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- The U.S. Soccer Federation formed in 1913, affiliated with FIFA, and sponsored competitions.
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2 days ago · The National Football League (NFL) is the major American professional football organization. It was founded in 1920 in Canton, Ohio, as the American Professional Football Association. The NFL season culminates with an annual playoff tournament that leads to the Super Bowl championship game.
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Football was brought to North America in the 1860s, and by...
- Football around the world
4 days ago · The Football Association, formed in 1863, codified the rules of the game and hosted the first cup competition between regional football clubs in Britain. How many people play football? The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, estimated that at the turn of the 21st century there were approximately 250 million football ...
4 days ago · The Intercollegiate Football Association (1860s-1880s) In the mid-19th century, football began to spread to other colleges, with the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA) being formed in 1873. The IFA was the first organization to establish standardized rules, including the size and shape of the ball, the length of the game, and the scoring system.
4 days ago · Football was brought to North America in the 1860s, and by the mid-1880s informal matches had been contested by Canadian and American teams. It soon faced competition from other sports , including variant forms of football.
3 days ago · First University American football (not Australian football - included for comparison) game played on November 6 in New Jersey. 1877 South Australian Football Association formed (renamed the SANFL in 1927).
2 days ago · The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in the rear of the headquarters of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA) at the Rue Saint Honoré 229 in Paris on 21 May 1904. [16] The French name and acronym are universally adopted outside French-speaking countries.
2 days ago · The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, which made it one of the then five, now six, continental confederations affiliated with FIFA.
