Why was soccer invented?
What parts of soccer make it so easy to play world wide?
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The Roman game of Harpastum was a possession-based ball game in which each side would attempt to retain possession of a small ball for as long as possible. The Ancient Greeks competed in a similar game entitled Episkyros. Both of these pursuits reflected rules closer to rugby than modern day soccer.
During a typical youth soccer match, every position on the field has an equal opportunity to handle the ball. ... This ability to interact with the ball anywhere on the field makes it an easy and very popular sport, one of the few sports where nothing changes for either girls or boys that play.
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England invented a game of running around kicking a ball in the mid-19th century (although the Chinese claim to have played a version centuries earlier). They called it “football,” not because the ball is played with the feet, but because the game is played on foot rather on horseback.
Soccer is one of the easiest sports to learn: two teams move the ball from one end of the field to the other, trying to get the ball into their opponents' goal. It's a little more complex than this, of course, especially when you get into things like the off-side rule.