History of Soccer Timeline

First Written Rules

Aug 27, 1848

First rules of soccer are drawn up at Cambrige University

First Soccer Teams

Oct 9, 1850

During the 1850's, the 1st soccer clubs not connected to schools were created during the 1850's

Oldest Remaining Ball

Nov 7, 1855

First soccer ball designed and built by Charles goodyear.

First Soccer Competition

Feb 27, 1863

First Soccer competition was the FA cup and has been contested by english teams

Ongoing Efforts

Oct 26, 1863

First Formation of the football association (FA).

First International Game

Jul 31, 1872

First Official international football match took place between scotland and england in moscow

First Proffessional team

Sep 27, 1888

Aston Villa was the 1st proffessional team coached by William McGregor

Induction of the Penalty Kick

Jan 20, 1891

Penalty kick is added to the Official rules of soccer

FIFA Created

Feb 29, 1904

International Football body was formed in paris called FIFA

An Olympic Event

Aug 1, 1908

Soccer became an official olympic event in 1908

First World cup

Jun 7, 1930

Uruguay wins the inagural world cup in 1930

New Laws

Feb 10, 1938

Present laws of the game are framed into a new system based on the previous laws

Pele Was Born

Oct 23, 1940

Abeidi Pele, "The King of Football", arguably the best soccer player of all time, is born.

Hungary Changes History

Nov 22, 1953

England loses their first home game ever to hungary

Rivarly Started

Mar 31, 1959

Liverpool vs. Manchester Utd. rivalry blossoms

Cards

Feb 28, 1970

The system of red and yellow cards are introduced to the FIFA world cup finals

Pele Retires

Nov 4, 1971

Pele retires from international competition in 1971 in front of 150,000 people.

"Hand of God" goal

Jun 22, 1986

"Hand of God" goal is a controversial goal that Diego Maradona scored using his hand, creating the illusion that it was actually a header. No referee caught him.

US Women win 1st Womens WC

Sep 28, 1991

the united states' women's national team wins the 1st ever womes world cup in 1991

MLS

Mar 5, 1996

MLS begins as the top pro soccer league in United States

Women's team wins Olympics

Aug 10, 1996

Womens National team wins the United States' first soccer event at the Olympics

Refferees Renamed

Sep 28, 1996

Linesman Judges are renamed to asst. refferees

United Win it in a Minute

May 26, 1999

manchester Utd beats bayern munich with one minute left to win the UEFA championship

Real Madrid sets UEFA cup Record

Apr 17, 2002

Real Madrid wins its record 9th UEFA cup, setting a record

World cup on new grounds

Jun 8, 2002

First world cup held outside of either Europe or americas

World Cup Record

Aug 19, 2002

Brazil Wins it's 5th world cup, setting a world record

Zidane Headbutt

Jul 7, 2006

Zenidine Zedane headbutts an Italian player in the world cup final, obtaining a red card. France would end up losing in Penalty Kicks

David Beckham

Jul 1, 2007

David Beckham comes the the United states to play for the MLS's LA Galaxy. Thierry Henry shortly followed, hopefully starting a trend for foreign players in the US.

Record Contract

Dec 2, 2009

Christiano Ronaldo leaves Manchester United to Real Madrid for a record $80,000,000.

Japan defeats US

Jul 14, 2011

Japan's womens national team defeats the United states in the 2011 world cup, one of the greatest upsets of all time

Spain wins 3 Straight

Jul 17, 2012

Spanish national team wins its third consecutive major world championship (World Cup, Euro Cup, Euro Cup)