Soccer - Timeline

Possibility of a form of soccer played in Egypt because of vague images in a tomb found showing women playing with some sort of ball

Indication of a game played by Japanese and Chinese teams, it would have been the first international game.

First recorded international game

Football in banned in Britian because of it's popularity and violent nature

Soccer became legal again in England, after being banned by Queen Elizabeth I

Native Americans play a game on the beach with a ball with an incredible number of people

Soccer is played in colleges in the USA

The Football Association was formed

First official International Game

A game similar to soccer was said to be invented anywhere from, 3rd to 2nd century BC in China during the Han Dynasty.

In Mexico the first ball was made and used in a court, for a more formal game