Did the Inca play soccer

Answer 1

In ancient times, soccer did not exist in the way that we know it today. It is reasonable to believe that they kicked around inflated animal bladders in some sort of game, but there is no evidence to support this.

Answer 2

No. "Soccer" was invented in Europe, with the rules of "association football" formalized in England in the 1800s. The word "soccer" is primarily used in the USA, with the word "football" in the US referring to the game played with an ovoid ball.

Similar games that involved kicking a spherical ball developed in most cultures, with the earliest recorded forms dating back to ancient Greece. It's likely that the Inca may have played games that involved kicking a ball, but we wouldn't have recognized their rules as being "soccer".