5000 BC – 60 BC (stone plates and papyrus notations)
Soccer game develops from aimed kicks of various objects towards stretched animal skin, to practice of keeping soldiers fit for war, to discovery of rubber-like mass from Hevea Brasiliensis.
60 BC (passed on through generations)
China and Japan face off in first known official version of a soccer game. Victor varies depending on country’s point of view.
600 AD – 1600 AD (Aztec culture)
Mexico and Central America create a rubber ball and use it in a game on a court. A stone with a round opening is mounted on opposing walls; object of the game is to kick the ball through the opening.
1830 (personal archives of John Gusting)
Modern form of soccer originates in England. Working class communities found a way to keep kids out of trouble.
1848 (University archives)
Cambridge rules are introduced and standardized throughout the civilized world
August 5, 2014 (GANA magazine, vol. 76, page 12)
Goalies Association of North America collected seventy-two thousand petitions to reshape the goal at the soccer field. Following intentions and benefits were listed: express goalie personality; introduce novelty to the field.
The shape of the opening of the goal can change, as long as the height and width do not fluctuate more than two inches within the set standard among teams and no new material is introduced.
January 17, 2015, 17:02 (Sounders head coach’s wife’s text
message to team manager’s wife, Gas Metan VS Jaen)
Jean, they allowed the opposite team to introduce a change in the throw-in; it is now allowed to roll the ball. The change was done due to dangerous strain on trapezius, which may lead to problematic regain of strength after player’s retirement. Studies at University of North Columbia confirm.
August 5, 2018, 19:18 (eyewitness, Gilwice VS Gozo)
Two men with hard hats appeared at the far corner of the field. The game halted for four minutes while they used sludge hammers to reshape the goal under goalies supervision.
December 18, 2018, (Intrigue, vol. 2, front page)
Gloria Hardt, a prominent actress, requested to offer the option of having two goalies (DGP), which would give teams flexibility on strategy and a better offensive play.
May 1, 2022, (The New Zealander)
Australia takes lead introducing a third team into the game. Their role is unbiased interception of the ball during the game from the two opposing teams. The third team must consist of eight players, four chosen by each of the teams. The third team is allowed to throw in a different color ball for a consecutive two minutes during the game. It is made to keep the competing teams alert and train them against distraction. The third team was well accepted, since it had created another layer of paid jobs, fame, and finances.
May 2, 2022, 18:38 (George Sitrus, eyewithess)
Simon Speck and Rodrigo Nada received minor injuries after diving for a ball, they hit each other’s heads protecting their goal. Nada was the only goalie for the Madrid team for three years, and then Double Goalie Plan was introduced.
June 5, 2022, (post on socctalk.wordpress.com)
5th Avenue Fashion House requested to give the players a chance to express themselves by choosing their game wardrobe. As long as they stay close to one color they would stay within game rules, but the benefits to players personal are immense.
September 8, 2022, (la Boy)
Josh Neton came out victor and now women can play on men’s team. Women are just as strong and as agile and as able.
January 12, 2023, (SPA archives)
Soccer Players Anonymous fought for twelve years to introduce more players to a team, which would give a chance to more players. The law was changed in their favor. Due to increase in players a second ball was introduced for the duration of the game to give more players a chance to actively participate. Second ball was to be thrown in if over 28 players were on the field at once.
January 31, 2023 (Jan Real VS Viva Mex)
Rio de Janeiro pioneered the game without lines; due to increase in players the standard field became too small. Linesman lost their jobs.
November 18, 2032 (YouTube)
Small group in New Zealand posted a video online suggesting coming back to Cambridge rules of soccer and disallowing changes. The video never got more than one hundred and eighty views.
July 18, 19:19 2043 (Europa VS Amerigo)
Teams were interrupted by ‘boos’ and never finished their last soccer game.
August 5, 19:19 2043
FIFA officially declared death of soccer.