| Of course, diehard fans of Manchester
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| | evolved from.
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| United will tell you that the modern
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| | Believe it or not the ancient Mayans in
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| version of football or soccer as it is
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| | Pre-Columbia America also had a game
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| called by many came into being in
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| | similar to soccer. It was actually like a
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| England, but others all over the world
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| | combination of soccer and basketball with
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| claim that the invention of the sports
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| | small stone hoops placed about ten to
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| belongs to their country.
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| | twelve feet up and the players had to
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| According to the Chinese, they had a
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| | bounce a ball made of a hard rubber like
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| version of the game being played as far
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| | substance through the hoop without using
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| back as 7,000 years ago! Theie game was
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| | their hands. This version called Pok t'
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| called Tsu Chu and the players would hit
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| | Pok was also quite violent and the use of
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| a fur stuffed leather ball into a hole.
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| | weapons was allowed at times. The losing
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| Similar to soccer today hands were not
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| | team was beheaded, no worries of a losing
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| allowed to be used and being on the team
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| | streak.
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| was thought an honor.
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| | Finally from Britain we get the story of
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| The Japanese called their idea of soccer
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| | soccer beginning with the beheading of a
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| Kemari and it is said that it originated
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| | Danish Prince. It is said that his head
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| about three thousand years ago. Their
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| | was used as a ball and that as he was
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| sport was very much like Tsu Chu of the
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| | hated so much that villagers passed
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| Chinese and according to history it is
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| | around drawings depicting the event with
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| said that they actually played a game
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| | a ball instead of his head and that is
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| between the two countries in 611A.D.
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| | how it became a sport kicking the ball
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| The records from the Byzantine Empire
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| | into a specified goal or net.
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| show that a version of soccer being
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| | The early sport was extremely violent but
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| played there before the rise of the Roman
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| | very popular all over the country. King
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| Empire may be the truest version from
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| | Edward III thought it to be so violent
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| ancient times. The Romans and the Greeks
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| | that he wanted to ban common people from
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| had many games that were close to soccer
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| | playing it but that never came to
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| and the game called Harpastum is the game
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| | fruition.
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| thought to be one soccer could have
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