The History Of Soccer - A World Game

Knowing the history of soccer is really an interesting thing. It is a well known fact that soccer has lots of fans all over the world; it is the liveliest and most watched game. Die hard fans would fought and support their favorite team with all efforts. So many people are crazy about this game and almost every culture are interested about it.

Soccer started a long time ago since ancient times, it was known that it started in Europe but soccer is really widespread in all countries. The most common game children and adults play is kicking a ball on the ground or even some play on the street. This was then also named as "football".

In the middle ages soccer is also played anywhere, it became popular in Europe and it started as part of English public school's physical fitness wherein it became a game for boys. The game becomes more widespread and it was then made up of teams, coaches and referees. The game was played internationally in countries like Europe, Australia and America. Getting interested on the history of soccer was then become eager to be known by all.

In the 20th century a number of soccer teams was then formed from anywhere in the world. An international soccer was then governed by FIFA (Federation of International Football Associations) and it was first joined by European and American nations. A tournament organized by FIFA which is the World Cup is the most awaited event in soccer; this happens every four years and is also accompanied with the Olympics.

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