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Oneida Football Club USA, Oneida Football Club; formed in Boston in 1862, was the first soccer club anywhere outside of England.
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Soccer History First rules of soccer made in London by eleven representatives from London clubs in a tavern, to control the matches amongst themselves.
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First International Game First international football match played between England and Scotland.
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Professionalism The introduction of professionalism in England and then outside of Europe.
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USA vs Canda USA, USA versus Canada, first international match played between teams outside of Great Britain.
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First IFAB meeting The first metting took place at the AFs offices at Holborn VIaduct in London, for everyone to agree with the making of rules by IFAb.
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Penalty kick History The penalty kick was first introduce in 1891 after beliving that the player insede the box had a graeter opportunity to make a goal and if the other team made a faul inside the box they should be punish with a penalty kick.
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FIFA History FIFA was made in Paris in 1904, the intention was to recognised the role of English who had founded their Football Association back in 1863.
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Socccer in the Olympics Soccer becomes and olympic game but did not get to win medals.
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First World Cup First world cup with 13 teams in Uruguay, won it by Uruguay.
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First televised game English FA Cup Final televised live by BBC.
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Europian Clubs Competitions. Birth of Europian clubs competitions bringing the people what they asked for.
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First TV Coverage of the World Cup First live worldwide TV coverage of the World Cup.
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Substitutions Substitutes are permitted for the first time, albeit only for an injured goalkeeper and one other injured player.
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Red and Yellow Cards The system of red and yellow cards is introduced for the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals.
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Mexico's World Cup Televised by Satelite World Cup in Mexico beamed by satellite to Europe. Live league football pioneered in Spain.
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First Youth Professional Soccer Tournament First FIFA World Youth Tournament in Tunisia (renamed World Youth Championship in 1981, for players under 20).
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FIFA Fair Play Start of the FIFA Fair Play campaign.
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Offsides The offside law is changed in favour of the attacker, who is now onside if level with the penultimate defender.
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Women's World Cup First FIFA World Championship for Women's Football in China won by the USA.
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Goalkeepers Goalkeepers are forbidden from handing back-passes.
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Pele in the Soccer's Hall of Fame Pelé, the most recognizable soccer figure in the world, is inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame along with John Nanoski and Dennis Long bringing the total to 194.
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Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) begins as the top USA pro-soccer league
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Korea and Japan World Cup Korea and Japan co-host the first World Cup outside Europe and the Americas.
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2006 World Cup 2006 World Cup is held in Germany and won by Italy on a penalty kick shootout over France
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Ronaldo's Record Ronaldo beats gerd muller's record with 15 goals in world cup finals.
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2010 World Cup 2010 World Cup is held for first time in an African country, in South Africa. For the first time a European national team, Spain (for the first time finalist and winner), win the FIFA World Cup outside the European soil. Moreover, for the first time the host country is out after only the first round of the tournament
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Lionel Andres Messi Lionel Messi is, in a word, unstoppable. Late last week, the FC Barcelona forward was awarded the Ballon D’or award by FIFA—honoring him as the Player of the Year in international soccer—for the third straight year. At this point in his career, he’s basically on a very Michael Jordan-esque path, for those who don’t follow soccer.
