THE HISTORY OF SOCCER By: Hunter Ballard and Austin Davis

ORIGIN OF THE WORD SOCCER  In England the game was called soccer by the British upper-class  The lower-class called it football and the name stuck.

THE START OF THE GAME  In China during the 2 nd or 3 rd centuries BC  Early growth of modern soccer started in England soccertrainingsite.com

HISTORY OF SOCCER  The first official league was established in 1863  11 clubs were involved with the establishment  The inaugural game was played o December 9, 1863 wikimedia.org

FIFA  Federation International Football Association  Founded in May 1904 businessofsoccer.com

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

WORLD CUP  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.

HOW IS IT CHOOSE  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

1930 WORLD CUP  Held in Uruguay  Consisted of 13 teams 1 st – Uruguay 2 nd – Argentina 3 rd – United States 4 th – Yugoslavia wikimedia.org

WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS Soccerballworld.com

Forbes Magazine releases top 5 richest clubs in the world 1. Real Madrid 2. Manchester United 3. Barcelona 4. Arsenal 5. Bayern Munich

REAL MADRID  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

SPAIN'S RIVALRY  Barcelona and Real Madrid are Spain’s largest clubs  Both being in the top 3 richest clubs are very prestigious  Real Madrid leads the series 90 to 86

ENGLAND’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

TOP 5 SOCCER PLAYERS IN THE WORLD PlayerClub 1. Lionel Messi FC Barcelona 2. Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 3. Wayne Rooney Manchester United 4. NeymarFC Barcelona 5. Landon DonovanLA Galaxy

LIONEL MESSI  Born: Rosario, Argentina  Age: 26  Plays for FC Barcelona and Argentina National Team  Scored 223 goals for FC Barcelona since 2004 blacksportsonline.com/

CRISTIANO RONALDO  Born: Madeira, Portugal  Age: 28  Plays for Real Madrid and Portugal National Team  Scored 247 goals since 2004 For Manchester United and Real Madrid sightspeople.com/

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

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

LANDON DONOVAN  Born: Ontario, Canada  Age: 31  Plays For LA Galaxy and U.S. National Team  Scored 121 goals in his career bellazon.com/

2014 WORLD CUP  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 sportsnetworker.com

U.S TODAY  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 rslsoapbox.com

WHY WE CHOSE THIS TOPIC  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 didn’t 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

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