the street in Tokyo after Japan beat the U.S. in their Women's World Cup final soccer match in Frankfurt, July 18, 2011.
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A Masai teen in Kisaju, Kenya, wears a T-shirt featuring soccer player Didier Drogba. Donations of used clothes can have an adverse effect on fragile economies
Felipe Dana / AP
People buy soccer balls painted with Brazil national soccer squad's color in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio2016 / Reuters
The Maracana soccer stadium, left, and the Maracanazinho volleyball venue in Rio de Janeiro are seen in this illustration released by Comite Rio 2016. The International Olympic Committee will select the winning bid for the 2016 Olympics on Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid are competing to be the chosen city
Christophe Ena / AP
Tunisian singer Amina sings the Tunisian anthem before a soccer match between France and Tunisia. She is watched by Laam, a singer of Tunisian origin who, while singing the French national anthem was booed by fans at the stadium.
Karim Sahib / AFP / Getty
Uday Hussein, the eldest son of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, greets an Iraqi player after the end of a soccer game. Hussein would often beat Iraqi athletes who did not perform to his expectations.
Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud / Reuters
Men display a picture of Iraq's soccer players as they celebrate the victory of Iraq's soccer team over South Korea during the semi-final of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup soccer tournament.
SkyTG24 / AP
Fans clash with police outside Catania's Angelo Massimino stadium after the Italian first division soccer league match between Palermo and Catania, in Sicily, southern Italy, Friday, Feb. 2, 2007. Palermo beat local rival Catania 2-1 i
OSMAN ORSAL / REUTERS
Manchester United's manager Alex Ferguson at the Champions League soccer match aganist Besiktas at the Inonu Stadium in Istanbul, on September 15, 2009.
Christian Hartmann / Reuters
Paris St Germain's David Beckham reacts during their Champions League quarter-final first leg soccer match against Barcelona at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris, April 2, 2013.
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Pope Francis posing with the emblem of San Lorenzo soccer team during his previous role as Argentina's Cardinal.
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Egyptian 'Ahly Ultra' soccer fans gather at the Al Ahly home stadium during celebrations after the announcement that 21 fans of the Al Masry football club involved in a football stadium massacre last year were sentence to death on Jan. 26, in Cairo, Egypt.
Dylan Martinez / Reuters
Tottenham Hotspur's Clint Dempsey acknowledges the crowd at the end of their Premier League soccer match against Manchester United at White Hart Lane in London, Jan. 20, 2013
Mike Blake / Reuters
Abby Wambach of the U.S. celebrates after winning their women's soccer final gold medal match against Japan at Wembley Stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aug. 9, 2012.
Gaia Anderson / AP
Syrian children play soccer inside a refugee camp in Reyhanli, Turkey, March 4, 2012.
Jose Manuel Ribeiro / Reuters
Former Belgian soccer player Jean-Marc Bosman training at Lisbon's SL Benfica training center in 1996
Jerry Lampen / Reuters
Spain's Andres Iniesta celebrates after the final whistle at the Spain-Netherlands 2010 World Cup final soccer match at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa
Bela Szandelszky / AP
Dutch soccer fans in downtown Amsterdam on July 11, 2010, after their team lost the World Cup final match against Spain
Andrea Comas / Reuters
Spanish soccer fans in Madrid react at a public screening of the World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands on July 11, 2010
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USA soccer fans watch the televised 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa match between USA and Ghana at Jack Demsey's bar on June 26, 2010 in New York City.
EPA / Kim Ludbrook
Brazil's Michel Bastos heads a soccer ball during team training at the Randburg High School in Johannesburg
Maurilio Cheli / AP
Brazil's soccer team: The country produces superb players but has trouble keeping to a construction schedule for World Cup 2014 stadiums
AP
Algerian soccer fans celebrate after Algeria defeated Egypt in a World Cup 2010 qualifying match
Ben Curtis / AP
An Egyptian soccer fan ignites a canister of insect spray as he and others celebrate Egypt's 2-0 win over Algeria in the Mohandessin district of Cairo on Nov. 14, 2009
David Klein / Sportimage / Cal Sport Media
Fans of Ireland's soccer team display signs at the match between Ireland and France
Reuters / Corbis
Liverpool soccer fans are trapped behind a barrier at the Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England.
Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
2008 MLS Cup soccer final match in Carson, California
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Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar
Photograph for TIME by John Wilson
Policing a soccer match
Dmitry Lovetsky / AP
Fans of the English soccer team Manchester United walk on Arbat Street in downtown Moscow, prior to their team's appearance in the Champions League Final against rival Chelsea.
Patrik Giardino/ Corbis
Girls dribbling soccer balls
Uki Goni for TIME
The Boca Juniors soccer team has set aside 3000 plots in a cemetery in Buenos Aires.
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The Spanish National soccer team listens to the national anthem before a match
Chris Hondros / Getty
Liberian boys play soccer on the beach in Monrovia.
ROBERT MICHAEL/AFP
VERBOTEN: No soccer playing at the Reichstag in Berlin
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French soccer fans watch as their team is defeated by Denmark 2-0
VISAR KRYEZIU/AP
Are we ready for more nation building? U.S soldiers deliver soccer goals to a school in the eastern Kosovo
Ina Fassbender / Reuters
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo scores a goal past Borussia Dortmund's Lukasz Pisczek (on ground) during their Champions League semi-final first leg soccer match at BVB stadium in Dortmund, April 24, 2013.
