Soccer is played on a field that is much larger and there is a goalkeeper to defend the goal. Soccer is played on the field that is large open nearly 120 yards from end to end about 50 yards wide. A Basketball court is much smaller. The rim on a basket is only 18 inches in diameter. Soccer players are 11 people, there are 4 umpires; the one of umpires runs on the soccer field looking for the mistakes that the players do in the soccer completion and 2 umpires sit beside the field to check the mistakes that the first umpire tell to the second umpires and the last umpire stand beside them to check who catch up with and surpass. Basketball is played on a gym, there are 6 players and 2 umpires sit beside the gym to looking for the mistakes.