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    The document summarizes the history of soccer. It discusses that soccer-like sports were played over 2,000 years ago in ancient Chinese, Greek, and Roman cultures. Soccer evolved from 19th century England and was brought to the United States by immigrants. England's first football association was created in 1863 and helped standardized the rules of the sport. Increasing industrialization made soccer more popular in England as workplace teams emerged in the 1900s alongside traditional public school teams. The first professional soccer league was the English Football League in the late 19th century.

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    The document summarizes the history of soccer. It discusses that soccer-like sports were played over 2,000 years ago in ancient Chinese, Greek, and Roman cultures. Soccer evolved from 19th century England and was brought to the United States by immigrants. England's first football association was created in 1863 and helped standardized the rules of the sport. Increasing industrialization made soccer more popular in England as workplace teams emerged in the 1900s alongside traditional public school teams. The first professional soccer league was the English Football League in the late 19th century.

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    The document summarizes the history of soccer. It discusses that soccer-like sports were played over 2,000 years ago in ancient Chinese, Greek, and Roman cultures. Soccer evolved from 19th century England and was brought to the United States by immigrants. England's first football association was created in 1863 and helped standardized the rules of the sport. Increasing industrialization made soccer more popular in England as workplace teams emerged in the 1900s alongside traditional public school teams. The first professional soccer league was the English Football League in the late 19th century.

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    Name Grade 7 Reading Comprehension

    History of Soccer
    The oldest soccer-like sport was played over 2,000 years
    ago in ancient Chinese, Greek, and Roman cultures. A
    rock sometimes served as the ball. In some instances, a
    "ball" was made from an animal hide stuffed with hair. In its
    current form, though, soccer evolved from 19th century England and
    was brought to the United States by immigrants.
    England's first football association was created in 1863, which is
    when the sport began to become standardized. The association
    established rules which continued to evolve. One of those rules, that
    the ball could not be carried by hand, resulted in the official
    separation between the sports of soccer and rugby.
    Increasing industrialization made soccer more and more popular
    in England. While it had originally been played largely by public
    school teams, workplace-based teams began to emerge in the
    1900s. Talented players were paid, and as a result of workplace-
    team matches, soccer became a revenue-generating spectator
    sport.
    The first professional soccer league was the English Football
    League. Semi-professional leagues were introduced in Germany in
    1949, and the first professional German division began in 1963/64.
    While the first American soccer leagues used the term "football" for
    the sport like their European counterparts, they switched to the term
    "soccer" in the late 1910s and early 1920s to avoid confusion
    between soccer and the American game also (and still) called
    football. The first U.S. professional soccer leagues formed in 1967: the
    United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer
    League. These soon merged to create the North American Soccer
    League in 1968. Soccer's popularity continued to increase in the
    United States, and in 1994, the U.S. hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
    Major League Soccer in the U.S. was established in 1996.

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    Name Grade 7 Reading Comprehension

    QUESTIONS: History of Soccer


    Circle the correct answer.

    1. The oldest soccer-like sport was played over 2,000 years ago by:
    A. Ancient Chinese
    B. Ancient Greeks
    C. Ancient Romans
    D. all of the above

    2. Soccer as we know it today evolved from:


    A. 19th century England
    B. Ancient Greeks
    C. Ancient Romans
    D. Ancient Chinese

    3. True or False: . Increasing urbanization made soccer less and less


    popular in England.

    4. Which came first, public school teams or workplace teams?'


    A. public school teams
    B. workplace teams

    5. Which country had the first professional soccer league?


    A. Germany
    B. England
    C. the United States
    D. Greece

    6. When did the United States start calling football soccer?


    A. 1910s/1920s
    B. 1949
    C. 1963/1964

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