Normally, kids first contact with soccer occurs in their backyard, schoolyard or at the neighbourhood parc. To some soccer will became a true passion and will change their life forever! “Soccer is my game, my world, my life!” turns out to be their only motto.

Games revolving around the kicking of a ball have been played in many countries throughout history. According to FIFA, the "very earliest form of the game for which there is scientific evidence was an exercise of precisely this skilful technique dating back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC in China (the game of cuju). The modern rules of football are based on the mid-19th century efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played at the public schools of England.

FIFA was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904 — the French name and acronym persists to this day, even outside French-speaking countries. Its first president was Robert Guérin.

FIFA presided over its first international competition in 1906, but this met with little approval or success. This, in combination with economic factors, led to the swift replacement of Guérin with Daniel Burley Woolfall from England, by now a member association. The next tournament staged, the football competition for the 1908 Olympics in London was more successful, despite the presence of professional footballers, contrary to the founding principles of FIFA.

FIFA awards, each year, the title of FIFA World Player of the Year to the most prestigious player of the year, as part of its annual awards ceremony, which also recognizes team and international football achievements.

Two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the bar), thereby scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner; if both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a draw. The game last 90 minutes and is divided in two half-time of 45 minutes each with a 15 minutes break in between.