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Fun Facts about Soccer you may not know! Soccer is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a ball and is known as football in most countries outside of Australia and the United States. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport.

The game has evolved from the sport of kicking a rudimentary animal-hide ball around into the World Cup sport it is today. Records trace the history of soccer back more than 2,000 years ago to ancient China. ... FIFA became a member of the International Football Association Board of Great Britain in 1913.

Random Facts About the World Cup The 2018 World Cup will mark the very first time Russia has ever hosted the event. ... Including 2018, the World Cup has taken place 21 times in 17 different countries. Brazil holds the most World Cup titles with a total of 5. ...