History+of+Soccer+am213

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 * every year FIFA revises the rules of soccer usually in July **

it was created 50 years ago

 * the first forms of soccer dated back 3,000 years ago in china **
 * in the middle ages mobs of people would play a crude game of soccer. **
 * adidas was the first company to invent cleats **
 * the first cleats were just regular shoes with spikes on the bottom of them **
 * the oldest ball is 450 years old that was found **
 * it was made from pig bladder with a gray leather casing sewn around it **
 * the fist world cup was won by France they beat Scotland 4-0 **
 * there are ten people on each side **
 * the highest governing body is FIFA **
 * the first form of soccer was called cuju **
 * goalkeepers wear different clothes then his teammates **
 * the red and yellow cards were created in 1988 **
 *  240 million people from more than 200 countries regularly play football. **
 * the 2 best players ever to play soccer are #1Pele and #2Diego Maradona **
 * the 2 best players now are # 1 is messi and #2 is Cristiano Ronaldo **
 * the best national team in the world ever is Brazil **
 * the best club team in the world ever is Real Madrid then its Barcelona **
 * The nicknames are football, footy, The beautiful game, and the World Game **
 * soccer has the smallest global television audience in sports . **
 * a wall must be 30 yards away from the ball at a freekick **
 * Men and women play soccer but in separate competitions **
 * the first international match was between Uruguay vs Bolivia on September 12, 1923 **
 * during world war ii and world war II soccer was suspended in England **
 * they used the severed head of the prince of Denmark in China **
 * soccer players run 1 mile every game **
 * A soccer ball measures between 27 and 28 inches in circumference **
 * a soccer ball weighs 14-16 ounces **
 * Rules require that soccer be played on a rectangular field between 100 and 130 yards long, and between 50 and 100 yards wide **
 * In Europe and South America, star soccer players are celebrities for life **
 * In 1950 India withdrew form the World Cup because FIFA refused to let their team play barefoot **
 * 20 red cards were shown during a 1993 game between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay. **