It took some time for soccer to evolve to the sport it is today. Soccer has been here for centuries and has been changed over all these years, and it has been called the world's greatest sport. The thing that cang over the years are the rules of the game, the violence, and the way the game has been played over the years. The game is much safer and vary fun to watch and to play.
Soccer started in the early 1800’s but there were other similar game to soccer but had a different name for the game and had different rules than soccer. In the early 200B.C. in China they played Tsu-chu or Cuju which is a very similar version of soccer and in the 1500’s the aztecs from Mexico played tlachtli with only using your knees, elbows, and there feet without touching the ground …show more content…
They first started to ban women from playing soccer in most countries so they could not play soccer, The first soccer team was in England in 1920 (History Cooperative et al). They were one of the countries that let women play soccer. It was until they lifted the ban for woman to play soccer. In 1971 the ban was lifted (History Cooperative et al). It was lifted because of a bill that was passed. Title IX was the bill they passed to let women play soccer (History Cooperative et al). After the bill was passed all women could play soccer across the world which made them happy that they were being recognised for playing soccer and for making it into a game that women could play which was a very good idea because they started to get more fans and making the game more popular than it already is. Also they started to make league around the world too. Women also had tournaments to compete in too. They were CAO, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and the World Cup were made in 1991 then the olympics was in 1996 (History Cooperative et al). That how it was back then but now