The sport of soccer or futbol, is the most widely played sport in the world and was the first team sport played in the modern olympics. The first tournament was held at the 1900 olympics. After the Federation of International Futbol Associations (FIFA) was formed in 1904, the olympics soccer games came under its control.

Today, the premier soccer trophy is the World Cup yet winning the gold at the olympics is the highest honor. Thus, it is difficult to form a national olympics team of truly amateur players because soccer or futbol players are paid highly. However, FIFA has ruled that they can participate in the olympics only if they did not play in the previous World Cup tournament.

The record-breaking attendance at the olympics for soccer games is evidence that this sport is growing exponentially around the world.

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