1. Soccer

2.  Soccer is one of the most popular sports in Europe and the Americas.

3.  modern soccer started in England.

4.  King Edward III banned soccer in 1365 owing to the growing incidents of violence and military indulgence in the sport.

5.  1815, a major development took place that made soccer popular in Universities, Colleges and Schools.

6.  Soccer is called football in practically every country except the US and Canada is the first cool soccer fact.

7.  Soccer is distinguished from rugby and American/Canadian football in that it is primarily played with the feet. Touching the ball with hands is not allowed.

8.  Soccer fun facts continue with Soccer being originally called association football. "Soccer" is a corruption of "assoc" which is derived in turn from "association" and the English people tending to shorten their words

9.  The University of North Carolina has won an incredible 16 national championships in women's soccer since the first US college tournament in 1982 as facts about soccer continue.

10.  Cool soccer facts include the World Cup being the biggest soccer tournament in the world. It is held every four years in a different host country.

11.  Fun soccer fact is that United States Major League Soccer made its debut in 1996, shortly after the wildly successful 1994 World Cup was hosted by the United States.

12.  The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) made its debut in 2001.

13.  United States has more official soccer players than any other nation in the world - almost 18 million.

14.  20 red cards were shown during a 1993 game between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay making this a very funny soccer fact.

15.  ASEC Abidjan of Cote D'Ivoire went unbeaten for 108 games between 1989 and 1994.

16.  Law 1: The Field of Play

17.  Law 2: The Soccer Ball

18.  Law 3: The Number of Players

19.  Law 4: The Players' Equipment

20.  Law 5: The Referee

21.  Law 6: The Assistant Referee

22.  Law 7: The Duration of the Match

23.  Law 8: The Start and Restart of Play

24.  Law 9: The Ball in and out of Play

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