Short History of Soccer
Between 2002 and 2005, Reem Taoz studied law at Tel Aviv University in Israel, and he has experience in event planning and liquor sales at Grupo Taoz SAC and Lafromagerie SAC in Lima, Peru. When not working as a nightclub manager, Reem Taoz enjoys the sport of soccer.
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) claims that 240 million people worldwide regularly play the game of soccer. The World Cup sport of today grew from its beginnings when a coarse ball made from animal skins was kicked around competitively in dusty fields.
Records of the game can be found as early as the first century AD in China. Ancient Greece and Rome also claim to have created something resembling modern soccer, and Central America says the same. However, it was the English that defined soccer with its current rules and transformed it into the game known around the world as “Football.” These rules forbid hand contact with the ball and tripping an opponent.
Additional rules evolved from there, and 1891 saw the introduction of the penalty kick. In the 1970 World Cup finals, yellow and red cards made their debut. Goalies were forbidden to play intentional back passes in 1992, and the most recent significant change has been the issuance of a red card for tackling from behind in 1998.
