How Soccer Started

Have you ever wonder how soccer football games get into our life? When and where is the origin of this game?

There are many formulations on how and when was the real beginning and origin of the game. As a game soccer was played in 19th century in England. But some say that football was played way more back, this can be true because a lot of games are modified from their original forms to the advanced and modern ones.

Well the history of soccer goes back into the 1800's in Manchester, England. A group of people had seen the sport rugby. Rugby was before soccer but a group of people changed the concept and used to play with the ball just with their foot. This group started the sport, hired a commissioner and named it football. The reason named is due to the part used to play this game. The first formal match was in 1834 between two small league England teams. This group grew and made the sport move across continents. They named their organization FIFA Federal International Football Association.

The History of modern-day soccer was established in 1863. Two teams of England were to play a match, eleven a side. The main out come of this meeting was to redefine the new rules and boundaries. From here started a new soccer era. FIFA was established in 1904 and different countries and nations started to gather to adopt the sports and enjoy the full game.