SOCCER OVER THE YEARS

Soccer officially began on

Aug 25, 1863

This is a hard question because, the Chinese, Italian, Persian, Ancient Greek and the Vikings also played a similar game to soccer. Modern soccer was formed at England where soccer really started as they had an association for it. The first professional soccer team in the world was Notts County, they were located at Nottinghamshire in the U.K

FIRST INTERNATIONAL SOCCER MATCH

Nov 30, 1872

Scotland VS England
first international ever played,
watched by 4000 spectators
played in Hamilton crescent, Patrick, Scotland
Ended in a 0-0 draw.

FIRST INTERNATIONAL PLAYED OUTSIDE OF U.K

Jul 19, 1885

USA VS CANADA
SCORE: USA 0-1 CANADA

PENALTY KICK WAS INTRODUCED

Oct 28, 1888

the penalty kick rule was introduced

SOCCER BECOMES A OFFICIAL OLYMPIC EVENT

Sep 7, 1908

FIRST WORLD CUP

Jul 13, 1932

first world cup in the world!
held in uruguay with 13 active international teams competing
uruguay won it.

FIRST FA CUP FINAL TELEVISED ON TV

May 28, 1938

English FA Cup Final televised live by BBC.

Europe club competitions was born

Feb 7, 1955

Seria A, Liga BBVA, and other european leagues formed then

FIRST WOLD CUP THAT WAS TELIVISED AROUND THE WORLD

Jul 13, 1958

THE WORLD CUP IN MEXICO WAS TELIVISED LIVE USING SATALITE TECHNOLOGY

Jul 13, 1970

PELE'S LAST WORLD CUP

Jul 30, 1970

PELE RETIRES

May 21, 1971

Pelé retired from international competition after Brazil tied Yugoslavia 2-2 before 150,000 people at the Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium.

DAVID BECKHAM WAS BORN

May 2, 1975

FIRST UNDER 17 WORLD CUP. HELD IN CHINA

Nov 6, 1985

FIRST WOMENS WORLD CUP.

Jul 13, 1991

WON BY USA
HELD IN CHINA

PELE INTRODUCED IN SOCCER HALL OF FAME

Mar 2, 1993

BECKHAM DEBUTS FOR MANCHESTER UNITED

Apr 2, 1995

USA FIRST PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE STARTED. CALLED MLS

Jun 5, 1996

USA WINS CHINA IN THE WOMENS WORLD CUP.

Jul 13, 1999

Women's World Cup Final in Los Angeles, USA beat China in front of 90,185 fans. This was the largest ever attendance for a women's sporting event in world history. The tournament had over 658,000 attendees and over 1 billion television viewers worldwide, thus not only putting women's soccer but also women's sport into mainstream society forever.

FIRST FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP. HELD IN BRAZIL

Jul 13, 2000

WON BY CORINTHAINS OF BRAZIL

JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA CO- HOST WORLD CUP

Apr 25, 2002

BECKHAM SOLD TO REAL MADRID IN A RECORD TRANSFER FEE 35 MILLION EUROS

Jul 1, 2003

REAL MADRID CLINCHES BECKHAM DEAL LEAVING BARCELONA AS LOSERS

BARCELONA SIGNS IN RONALDINHO

Jan 9, 2004

MANCHESTER UNITED WINS FIFA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ! HELD IN JAPAN

Dec 11, 2008

FIRST FIFA WORLD CUP IN AFRICA! ALSO FIRST WORLD CUP TELEVISED IN HIGH DEFINITION

Jul 13, 2010

GERMANY 2006

Jul 13, 2011

TIM CAHILL SCORES AUSTRALIA'S FIRST EVER WORLD CUP GOAL!