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Sheffield Football Club is the oldest football club in the world, dating back to the fall of 1857
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Modern soccer began in England, in 1863 when rugby was detached from soccer. Ebenezer Cobb Morley is the father of modern soccer. -
First ever soccer match was played on Barnes common at Mortlake-London between Barnes and Richmond Football Club. -
The first international match played was between USA and Canada, played in Newark and ended with Canada winning 1-0. -
Soccer played at the Olympic Games for the first time. Men's football (soccer) made its Olympic debut at the 1900 Games in Paris, where Great Britain took the first gold medal -
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The first world cup was held in Uruguay. Only 7 teams participated and it was a 17 day tournament. In the finals Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2. -
biggest ones: World Cup by Fifa (1930) - football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
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Champions League by UEFA (1955) - Union of European Football Associations and contested by top-division European clubs. -
Pele who was at Santos and the Brazil national team was the world's best soccer player. He and his team won the World Cup debut in 1958. Pele and his team changed the way soccer was played. He brought joy and skill to the sport unlike anything ever seen before. -
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The American women's soccer team won the first-ever women's soccer event at the Olympics. -
Jean-Marc Bosman- man who changed transfer dealings and contracts between players and clubs during the mid 1990s
Lev Yashin- His willingness to be the earliest of the sweeper keepers has established the role as one of the most important for many teams in modern-day football.
Xavi Hernandez- He is an inspiration to younger players everywhere that a lack of stature on the pitch will not indicate a lack of success. -
Fan bases of men's soccer games were around the ages of 19-25. Soccer fans skew male; 67% are male versus 33% female. So the Target Market are mostly men. -
- Red Bull-FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, New York Red Bulls in the USA, RB Leipzig in Germany, and Red Bull Bragantino in Brazil. 2.Philips- has extended its current sponsorship contract with Eindhoven football club PSV with 10 years until 2031.
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A team receives three points for a win (no points are awarded for a loss), while a draw is worth one point for each side. -
Everything impacted soccer by the way you play it, it's naming, it's rules, it's competitions and fans. Soccer also increases aerobic capacity and cardiovascular health. Throughout the year, more teams are keeping more players around the ball than they were a decade ago, with possessions won in the attacking.
