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The first soccer team created was The Foot-Ball Club out of Edinburgh, Scotland. There are no known photos of this club given the date. This club was created before there were any official leagues and rules of the game. -
The first soccer ball was created by a man named Charles Goodyear. It was made out of bladders as well as leather. -
This league was called, "The Football Association". It was the first known official league created. It was created in England and there were eleven London football clubs. School and club representatives met before the league's creation to develop common rules. -
Years later, outside of league play, the first international soccer match was played in Scotland. It was Scotland vs. England and the match ended in a 0-0 draw. -
Before referees, it was just a bunch of guys running around like a pickup basketball game at the park. But with the introduction of referees, the rules were able to be enforced. -
The name of the stadium was "Goodison Park". It was of course located in England and it only cost around 8,090 pounds. -
Meetings between a lot of companies and countries made this all happen. They agreed on certain terms to have soccer be an Olympic sport and was played with all the teams that had an international squad at that time. -
In 1904 the creation of the organization that is still here to this day, "FIFA", was created. It stands for The Fédération Internationale de Football Association. -
The first World Cup consisted of only 13 countries and was held in Montevideo, Uruguay. This was just the beginning of the most legendary sporting event of all time. -
This was the first time Clubs from around Europe played each other. Clubs from Spain, Germany, Netherlands, France, Etc. -
After being on the junior squad for a while now, Pele's name was called up to the first team, the rest is history. -
Pele becomes the youngest player to ever score in a World Cup final. Pele scored two goals against Sweden to bring his country home the World Cup trophy. -
Pele goes down in international history and plays his final international match against Yugoslavia. He Proved himself as one of the best players of all time. -
The legendary Pele announces his retirement and cements his name in the record books and in history as the greatest footballer. -
History was made in 1991 when people came together to host the first Women's World Cup. This shows that passion goes both ways in soccer. -
Lionel Messi becomes the youngest player to sign for Barcelona. He also signed in a very unique way, on a napkin. The club wanted him so bad that they flew to Argentina to speak with him and sign him, this proved his greatness at a young age. -
Lionel Messi plays in his first-ever Champions League and wins it in his first year with arguably the greatest Barcelona team to play. He proved he was that guy in the tournament. -
Messi won his first-ever Ballon d'Or and is one of the youngest to ever do it. -
Lionel Messi leads his team to the World Cup final and takes down France in penalties in the best World Cup final match of all time. Lionel Messi has accomplished everything a player could dream of, this is why he is the greatest.