SOCCER HISTORY
1680 England , football soccer wins royal patronage from King Charles ll.
1820's USA , soccer was played among the Northeastern universities and colleges of Harvard, Princeton, Amherst and Brown.
1827 USA , Freshman and Sophomore classes at Harvard had instituted an annual intramural soccer contest in 1827, played on the first Monday of the new school year. These games were evidently quite rowdy as the event was known as "Bloody Monday".
1830's England , the modern form of soccer originated. Soccer grew among working-class communities and was seen as a way of keeping young and energetic kids out of trouble at home and in the school; they could let off steam and learn the values of teamwork.
1862 USA , Oneida Football Club; formed in Boston in 1862, was the first soccer club anywhere outside of England.
1863 England , The Football Association is founded.
1871 Sheffield FA played London FA in one of the first regional soccer matches.
1872 First international soccer match between England and Scotland.
1883 The four British associations agree on a uniform code and form the International Football Association Board.
1885 USA , USA versus Canada, first international soccer match played between teams outside of Great Britain.
1885 The introduction of professionalism on soccer.
1886 The Football Association starts training match officials. First meeting of the International Football Association Board.
1888 The soccer league system is inaugurated - professional soccer players are allowed. Referees are given extensive powers of control.
1888 Introduction of the penalty kick on soccer games.
1899 The Football Association sends its first representative team abroad. A German team visits England.
1904 FIFA is established at a meeting in Paris on 21 May by delegates from France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
1908 Soccer becomes an Olympic event.
1913 FIFA becomes a member of the International F.A. Board.
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