One early form of soccer was an ancient Chinese
game called cuju. This game was played with 2 to 10 players. The
players were allowed to touch the ball with any part of the body except the
hands. They would shoot a ball at a minuscule hole to score. points were also
deducted for fouls (the worse the foul the more points deducted). In the end,
the team with the most points won.
Asia, however, was not the only continent throughout the history of
soccer to play sports that resembled soccer in those days. In some areas in
South America they were using rubber balls to play a sport that vaguely
resembled soccer as we know it.
Also, the Greeks and Romans
were said to have a game that was very similar to soccer. It was
played with 27 players on each team. It is not an established fact that they
had the game, but some believe it to be true.
