Basketball and Soccer
America is a country that loves sports. Two of America's most popular sports are basketball and soccer. Many children participate in the sports every year. Similarities are abundant between the two. Both sports require team work. Also the main purpose of both is to put a ball into a netted goal. However, there are some very important key differences. Soccer is played on a field that is much larger and there is a goalie that constantly defends the goal. While basketball is played on a smaller hardwood court with fewer players active at once. Furthermore, soccer is low scoring and more strategic when compared to basketball, which has final scores in the hundreds. All in all, many similarities there are huge differences between soccer and basketball. The first and most noticeable difference between soccer and basketball is the size of the playing field. Soccer takes place on a large open pitch nearly 120 yards from end to end and about 50 yards wide. At either end of the field there are two large goals. These are quite large measuring eight feet high and 24 feet wide. The stadiums in which professional teams play are colossal. Some hold over one hundred thousand fans every event. Comparing these massive proportions to a basketball court the differences are obvious. A basketball court is much smaller. Only 94 feet long and 50 feet wide, it is minuscule compared to the larger soccer pitch. In addition court size the goal size in basketball is also much smaller. The rim on a basket is only 18 inches in diameter. Also the stadiums that professional basketball teams play in are nowhere near as big as their soccer counterparts. Only holding on average 25 thousand fans. The Second very obvious difference in the two sports are the basic rules. I soccer there are eleven players from each team active at once, on the contrary in basketball each team only plays five. In addition the most vital rule to soccer is that it is played without using your