Soccer is a very old game and has been played in very different styles from indoor to street then to futsal and in the 80’s they has rugby soccer where they same rules rugby applied such has shin kicking, tackling ect. There has been many different versions of soccer. It’s name has even been changed from soccer to football and people still don’t know what to call it. The game developed in China, Greece, Japan and Egypt before the game fully developed in England. Back in the 2nd / 3rd century BC Chinese military forces started playing a game called “Tsu Chu” it was similar to soccer, it involved kicking a fur stuffed ball coated with leather. You would have to try kick the ball into a small hole just about big enough for the ball to fit in. …show more content…
After 1 year, October 26 of 1863, the Football Association was formed when eleven London schools and clubs came together at the Freemason's Tavern to establish a single set of rules to administer any football match that were to be play the game properly . On December 8 1863, Football and Rugby finally split onto two different organizations. Later in the year, the first ever soccer match was played on Barnes common at Mortlake, London on 19th December 1863 between Barnes Football Club and Richmond Football Club. The game ended in a 0-0 draw as no one was able to score.The Football Association rules were further amended to exclude any handling of the ball. The first official international football match 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 once again. During 1883 the four British associations agreed on a uniform code because a that time people found it really hard to figure out who was in who’s team, they also decided this would be a good time to form a International Football Association Board. In 1885 the first international match played by teams outside of Great Britain was between USA and Canada, played in Newark and ended with Canada winning