British Sailors and settlers brought the game in India, South America and Europe. During the late 19th century, football was brought to the USA. However, it was not popular until after World War I. In 1908, football was an Olympic event. Since 1952, Hungary has won the most gold medals to three.

Even today, even if it is an international game, it has been slow to gain popularity as an intercollegiate sport, the USA. It is, however, is gaining in popularity and is included in the physical education programs in many schools. In addition, many local authorities have started youth soccer leagues for children of all ages.

The game of soccer, football or association because it is itself, Europe is the most popular sport. Virtually every country in the world of football plays in one form or another. It is both physically and mentally demanding, requiring skills and athletic spirit.

There are so many stories about how football has begun. Many claim that civilizations have discovered the sport. There are documents such as football games have been played in China, Greece, Japan, Mexico and more than 2000 years. In addition, The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in 1904 as an international director.

Today, FIFA, which is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, over one hundred and forty member countries and abroad on the thirty-nine million players worldwide. France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark and Sweden were the founding fathers of FIFA. In 1905, Germany, Austria and England joined the organization. For now, there has been talk of the first World Cup.

In football there are many rules have changed. Back in the 1700 playground is the shape of a square. There were only four major brands on the ground. They were the touchlines, but lines, halfway line, and the site of eighteen lines. When the Football Association (FA) was founded in 1863, the first uniform rules were made.

FIFA now requires that football is played on a rectangular field between a hundred and one hundred and thirty metres long and between fifty and a hundred meters wide. For international matches the field should be between a hundred and ten and one hundred and twenty meters long and between seventy and eighty meters wide.

There are two objectives, one seat at each end of the field. They are eight feet tall, eight meters in diameter and six feet deep. The lines that mark the sides of the field are called touchlines, those who represent the two ends of the field lines are called Goal. In addition, there are five other distinctive lines. They are the lines halfway, the target areas, the penalty areas, marks corner, and the center circle.

Soccer players must learn to think for themselves during games. Since there are no time-outs, they hear from their coaches only at half time - and only for a few minutes. If adjustments in the strategy team are needed during the game, team members must know enough to do by themselves. Each player must be adaptable enough to play both offensive and defense, to take the responsibilities of a teammate in certain situations. Each player must be ready to do everything. Soccer provides a fair balance between individual skills and teamwork. Playing winning football requires the cooperative effort of eleven people and skills of each individual, and that is what makes a good football team.