Timeline: History of Soccer

300

The beginning of soccer

Early evidence of soccer being played as a sport finds occurrence in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. In China

Dec 16, 700

Early soccer matches

700’s. The first Football games played in was played by the locals of east of England, starting after a 'legendary' game that involved kicking around the severed head of a Danish prince that they had defeated in war.

Dec 16, 1600

First rubber ball

600 - 1600 A.D
In Mexico & Central America the rubber ball was created, and used in a game on a recessed court 40-50 feet long shaped like a capital "I".

Dec 16, 1620

Pasuckuakohowog

1620’s In 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.

Dec 16, 1815

Official Rules

1815’s Eton College of England a set of rules for the game.

Dec 16, 1862

First soccer Club

1862 The first soccer club formed anywhere outside of England was the Oneida Football Club, Boston USA.

Dec 16, 1885

First international match

The first international match played by teams outside of Great Britain was between USA and Canada, played in Newark and ended with Canada winning 1-0.(1885)

Dec 16, 1900

Soccer in the Olympics

Soccer played at the Olympic Games for the first time (1900)

Dec 16, 1904

Establishment of FIFA

Establishment of FIFA by delegates from France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland at a meeting in Paris on the 21st of May. (1904)