| Unit | History of Soccer  X |
|---|---|
| 2500 BC |
[2500s BC] Ancient China, the game like soccer
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| 100 BC |
[100s BC] Rome, Greece, Japan, and the Italians
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| 600 |
[600] (-1600) Mexico & Central America created rubber ball
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| 1100 |
[1100] In England, the game had become a violent mob sport
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| 1314 |
[1314] England, King Edward II orders citizens to stop playing football.
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| 1500 |
[1500] Italy, the Italians played a game called calcio with teams of 27+ people.
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| 1572 |
[1572] England, Queen Elizabeth I seriously bans football.
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| 1580 |
[1580] Italy, Giovanni Bardi publishes a set of rules of the game of "calcio".
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| 1600 |
[1600] Alaska & Canada, the native Eskimos played aqsaqtuk or soccer on ice.
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| 1605 |
[1605] England, football became legal again
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| 1620 |
[1620] USA, in the original Jamestown settlement native American Indians played a game called pasuckuakohowog,
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| 1680 |
[1680] England, football wins royal patronage from King Charles ll.
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| 1820 |
[1820] USA, football was played among the Northeastern universities and colleges of Harvard, Princeton, Amherst and Brown.
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| 1827 |
[1827] USA, Harvard had instituted an annual intramural football contest
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| 1830 |
[1830] England, the modern form of soccer originated.
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| 1848 |
[1848] England, the first Cambridge Rules are drawn up.
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| 1862 |
[1862] USA, Oneida Football Club
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| 1863 |
[1863] England, The Football Association is founded.
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| 1871 |
[1871] Sheffield FA played London FA in one of the first regional matches.
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| 1872 |
[1872] First international football match played between England and Scotland.
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| 1883 |
[1883] International Football Association Board.
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| 1885 |
[1885] first international match outside of Great Britain
[1885] The introduction of professionalism.
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| 1886 |
[1886] The Football Association starts training match officials.
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| 1888 |
[1888] The league system is inaugurated
[1888] Introduction of the penalty kick.
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| 1899 |
[1899] First representative team abroad
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| 1904 |
[1904] The official Olympic Games
[1904.05.21] FIFA at a meeting in Paris
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| 1908 |
[1908] Football becomes an Olympic event.
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| 1913 |
[1913] FIFA becomes a member of the International F.A. Board.
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| 1920 |
[1920] Professionalism comes to continental European countries.
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| 1930 |
[1930] First World Cup with 13 teams in Uruguay.
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| 1932 |
[1932] eliminated in 10th Olympid
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| 1938 |
[1938] English FA Cup Final televised live by BBC.
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| 1955 |
[1955] Birth of European club competitions.
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| 1956 |
[1956] RAI begins regular Serie A transmissions.
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| 1958 |
[1958] First live worldwide TV coverage of the World Cup.
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| 1962 |
[1962] FIFA's membership reaches 100.
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| 1966 |
[1966] Viudeotape in World Cup.
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| 1970 |
[1970] Satellite beamed TV
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| 1971 |
[1971] Pele retired
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| 1977 |
[1977] First FIFA World Youth Tournament
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| 1985 |
[1985] First FIFA U-16 World Tournament
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| 1988 |
[1988] Start of the FIFA Fair Play campaign.
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| 1989 |
[1989] First FIFA World Championship for Five-a-side Football in the Netherlands.
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| 1991 |
[1991] First FIFA World Championship for Women's
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| 1993 |
[1993] Pele in National Soccer Hall of Fame
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| 1994 |
[1994] 32 billion watch USA 94
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| 1996 |
[1996] Major League Soccer begins
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| 1998 |
[1998] 37 billion watch FRANCE 98
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| 1999 |
[1999] USA beat China
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| 2000 |
[2000] First FIFA Club World Championship
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| 2002 |
[2002] First World Cup co-host in Asia
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