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The first soccer club formed anywhere outside of England was the Onieda Football club, Boston USA
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The football association rules were further ammended to exclude any handling of the ball
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The first official international football was played, between the national teams of Scotland and England, played in Glasgow Scotland. The game was played on 30 November, 1872, and finished with a 0-0 draw
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The four British associations agreed on a uniform code and formed the international football associlation board
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The fisrt international played match played by teams outside of great britain was between USA and CANADA, played in Newwark and ended with Canada winning 1-0
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Introduction of penalty kick
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Soccer played at the olympic game for the first time
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Establishments of FIFA by delegates from France, Belgium, Denmark,the Nethelands, Spain, Sweden, and switzerland at a meeting in Paris on the 21st of May
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The inaugural Women's world cup in 1991 in China was won by the United States
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The American women's team won the first ever women's soccer events at the olympics