THE HISTORY OF SOCCER

By: Hunter Ballard and Austin Davis

In England the game was called soccer by the British upper-class The lower-class called it football and the name stuck.

ORIGIN OF THE WORD SOCCER

In China during the 2nd or 3rd centuries BC Early growth of modern soccer started in England

THE START OF THE GAME

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The first official league was established in 1863 11 clubs were involved with the establishment

The inaugural game was played o December 9, 1863

HISTORY OF SOCCER
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Federation International Football Association Founded in May 1904

FIFA
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The U.S.A international soccer team was formed in 1913 One of the first organizations to join FIFA

U.S SOCCER
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The world cup is a tournament that happens every four years lasting a month Starting out with only 13 teams has grown to 32 teams Brazil has won more than any other country.

WORLD CUP

The world cup started out only being in South America and Europe In 2002 it began to rotate to many countries The FIFA congress votes and decides nearly 7 years in advance

HOW IS IT CHOOSE

Held in Uruguay Consisted of 13 teams

1st Uruguay 2nd Argentina 3rd United States 4th Yugoslavia

1930 WORLD CUP

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WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS

Forbes Magazine releases top 5 richest clubs in the world

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Real Madrid Manchester United Barcelona Arsenal Bayern Munich

Located in Madrid, Spain Real Madrid brings in 650 million dollars in revenue The club is worth 3.3 million dollars

Home to some of the best players in the world

REAL MADRID

Barcelona and Real Madrid are Spains largest clubs Both being in the top 3 richest clubs are very prestigious Real Madrid leads the series 90 to 86

SPAIN'S RIVALRY

Liverpool and Manchester United

The two clubs are the most successful club in England Manchester United leads the series 84 to 83

The clubs together hold 121 honors

ENGLANDS RIVALRY

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Club
FC Barcelona Real Madrid Manchester United FC Barcelona LA Galaxy

Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Wayne Rooney Neymar Landon Donovan

TOP 5 SOCCER PLAYERS IN THE WORLD

Born: Rosario, Argentina Age: 26 Plays for FC Barcelona and Argentina National Team

Scored 223 goals for FC Barcelona since 2004

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LIONEL MESSI

Born: Madeira, Portugal

Age: 28 Plays for Real Madrid and Portugal National Team

Scored 247 goals since 2004 For Manchester United and Real Madrid

CRISTIANO RONALDO
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Born: Liverpool, England Age: 28 Plays for Manchester United and England National Team Scored 204 Total goals in his career so far
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WAYNE ROONEY

Born : Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Age: 21 Plays for FC Barcelona and Brazil National Team Scored 111 goals in his career so far

NEYMAR
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Born: Ontario, Canada Age: 31 Plays For LA Galaxy and U.S. National Team Scored 121 goals in his career

LANDON DONOVAN
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The 2014 world cup is going to be held in Brazil.

This will be the first world cup in South America since 1978 The finals will be held in Rio De Janeiro

2014 WORLD CUP

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Soccer in the U.S is growing every year The Major League Soccer (MLS) stands at 20 teams

The MLS will grow to 24 teams by 2020

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U.S TODAY

Hunter

I choose to do soccer because I have played since I was 3 years old I played travel soccer since I was 8 and have stuck with it through high school. I didnt know much about the history so I wanted to research into it

WHY WE CHOSE THIS TOPIC

Austin

I chose this topic because I have played soccer since I was six years old. I have played traveling soccer since I was 9 and played it all the way through high school I chose this because soccer is such a big part of my life and I wanted to know the history behind it

WHY WE CHOSE THIS TOPIC

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