THE HISTORY OF SOCCER!

games like soccer have been played since 500BC

modern soccer was invented in the 19th century, in England

The first people to play a soccer game most like ours is locals of east England, in their game it was common to die.

In 1331 King Edward the 3rd banned soccer because of injuries

in 1605 soccer became legal again in England

in 1815, a major development took place that made soccer popular in universities, Colleges and schools

soccer's popularity spread rapidly in the 1800's

the first United States national team was constructed in 1855 they lost the first match they played against Canada

in 1862 the first soccer club was formed

in 1872 the first official international soccer game was played, between England and Scotland. They tied 0-0.

to play an official soccer game you need to have shin guards, cleats, a soccer jersey,and long socks.People didn't wear shin guards and cleats up until 1874

Charles Goodyear invented the modern soccer ball in 1885

soccer nets were invented in liverpool in 1890

FIFA was established in the year 1904

in 1908 soccer was played at the Olympic games for the first time

in 1932 soccer was taken off the program for the Olympics due to conflict between FIFA and IOC

America's first mens soccer team to win a title was is in 1950, defeating England 1-0

In 1958 the first live worldwide TV coverage of the world cup aired

FIFA introduced youth world cup tournament in 1977

soccer is the most popular sport in the world.(The dark green is soccer)

the best soccer player ever is Pele

America and Canada calls futball, soccer because it is the official name of the sport, and because we already had a sport called football

There are many outstanding soccer stadiums around the world

to this day people still play and love soccer

in 1991 FIFA held their first world cup game for women, it was won by the USA. Then in 1999 they won again

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fun facts

• it's common for a soccer player to run 6 miles in a game
• there are 32 panels on a soccer ball, one for every county in Europe
• The original world cup was made of paper mache
• a soccer ball is not perfectly round
• an average soccer player makes $35,125 dollars a year

more fun facts

• the soccer ball was made of stomach tissue up until 1908
• Pele (a famous soccer player)was born with 6 toes on each foot
• in most countries, a soccer players uniform is called a kit, and their cleats are called hooves
• the fastest red card that came out took two seconds

even more fun facts

• 1 in 20 injuries in a soccer game are caused by celebrating a goal
• Brazil has won the most world cups
• over one billion fans watch the world cup
• soccer was originally called basket-ball
• the highest scoring professional soccer game had a score of 36-0
• the most red cards in a game is 36

IN CONCLUSION SOCCER IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!