Darren Staples / Reuters
Newcastle United's Yohan Cabaye (L) scores against Aston Villa during their English Premier League soccer match at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England, January 29, 2013.
Phil Noble / Reuters
Oldham Athletic's Matt Smith (hidden) celebrates with team mates and supporters after scoring his side's second goal during their FA Cup fourth round soccer match against Liverpool at Boundary Park in Oldham, northern England, January 27, 2013.
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FIFA Men's Ballon d'Or of the Year 2012 nominee Lionel Messi of Argentina watches the trophy during a news conference before the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 soccer awards ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich Jan. 7, 2013.
Antonio Calanni / AP
AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, of Ghana, sports a jersey reading "AC Milan against racism" prior to the start of the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Siena at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013.
Clint Hughes/AP
Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand walks off the pitch after he is hit in the face by an object thrown from the crowd during the English Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday Dec. 9, 2012.
David Moir / Reuters
Canada's goalkeeper Erin McLeod, left, looks at the ball shot by USA's Alex Morgan to win the women's semi final soccer match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Old Trafford in Manchester, Aug. 6, 2012.
Reuters
Police officers react as chaos erupts at a soccer stadium in Port Said city, Egypt, Feb. 1,2012. Seventy-three people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, a health ministry official said.
Reuters
Soccer fans flee from a fire after a riot broke out at a stadium in Port Said, Egypt, Feb. 1, 2012.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulates German midfielder Mesut Özil in the dressing room after the Euro 2012 soccer game in Berlin between Germany and Turkey
Gemini Observatory Legacy Image
Gemini Observatory image of Kronberger 61 showing the ionized shell of expelled gas resembling a soccer ball.
Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
FIFA President Sepp Blatter reacts during a news conference after being re-elected for a fourth term as president of the world soccer's governing body during the 61st FIFA congress at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, in this June 1, 2011 file picture.
Alex Domanski / Reuters
Fatima Montano of Colombia challenges Heather O'Reilly of the U.S. during their Women's World Cup Group C soccer match in Sinsheim July 2, 2011.
Misha Japaridze / AP
A riot police officer and an injured protester during a December 11 protest over the killing of soccer fan Yegor Svidorov in Moscow.
Luiza Garcia / Reuters
Flamengo's Bruno Souza (C) is escorted by police as he arrives at a police station in Rio de Janeiro July 7, 2010. Bruno, the goalkeeper of Brazil's most popular soccer team, surrendered to police probing the disappearance and possible murder of his ex-girlfriend.
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The restaurant, after a deadly bomb detonated, killing many soccer fans
Joe Raedle / Getty
People in Leogane, Haiti, built a shantytown on a soccer field after many of their homes were destroyed
Lefty Shivambu / Gallo Images / Getty
The Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg will host both the opening and final matches of the FIFA 2010 World Cup
Franck Fife / AFP / Getty
Following the handball controversy, Thierry Henry has called for the France-Ireland soccer match to be replayed
Stuart Ramson / AP
Women's Professional Soccer players at the uniform unveiling for their inaugural season
Photograph for TIME by Paula Bronstein / Getty Images
"Ball breaker:" Thailand soccer coach Peter Reid takes the practice field in Bangkok
Riccardo de Luca / AP
Damaged motorbikes near the Olympic stadium following clashes between Lazio's soccer fans and policemen.
Bruno Domingos / Reuters
Brazil has been awarded the right to host the 2014 soccer World Cup after a FIFA executive committee meeting on Tuesday in Zurich.
Aizar Raldes / AFP / Getty
Bolivian President Evo Morales vies for the ball with former soccer pro Oscar Arce
MATHIAS BRASCHLER
GIANTS: Soccer legend Charlton takes his place atop the history book
MURAN SEZER / AP
DOWN AND OUT: England soccer players react after their 3-1 loss in a penalty kick shootout against Portugal.
BERNAT ARMANGUE / AP
DARK SIDE: Spain national soccer team player Raul Gonzalez addresses a press conference in Hanover
ECKEHARD SCHULZ / AP
A MAN APART: France national soccer team coach Raymond Domenech talks to players during a training session
NICHOLAS GUERIN / CORBIS for TIME
STANCE: Henry Leads soccer fans in tackiling racism
SOCCER WOES:
Knee injuries are up sharply among girls; warmup exercises and drills can head off many problems
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP
Peacekeeping forces fire teargas to disperse a rioting crowd outside a soccer game
J. PAT CARTER -- AP
In Oklahoma, 10-year-old girls compete in soccer tryouts
Jon Super / AP
Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand, left, is seen without an anti-racism shirt alongside teammate Wayne Rooney as the team warms up before their English Premier League soccer match against Stoke at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Oct. 20, 2012.
Charles Dharapak / AP
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) Rio 2016 bid President Carlos Arthur Nuzman (center) and Brazilian soccer great Pele (right) celebrate in Cophenhagen after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro has will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
FRANK AUGSTEIN / AP
KAHN DO: Germany's goal keeper Oliver Kahn waves while fireworks explode after the World Cup 3rd place soccer match
ARMANDO FRANCA
WINNERS: Theodoros Zagorakis of Greece raises the trophy after Greece beat Portugal 1-0 in the Euro 2004 soccer championship final match at Lisbon's Luz stadium.
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