Sports 101: Milestones and History in Soccer

In 1863, Soccer was born in England. It was a sport for athletes who are fond of kicking the ball

and based from the history books, soccer came from the sport of rugby of and association

football. These two games went separate way making one of the biggest sport today – Soccer.

Football (Association Football) or soccer is a competitive game between two sides of eleven

players. To score in the game, one must shoot the ball to an opponent goal. It is one of the

biggest game, played over 200 countries.

Here are some notable milestones in the game of soccer:

Association Football is closely related to 255- 6BC Chi ese ga e Tsu-Chu or ki k all u der Han dynasty. Chinese soldiers compete by using a leather ball and kicking it towards the net

strung in two bamboo poles and placed in the middle of the field.

Foot all’s first la s ere drafted i Lo do , 6 . It already i ludes the offside rule, o e of the longest running rules implemented in the game of Soccer.

As the soccer develops and laws are formed, FA struggled to standardize laws and game rules

resulting to disputes from club in England. With all the contest, IFAB International Football

Association Board was formed to unite all the differences in the game of soccer.

Goal kicks were placed in the game at the year of 1869

Corner kicks were introduced in the soccer 1872

Referees first use of whistle to call infractions was started 1878.

Due to the competitive nature of the game, people deliberately fouls inside the box or goal line

to pre e t the opposi g tea fro s ori g. It as o ly he ki k of death as introduced, it is now known as penalty or penalty kick. Penalties back then are allowed to be

taken anywhere beyond 12 yard line. It was only 1902 when a particular spot was assigned,

now known as penalty spot.

Referees and umpires were introduced 1902. They are the people responsible on making calls,

sending players out of the game, give penalties and free kicks.

FIFA and IFAB joined together in 1913. FIFA was a seven country union of soccer countries, it

includes France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain (Madrid FC), Sweden and Switzerland.

“i e ’s so er ere played y o e , ut due to o tro ersies so e leagues ere banned and it was only 1991 when FIFA women world cup started.

First FIFA world cup was held in 1930 at Uruguay, though it was dubbed as unofficial and it was

officially inaugurated 1958, and held in Europe and American region.

FIFA is held every 4 years, the last FIFA was this year and won by Germany. Qualifying

tournaments are held where 190-200 countries fight on each and their respective continents.

The road to world cup will summon the champions of these continents and 32 national teams

will only play for the coveted cup.

Though the Brazil lost in the 2014 FIFA world cup badly, the country still holds the most

championship in the cup, they appeared 7 times and won 5 of the World Cup titles.

Miroslav Klose, a member of the 2014 World Cup Champions Germany holds the most goal

scored in the competition, 16 goals and he player in four consecutive years of the World Cup,

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014.

Mario Gotze might have made his mark as one of the youngest goal scorer in the last FIFA final

ga e, ut it’s Pele Edso Ara tes do Nas imento of Brazil who holds the record, his finals

goal was scored at the age of 17 years, 8 months and 6 days in 1958 clash against Sweden.

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