It's time to talk about real FOOTball--Association football. Not that American stuff. The kind where, you know, you can only use your feet! Played by 250 million players in over 200 countries.. World's most popular sport.. no contest.
That is almost the American population, I prefer the NFL but respect soccer still, I love Neymar
It just has such a rich history.. The actual Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by the Football Association in 1863, so it dates back further in history than American football.
That is very far back, I wonder why they thought of the idea
It can even be traced back to the Medieval period in Britain, if we're not strictly talking about the modern game and its style. Although it wasn't until the recent codification of the game that they instituted the ban on handling the ball (with the exception of the goalkeeper). I guess people just needed to entertain themselves back then!
That makes sense, if they could touch the ball it would be chaos
Yeah. One thing it has in common with American football is if it's tied at the end of the game, while they CAN declare a draw, they also can go into extra time or a penalty shootout (which is very exciting), depending on what kind of competition format they're using.