Soccer is played on a large grass field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to get the soccer ball into the opposing team's goal. Soccer is a group game where 2 teams compete against each other and the team who scores the most goals during the game is announced as the winner. Each team has their own net which they have to defend.

The most fans to attend one football match took place in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro. Goalies first started wearing different colored jerseys in 1913, helping referees make proper calls during

Charles Goodyear created the first vulcanized rubber soccer ball in 1855. Over the next two decades, it became normalized with an inflatable rubber bladder and an official size and weight.

Soccer, or football as it's known outside of North America, is the most popular sport in the world. Over the last few World Cups, roughly half of the world’s population has tuned in to watch or listen.