History of Soccer

Soccer is the most popular sport in the whole world. But have you ever wondered where soccer had originated from? You might think it came from England. Well you're wrong. Soccer was created in Japan around 1004 B.C. They played with leather balls filled with hair.

It was also played during the first Olympic Games. It had teams of 27 on each side. About 2/3's of the men had to be hospitalized. An you probably thought that it originated from England. England originally thought it was evil and the devils work. But that didn't stop the English from playing it. The punishments for playing soccer were being sent to prison for many years.

After Queen Elizabeth's death soccer became legal. An they then started to form leagues. Eton College started to make the first rules for soccer. Personally I had know idea about any of this and I don't think any other soccer player does. Can you believe how soccer evoled to what it is today.

That is just one of the sources though.

Another source says that the chinese created a game called Cuju which was created in chinese military. The goal was to kick a leather ball into a cloth hole. Which was around the 2nd century B.C. As the years went by other asians countries began to pick up on this sport.

It was also began to be played in amongst greeks. it was a combination of soccer and rugby. The mesoamerican civilization also picked up on soccer. But instead there were to hoops on a wall and they tried to kick a rubber ball into the holes.

During the middle ages the evolution of soccer was utter chaos and brutallity. In france they tried to put the ball in the goal no matter what means. Sometimes the players even got killed.

Since of the sports violence the English banned the sport. But it did not stop the public. Even the police officers layed off inforcement of the sport because of the amusement. As the years went by they public started to make rules and coaches teams and refree's.

The first source was not as specific. It showed only about chinese and english but not about other nations and cultures. I have to say all of the second sources information told you the whole history of soccer and how it originated unlike the first source.

Thats is my blog on the history of soccer.