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The age requirements currently used by the olympic committee limit the number of highly experienced professional players a team can have. That limitation creates more parity between more teams. Without that increased chance for smaller countries to win a medal, many smaller countries would not even submit a soccer team to play in the Olympics.
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Who has won the most medals in olympic skiing for the US?
Soccer is not in the Olympics!Correction:Of course soccer is in the Olympics. The international name for soccer is "football." The International Olympic Committee(IOC) uses the international name, but it absolutely includes football/soccer in the Olympics!!!!Jeff BenjaminManager-Ticketing, Manager-Venue Planning, ControllerLos Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee - 1984Yes. Check out the link belowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Men.27s_medal_table
Why did soccer become an olympic sport?
Same reason any other sport makes it into the Olympics - by fulfilling the requirements in the Olympic rules, having enough competitors, and enough media interest.
Is soccer played in the Youth Olympic Games?
Yes, Soccer is a youth Olympic discipline.
What year was soccer introduced in the Olympic Games?
Soccer was introduced in the Olympic Games in 1990.
Is Kaka in the winter olympic games?
Kaka is a soccer player. Soccer is not an Winter Olympic sport.
Is their soccer in the olympic?
yup.
What city was soccer originated?
soccer was originated in England as a olympic as the Greeks
IS soccer Olympic gme?
Yes
Was soccer a Olympic sport?
Yes, it's still currently a Olympic sport.
Is there soccer basketball in Olympic games?
no there isn't
Where was the 1996 womens Olympic soccer?
Atlanta
When and where are the 2012 olympic soccer trials?
california
