Communications professor, student host soccer information session

As part of International Education Week, the students of USC Aiken were able to talk about soccer and the impact it has all over the world for ICE credit.

Soccer or, football in European countries, is played by 250 million people across 200 different countries and although rules may differ from country to country, most rules stay the same.

The event was called “Soccer for Dummies” and was held on Nov. 6 with Dr. Benjamin Triana teaching the event and Paige Davis helping to assist.

The classroom was packed with 31 students showing up to learn something new about the game of soccer and where it first became popular.

After attempting some icebreakers that no one could agree on, Davis explained to the class what the topics of the night were, and the talked about the men’s soccer game afterward. Triana started with the history of the game, how the modern game was formed in Scotland and how he personally enjoys talking about soccer and the culture around it.

When the history lesson concluded, they went into the different rules of the game which ranged from how many players are on the field at one time to offsides and what yellow and red card meant.

Before they answered any questions from the class they went into the modern game, the culture of soccer, how each country plays differently and the leagues and tournaments that occur.

The end of class was a break up of groups to discuss different questions that the speakers had for the class before dismissing everyone and encouraging them to join them in watching men’s soccer game.