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    History of Soccer

    The oldest soccer-like sport was played over 2,000


    years ago in ancient Chinese, Greek, and Roman
    cultures. A rock sometimes served as the ball. In some
    instances, a "ball" was made from an animal hide
    stuffed with hair. In its current form, though, soccer
    evolved from 19th century England and was brought to
    the United States by immigrants.
    England's first football association was created in 1863, which
    is when the sport began to become standardized. The association
    established rules which continued to evolve. One of those rules,
    that the ball could not be carried by hand, resulted in the official
    separation between the sports of soccer and rugby.
    Increasing industrialization made soccer more and more
    popular in England. While it had originally been played largely by
    public school teams, workplace-based teams began to emerge in
    the 1900s. Talented players were paid, and as a result of
    workplaceteam matches, soccer became a revenue-generating
    spectator sport.
    The first professional soccer league was the English Football
    League. Semi-professional leagues were introduced in Germany in
    1949, and the first professional German division began in
    1963/64. While the first American soccer leagues used the term
    "football" for the sport like their European counterparts, they
    switched to the term "soccer" in the late 1910s and early 1920s
    to avoid confusion between soccer and the American game also
    (and still) called football. The first U.S. professional soccer leagues
    formed in 1967: the United Soccer Association and the National
    Professional Soccer
    League. These soon merged to create the North American Soccer
    League in 1968. Soccer's popularity continued to increase in the
    United States, and in 1994, the U.S. hosted the 1994 FIFA World
    Cup.
    Major League Soccer in the U.S. was established in 1996.
    Name
    QUESTIONS: History of Soccer

    1. The oldest soccer-like sport was played over 2,000 years ago
    by:
    A. Ancient Chinese B. Ancient Greeks
    C. Ancient Romans
    D. all of the above

    2. Soccer as we know it today evolved from: A. 19 th century


    England
    B. Ancient Greeks
    C. Ancient Romans
    D. Ancient Chinese

    3. True or False: . Increasing urbanization made soccer less and


    less popular in England.

    4. Which came first, public school teams or workplace teams?'


    A. public school teams
    B. workplace teams

    5. Which country had the first professional soccer league?


    A. Germany
    B. England
    C. the United States
    D. Greece

    6. When did the United States start calling football soccer?


    A. 1910s/1920s
    B. 1949
    C. 1963/1964

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