| "Who invented soccer?" this is the famous question | | | | were engaged as the ball and puffed up and leather |
| most people asked about the famous sport. As we | | | | from animal skins was fed with old rags and straw to |
| all know, Soccer is widely believed to be one of the | | | | look like a spherical shape that could be manipulated |
| most popular game in the world. Many people wonder | | | | around with the feet. |
| who invented soccer and how the game came into | | | | The modern roots of soccer as we know today can |
| being. | | | | be traced back to mid 1860's in England. It became |
| Many cultures and nationalities claim the game as their | | | | popular because schools started competing with each |
| own invention, but there are few definite claim that | | | | other. However, during those times, there are slight |
| decides who is right. | | | | problems due to lack of universal rules to follow. |
| People in ancient China was so unsure of recognizing | | | | It was then in 1963 that Football Association (FA) |
| the game soccer or football as their own invention | | | | formed to establish one set of rules so each teams |
| even though early history traced back that soccer | | | | could have a fair game. |
| game is familiar to a game called cuju in China. The | | | | Today, there are many soccer teams around the |
| ancient Romans and Greeks also had a game similar | | | | world having a lot of famous soccer players which |
| to soccer or football as well as people in Medieval | | | | form a long legacy in the history of soccer. |
| Europe. In ancient soccer like game, pig bladders | | | | |