My slideshow of soccer
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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England invented soccer in 1300, but, the Mayan and Aztec people played a sport much like it.
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King Edward the third outlawed soccer soon after it was invented, due to injuries among military men.
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By the 1800's, football (soccer) was the most popular sport in Great Britain due to the Football
Association (FA).
Soccer did not grow in main parts of the US, but it did grow large in the northeast and very large in/around Saint Louis.
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Before World War 1 a crowd of 5,000 was remarkable, but after World War 1 many games got up to 30,000 or more.
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In 1930 the "soccermania" was so large that FIFA (Federation of
International Football Association) created the world cup.
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The 1958 world cup was the first broadcast world cup around the world, most European fans believed they were the best, but soon found otherwise.
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By the 1960's and 70's North America had its own league, the NASL (North American soccer league). Stars like Pele would come to play in NASL late in their career.
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Today there are more professional soccer players than any other three professional sports combined
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A player from one country can play for a completely different club somewhere else in the world.
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The biggest crowd at a soccer game was during the summer of 2014 when Manchester united played the LA galaxy at rose bowl stadium.
Photo by mcbridejc
Besides the world cup, the English premier league is currently the most watched league in the world.
Photo by joncandy
The team with the most titles in champions league is the Spanish club real Madrid.
Photo by El Coleccionista de Instantes
Manchester united hold the record for most league wins in the EPL with a whopping 20 titles.
Photo by Donncha Carroll
The Argentinian star Diego Maradona had a game where he scored clearly with his hand and later called it the "hand of god goal."
Photo by indigoMood
greatest goal scorers ever
- Dixie Dean (England)
- Silvio Piola (Italy)
- Bobby Charlton (England)
- Pele (brazil)
- Goerge Best (Northern Ireland)
Photo by Socceraholic
greatest goal scorers ever
- Diego Maradona (Argentina)
- Marco Van Basten (Netherlands)
- Zinedine Zidane (france)
- Ronaldo (Brasil)
- David Beckham (England)
Photo by bogenfreund
greatest goal scorers ever
- Thierry Henry (France)
- Ronaldinho (Brasil)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (portugal)
- Lionel Messi (Argentina)
- Zlatan Ibrahimovich (Sweeden)
Photo by qwz
Greatest soccer Legends ever
- Pele (Brasil/dos sanatos)
- Messi (Argentina/Barcelona
- Ronaldo (Portugal/ Real madrid)
- Maradona (Argentina/napoli)
- Miroslav Klose (germany)
Photo by Laureà
greatest international teams ever
- Brasil (5 world cup wins)
- Germany (4 world cup wins)
- Italy (3 world cup wins)
- Argentina (2 world cup wins)
- Uruguay (2 world cup wins)
Photo by braveheartsports
greatest club teams ever
- Manchester united (20 league titles,and 3 CL)
- Real madrid (10 champions league titles)
- Barcelona (22 La Liga titles)
- Juventus (30 series A Italian titles)
- Bayern munich (24 bundesliga titles)
Photo by prismatico
