The rules of the game were first written down in 1863 by the newly formed Football Association in England.
CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation, was founded in 1916 and has 10 member associations.
Italy's famous 82,955-seat San Siro stadium is home to both AC Milan and Inter Milan. The two team's played each other in the ground's first game in 1926.
The first soccer game based on English FA rules in the United States took place between Rutgers University and Princeton University on Novermber 6, 1869.
The first appearance of organized women's soccer in the US may have been in 1922, when a team sponsored by English company Dick, Kerr toured the country -and beat several top men's teams.
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