He pāʻani kinipōpō wāwae kapōwāwae, i kapa pinepine ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekānia ʻo "soccer". He pāʻani kaulana loa ia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me 3.5 piliona mau kānaka e nānā ana i kaWorld Cup o ka makahiki 2022. He pāʻani e hoʻokūkū ai ʻelua mau pūʻulu me he 11 mau pāʻani ma kēlā me kēia pūʻulu, e hoʻāʻo ana e kicka i ka pōpō i loko o ke kīʻaha o ka pūʻulu ʻē aʻe.
ʻOiai ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka pāʻani kinipōpō wāwae ma‘Enelani i ke kenekulia 19, ua hoʻokomo ʻia i Hawaiʻi ma hope o ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mikioneli. I kēia lā, he pāʻani kaulana loa ia ma Hawaiʻi a puni ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ma kahi o 250 miliona mau kānaka e pāʻani ana i ka pōwāwae ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa[1]. ʻO ka pōwāwae ka pāʻani nui loa maʻEulopa,ʻAmelika Hema,ʻApelika, a me nā ʻāina he nui aku.
I ka World Cup 1986, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Diego Maradona i kekahi pōpō kaulana loa me kona lima, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia e ke kāka. Ua kapa ʻia kēia he "Hand of God" a ua lanakila ʻo ʻAlekenīna i kēlā pāʻani me Pelekāne.
Ua lanakila ka hui ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma mua o Kina ma ka penalty shootout. Ua kaulana loa ka kiʻi o Brandi Chastain e hauʻoli ana ma hope o kāna penalty kick lanakila.
Ua ulu aʻe ka makemake i ka pōwāwae ma Hawaiʻi i nā makahiki. He nui nā hui pāʻani ma nā mokupuni like ʻole, a pēlā pū me nā papa aʻo no nā keiki. ʻOKa Papa Pōwāwae o Hawaiʻi ka hui nui e mālama ana i nā hoʻokūkū ma ka moku ʻāina.
