By: Cynthia Loy

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Soccer

• By Cynthia Loy
• 8B-History-5
• 2007-2008

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How did Soccer evolve in the World?!
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Egypt and the Near East

• Historians have suggested that fertility rites in
  ancient Egypt and religious ceremonies in the
  ancient Near East may have been linked to the
  development of the game.

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Alaska and Canada

• In these parts the Eskimos played aqsaqtuk,
  soccer on ice. Instead of using air and rubber,
  the stuffed their soccer balls with grass,
  caribou hair, and moss. One legend told, tells
  of two villages playing against each other with
  goals ten miles apart. There is no known date of
  origin.

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The United States of America

• In the early 1600s, the American Indians played a
  game called pasuckuakohowog, meaning "they gather
  to play ball with the foot." Beaches, a half mile
  wide with goals 1 mile apart, served as playing
  fields for as many as 1000 people at a time.
  Games were rough and often resulted in broken
  bones, but no one could be identified because
  players disguised themselves with ornaments and
  war paint making retaliation close to impossible.
  It was common for games to be carried over from
  one day to the next, with a celebratory feast
  following the conclusion of the match. Now, over
  6,000,000 kids enjoy this ecentric game!

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Mexico and Central America

• The creation of the rubber ball occurred in
  Mexico and Central America. These people played
  games on a recessed court shaped like a capital
  "I". The court was 40-50 feet long with vertical
  walls several feet high. In the middle of each
  wall was a mounted stone or wooden ring and the
  object was to project the hard rubber ball
  through the ring.

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China and the Far East

• The earliest mentioned form of soccer that
  researchers have found is a game that involves
  balls made of animal skin kicked through a gap in
  a net stretched between poles 30 feet high.
  Records indicate that tsu chu was played as a
  part of the Emperor's birthday celebration. The
  Chinese also played some form of the game to
  train soldiers during the Ts'in Dynasty (255
  BC-206 BC). According to records, tsu chu was
  also played extensively during the Han Dynasty
  (206 BC - 220 AD).

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Pacific Islands

• Pacific Island inhabitants were early to develop
  games using hands and feet. They used coconuts,
  oranges and pig bladders as balls.

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England

• One story speaks of using an enemy's skull as a
  ball another tells of a village defeating a
  Roman team and running them out of town in 217
  AD. Nonetheless, the history of the game in
  England during the 5th-11th centuries is vague.
  By the 12th century, the game had become a
  violent mob sport with no rules and any sort of
  behavior condoned. Formal rules of today's game
  were adopted in England in 1863.

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Soccer?...Gory?

• Some say soccer was from the Romans, who used
  their enemies head as ball
• It is also said that it came from South America
  where they used anything as a ball, including
  people and the loser would be sacrificed and
  sometimes the winner.
• The only documented reference to the origin of
  soccer is from the observations of Herodotus who
  describes a game played by soldiers where the
  defeated team captain's head would be severed,
  dipped in melted rubber, and used for the play of
  the rematch.

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Why is Soccer not called Football?!
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• Its not just England that calls soccer football.
  The game is called "football" everywhere in the
  world except the US. It's probably to do with the
  fact that the USA has its own game It decided to
  call football (although the ball rarely touches
  the players feet), so as not to get confused
  Americans may have made up their own word. If you
  look at the names of the official ruling bodies
  for the sport around the world they all refer to
  it as football (FIFA,UEFA,FA,etc)

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• Actually in Italy, which had tons of success
  internationally more locally on the European
  landscape, the word they use is not football but
  in English translation it literally means "kicks"
  or "kickball". So the USA is not entirely alone
  on that matter. Regarding the acronyms such as
  (FIFA) that include football, it is only
  partially true. Because so many countries call it
  football or for the latinos/portugese/hispanics
  "futbol"! just because a word is used frequently
  doesnt always mean its accurate. In all fairness
  perhaps the best word to describe the sport would
  be KICKBALL, because after all in soccer theres
  always kicking, and one can use more than just
  his foot, knees, head, chest etc even the
  goalkeeper can use his hands to block or throw.

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Did you know?
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Soccer was once illegal!

• During, the 12th century. English soccer wasnt
  the game of fun we know now. Soccer was a mob
  sport that had no rules or regulations injuries
  were prevalent. The number of injuries from this
  sport led to several monarchs banning it. Even
  today fan violence (hooliganism) is so rampant
  that larger stadiums (England) have jails and
  courts built into them for processing rioting
  fans.

