The other earliest known version of soccer was discover in Mexico. The Mayans played a version of a kicking game "Pok-A-Tok" or "Gomacari" in 3000 BCE. The object of the game was to shoot a leather ball through a vertically mounted ring at the end of a forty or fifty yard long field. Players could use feet, legs, hips, or elbows. Variations of the game was played by Aztecs and Zapotecs. The Aztec's game is well-known because the players of the losing team were put to death at the sacrificial altar.

The development of soccer continued in Europe in the Middle Ages. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon played a game called "Mob Games" involving entire villages or towns. The teams had unlimited number of players and kicked the ball towards specific landmarks. These games were large and most of the times violent and pitted villages and town against each other. The games were so violent and large that they were banned by King Edward II in 1314. Other kings and queens followed his banishment of the game. Even though the game was banned people continued to play, it was later restored in 1681.

Modern soccer originated in 19th century England. In October 26, 1863 meeting of thirteen representatives of ten English and Scottish team in London marks the birth date of the modern game of soccer. On that day representatives of the teams agreed to devise a set of uniform rules that would govern the game. Most of rules were establish by the International Football Association Board on June 2, 1886. IFAB acted as the guardian of the laws of soccer. The Federation Internationale de Football Assocaiton (FIFA) joined the IFAB in 1906 and became a full member in 1913.