![]() ![]() Teams from the two organizations played one another on both sides of the border regularly in the years that followed. A year later the American side won 3–2 on the same field. In the first unofficial international between the two countries in 1885 Canada defeated the United States 1–0 in East Newark, New Jersey. In 18, the Western Football Association sent teams to New Jersey to play both indoor and outdoor matches against teams representing the American Football Association, then the unofficial governing body of soccer in the United States. ![]() In the time around 1900, the WFA had teams throughout Western Ontario in various municipalities including Seaforth, Mildmay, Listowel, Woodstock, Ingersoll, Brussels, Dundas, Aylmer, Ayr, Tavistock, Preston, Galt and Berlin. In 1880, the Western Football Association was formed in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario and played a major role in the subsequent development of the sport throughout southern Ontario. The first game played under modern rules took place in Toronto in 1876, after which the Dominion Football Association, the first recorded football association outside the British Isles, was formed in Toronto in 1877 to foster competition between local sides. Games were played in New Westminster in 1862 and in Victoria in 1865. One of the earliest soccer games was played in Toronto in 1859 between the St. Illustration of a Hamilton v Toronto "football" match by Frederic M. The Association later changed its name to the Canadian Soccer Football Association in 1958 and then to the Canadian Soccer Association in 1971. The game's governing body retained that name until it was changed to The Football Association of Canada on June 6, 1952. The Dominion of Canada Football Association was formed in 1912. This was followed by the Manitoba Football Association in 1896, the Ontario Football Association in 1901, the Saskatchewan Football Association in 1906, the Alberta Football Association in 1909 and the Province of Quebec Football Association in 1911. The British Columbia Football Association was the first provincial football association formed in Canada in 1891. What is called soccer in Canada today was generally known as football in Canada in the early days of the sport, as it is known in much of the rest of the world today. Soccer is played in Canada according to the rules of association football. Canada's men's and women's national soccer teams are ranked 33rd and 6th respectively in the FIFA World Rankings, as of February 10, 2022. Canada also has many semi-professional and amateur soccer leagues. ![]() Professional soccer in Canada is played in the Canadian Premier League and Major League Soccer. According to FIFA's Big Count, almost 2.7 million people played in Canada in 2006. In Canada, soccer is the most popular sport in terms of participation rate. 71,619 ( 1976) East Germany vs Poland ( Olympic Stadium, Montreal) ![]()
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