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how soccer has evolved

• In
  America

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• 1620American folklore asserts that Pilgrim
  Fathers, upon settling at Plymouth Rock found
  American Indians along the Massachusetts coast
  playing a form of soccer. The Indians called it
  "Pasuckquakkohwog," which means "they gather to
  play football."
• 1820Many American colleges played soccer, but
  there was no intercollegiate competition. Rules
  were casual and changed often.
• 1862The Oneidas of Boston, the first organized
  soccer club in America, were formed by Gerritt
  Miller Smith. The Oneidas were undefeated from
  1862-65. A monument now stands in Boston Common,
  where the Oneidas played their home matches.
• 1865-1876Soccer was initiated as an organized
  college sport in the USA in the years following
  the Civil War. Princeton and Rutgers Universities
  engaged in the first intercollegiate soccer match
  November 6, 1876, in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers
  won the match 6-4. The game was more similar to
  both rugby and soccer than gridiron football.
• 1876-1880Thousands of British immigrants arrived
  in the metropolitan areas of the East, Midwest
  and Pacific Coast. Communities with textile
  mills, shipyards, quarries or mines also had
  soccer teams among its immigrant population, a
  pattern occurring all over the world during the
  time of the Industrial Revolution
• 1884The American Football Association was
  organized in Newark, NJ, uniting the numerous
  metropolitan area enclaves of the East to
  maintain uniformity in the interpretation of
  rules and provide an orderly and stable growth of
  soccer in America.
• 1885-1886The U.S. and Canada played a game a
  year against each other, representing the first
  "international" soccer games to take place
  outside of the British Isles.
• 1904The Federation Internationale de Football
  Association (FIFA) was formed in Paris on May 21.
  Charter members included France, Belgium,
  Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and
  Switzerland. The International Board, the
  authority over the rules and their interpretation
  continued under the jurisdiction of England,
  Scotland, Ireland and Wales, even though they
  were not affiliated with FIFA. The Olympic Games
  of 1904 in St. Louis included soccer as an
  official Olympic sport where club teams competed
  under the national team banner. FIFA did not
  become active in Olympic soccer until 1908.

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• 1913FIFA became a member of the International
  Board, increasing their influence on the
  interpretation of rules. The United States
  Football Association (USFA) was granted
  provisional membership by FIFA on August 15.
• 1914The United States Football Association
  (USFA) was incorporated under the laws of the
  state of New York, May 30, and was granted full
  membership in FIFA at the annual congress at
  Oslo, Norway, June 24.
• 1916The first United States Football Association
  (USFA) Men's National Team traveled to Norway and
  Sweden. The Americans played six matches on this
  tour, finishing 3-1-2.
• 1919Bethlehem Steel (PA) became the first
  American professional team to play in Europe when
  they toured Sweden.
• 1921The original American Soccer League (ASL)
  began. Franchises were granted to Fall River
  (MA), Philadelphia, Jersey City Celtics, Todd
  Shipyard of Brooklyn, New York FC, Falco FC of
  Holyoke (MA), and JP Coats of Pawtucket (RI).
• 1923The world's first indoor soccer league with
  11-a-side teams on a full-sized field opened the
  winter season at the Commonwealth Calvary Armory
  in Boston.
• 1930The USA was one of 13 nations to compete in
  the first FIFA World Cup competition in
  Montevideo, Uruguay. Bert Patenaude (Fall River,
  MA) was the third leading scorer of the U.S. team
  was the third-leading scorer in the tournament.
  He also was the first player to tally three goals
  in a World Cup match. At the first World Cup,
  90,000 electrified fans watched as Argentina beat
  the US in the semi-final.  The United States
  team, who was favored to win, finished third
  overall.
• 1932At the 10th Olympiad in Los Angeles, soccer
  was eliminated due to a controversy between FIFA
  and the IOC over the definition of amateur and
  the reluctance of most of the strong soccer
  countries to travel to California because of the
  expense involved.
• 1933The National Collegiate Athletic Association
  (NCAA), governing body of college athletics in
  the United States, released their official
  rulebook covering all intercollegiate soccer in
  the United States.
• 1941The National Soccer Coaches Association of
  America (NSCAA) was organized  by 10 coaches
  attending the annual meeting of the
  intercollegiate Soccer Football Association of
  America in New York.
• 1945The USFA changed its name to United States
  Soccer Football Association (USSFA).

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To play this game well requires a mastery of foot
skills. Imagine trying to write, drive, or cook
with your feet and you can see the challenge.
Because there are no timeouts and few set plays,
the game requires a constant creativity that has
earned it the moniker "the beautiful game". It
can be played in bare feet or on any surface,
though level grass is best all that is needed is
a ball and desire. Soccer is played in the
street, on the beach, on basketball courts, In
100,000 seat stadiums, by millionaires Its
simplicity and ease of enjoyment have made it the
second most popular sport in America!

• Soccer.Hard?!