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The Beginning
This was the year that soccer came to America. It was played on "Bloody Monday" and fists were involved. It has changed a lot since then.
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FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is an association was found in 1904 and is governed by Swiss law.
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Soccer Wars
In the late 1920s, the period in American soccer known as the "American Soccer Wars" began. This was a time where there were many conflicts inside of the American Soccer League. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_soccer_in_the_United_States -
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A Lack of Matches
During this timespan, only two matches were played by the North American Soccer League, which was created in the 1970s. They wanted to provide a better stability for the team, so the decided to dive right into the 1983 season to better the NASL.
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W-League
This was the official beginning of the first international women's club soccer team. It was a way for the best women's player in the country to get together and play professionally.
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1999 World Cup
The US Women's National Team (USWNT) won the 1999 Women's Soccer World Cup and it made the women's side of the sport much more popular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_soccer_in_the_United_States -
FIFA Statutes
The FIFA Statutes for the Constitution of football's international governing body. The provide basic rules and laws about the sport. These Statutes were adopted following their approval at the Extraordinary Congress on February 26, 2016, but didn't start going into effects until February 27, 2016.
http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/the-statutes.html