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Modern Soccer was created
Was created in England in the early 1860s as a detachment from rugby -
First Modern Soccer league
The first english league was started and it consisted of teams in Manchester -
First Premier League
The first league in Europe was the premier league which was won by Sunderland. -
Barcalona was established
One of the biggest clubs in world soccer -
Real Madrid was established
One of the biggest clubs in world soccer. -
Fifa was established
Created by France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. -
Soccer to the Olymipcs
Soccer was introduced into the olympics -
Fifa World Cup
The first world cup was won by Uruguay after they beat Argentina 4-2 -
UEFA was founded
This is a program that was a European governing system that polices all soccer. -
Champions League
The first season of a champions league was started which is compiled of many teams all across europe -
First champions league winner
Real Madrid was the first champions winner in history -
Pele played his first international game
He was a pioneer of the game. Considered by some the greatest player of all time. Made his debut at 17 against Sweden. -
Johan Cruyff made his debut
He created the play of passing around teams. Made the managerial role in soccer significantly more prominent. -
Women's soccer
Women's soccer was first annocunced and paid during this time= -
Joesph Blatter
He becomes the new Fifa President -
Chelsea owner
Roman Abramovich takes Chelsea from a mid level team to a top flight team by popping money into them. -
Messi
Lionel Messi made his debut against Real Madrid where he scored a hatrick. -
Cristiano Ronaldo
Made his switch to Manchester United where he started his mark to dominate the soccer world. -
PSG chairman
One of the biggest investors take a team in the french league and pump an insane amount of money in. -
The most expensive player in history
Neymar moved from Barcalona to PSG for the price of $263 million dollars