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Jan 1, 600
Mexico and Central America
Played on a court shaped like an "I". object was to project the rubber ball through the ring on each side. -
Jan 1, 1100
England
By the 12th Century, it had become a violent mob sport with no rules -
Jan 1, 1314
Kind Edward
King Edward II ordered citizens to stop playing -
Jan 1, 1500
Italy
Italians played a game calcio of 27 or more people. The kicking, carrying, or passing the ball across the line. -
Jan 1, 1572
Queen Elizabeth I
She seriously bans the sport -
Jan 1, 1580
Giovanni Bardi
Giovanni Bardi creates a set of rules for calcio. -
Alaska and Canada
Alaska and Canada, the native Eskimos play soccer on ice where the balls are stuffed with grass, caribou hair, and moss. -
England
Soccer became legal again and was the country's most popular sport -
USA
USA, in the original Jamestown settlement native American Indians played a game called pasuckuakohowog, meaning "they gather to play ball with the foot." Beaches, a half-mile wide with goals 1 mile apart, served as playing fields for as many as 1000 people at a time. Games were often rough, resulting in broken bones, but no one could be identified because players disguised themselves with ornaments and war paint making retaliation close to impossible. It was common for games to be carried over f -
King Charles II
Soccer wins royal patronage from King Charles II -
USA
Soccer was played among the Northeastern universities and colleges of Harvard, Princeton, Amherst and Brown. -
International Soccer
The first international match was played between England and Scotland. -
Penalties
Penalties were introduced into the game -
FIFA
FIFA was created to have authorities and interpret the rules of the game -
Olympics
Soccer becomes a part of the olympics -
World Cup
First World Cup -
European
Birth of european club competitions -
More World Cup
First live worldwide TV coverage of the World Cup. -
Replay
Action replay machines and videotape used at 1966 World Cup. -
Korea and Japan
Korea and Japan co-host the first World Cup outside Europe and the Americas. -
B.C. Ancient China
2500B.C. Earliest traces of a soccer like game played during the Emperors birhday
