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The History of Soccer

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  • Jan 17, 1331

    Soccer hater

    Soccer hater
    soccerDespite the violence of these games, they were still popular. This led King Edward III of England to pass laws in 1331 to stop the game.
  • Jan 17, 1424

    SOCCER IS BANNED!

    SOCCER IS BANNED!
    History of soccerIn 1424 King James I of Scotland also proclaimed in the Parliament— "Na man play at the Fute-ball" (No man shall play football)
  • Jan 18, 1572

    Soccer player life

    soccerQueen Elizabeth I of England, enacted laws that could sentence a football player to jail for a week followed by penance in a church.

  • Even in the cold

    soccerIn Alaska and Canada the native Eskimos played a game called aqsaqtuk on ice, using balls stuffed with grass, caribou hair, and moss.

  • IT'S BACK!

    soccerFootball became legal again in England

  • Jamestown was crazy about the game two

    soccerIn North America, native American Indians in the original Jamestown settlement played a game called pasuckuakohowog, meaning "they gather to play ball with the foot." It was a rough game, played the beach, the field a half-mile wide with goals 1 mile apart, with as many as 1000 players at a time.

  • Rules

    soccerEton College of England established a set of rules for the games.

  • Join the club

    SOCCERThe first soccer club formed anywhere outside of England was the Oneida Football Club, Boston USA.

  • First match

    soccerthe first ever soccer match was played on Barnes common at Mortlake, London between Barnes Football Club and Richmond Football Club. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.

  • MORE RULES!!!

    soccerThe Football Association rules were further amended to exclude any handling of the ball.

  • The first official international football match

    The first official international football match was played, between the national teams of Scotland and England, played in Glasgow Scotland. The game was played on 30 November 1872, and finished with a 0-0 draw.

  • Penalty kick is born

    soccerIntroduction of the penalty kick.

  • Soccer is in the Olympics

    Soccer historySoccer played the Olympic Games for the first time

  • FIFA is born

    SoccerEstablishment of FIFA by delegates from France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland at a meeting in Paris

  • Bethlehem first professional team to play in Europe

    soccerBethlehem (Pa.) Steel became the first American professional team to play in Europe when they toured Sweden.

  • first World Cup tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay

    history of soccerThe Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) held soccer's first World Cup tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay, with 13 teams.

  • Soccer is out

    history of soccerSoccer was taken off the program for the Olympic games in Los Angeles, due to a controversy between FIFA and the IOC over the definition of amateur and the reluctance of many strong soccer countries to travel the US because of the expense involved

  • American women win in first soccer Olympics

    soccer historyThe American women's team won the first-ever women's soccer event at the Olympics.