hello, my favorite sport is soccer or football to others
I don't really know much about soccer.  All I know is that it's the third most played team sport in the US.
yeah i can see that being rank only third in the US
I found out recently that the laws of the game of soccer originated in England in 1863.
seems it would have been longer 
Yeah, I'm looking things up for fun since we're talking about it, and it dates back to medieval times, though I guess the rules weren't laid down till much later.