Soccer (or Association Football) became recognized as a "Sport" under the Cambridge Rules of 1848. From there the rules were refined in 1857 in Sheffield England until they became the rules as we know them today. To be honest, the sport was developed well before then as the sport was used a training regimen by Chinese forces in 3000 BC and throughout history since. Many would claim it as the first sport ever played.
Soccer was alledgedly started in England in 1853. The story of how it started is still unknown. Others would argue the story it started in England but English sailors went to Brazil and played a football match between them and a few people who were on the piece of land where they docked.After the match the sailors gave the ball to the people on the Island. PS.I am not English
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Soccer is one form of football the history of which is well documented. I can state with absolute certainty that the 'Laws of the game' for 'Association football' also known as 'Soccer' were wrote by a man called Ebenezer C. Morley the first secretary of the newly formed Football Association in 1863. Before this year the word Soccer did not even exist.
1878 by Willie Tidwell
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When I was in grad school, I recall that Rainbow Soccer began in Chapel Hill around 1972. Kip Ward was the first person to get it going.
There is evidence suggesting a soccer-like game was played up to 5,000 years ago in China, Egypt, Rome, and Greece. However, soccer as we know it today began in England in the 1860s.
Pele was a rent boy before his pro football career began. He worked in the Sittingbourne area in the 1940's!
In Britain .
For Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), it began 3/29/09. For Women's International Soccer (national team), it began in 1995.
yes it did
soccer began in ancient china where they played with human heads
It began in 1989 in Arizona and was the brainchild of college professor Dr Charles Soccer
Mia Hamm began playing soccer and other sports at the age of 6. Mia retired from playing soccer in 2004.
ovr 2000 yrs old, it began in england.
1878 by Willie Tidwell
Soccer in France began when FIFA was formed in May 1904. The first official soccer game was held by The French National team that same year.
"football" is a really ancient sport and was invented as far as 3000 years ago, but the soccer that we play today began taking shape in 1863
In 1900 it became a demonstration sport in the Olympics, but it became a medal sport in 1908.
men began in 1960 so i think women is 1970