Goa the game in the state under the new name Goa Football Association. Goa, along with West Bengal and Kerala is the locus of football in India and is home to many football clubs in the national I-League. The state's football powerhouses include Salgaocar, Dempo, Churchill Brothers, Vasco, Sporting Clube de Goa and FC Goa. The first Unity World Cup was held in Goa in 2014. The state's main football stadium, Fatorda Stadium, is located at Margao and also hosts cricket matches. The state hosted few matches of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Fatorda Stadium. A number of Goans
Soram Anganba Brothers in the I-League which led to a penalty for Churchill Brothers and in the end, a 6–0 defeat for Shillong Lajong at the hands of Churchill Brothers. On 12 August 2012 it was announced that Soram would join fellow I-League side Pailan Arrows. He then made his debut for the club on 19 September 2012 against Dempo during the 2012 Indian Federation Cup in which he managed to keep a clean-sheet till the 60th minute when Dempo scored through Clifford Miranda; in the end Pailan drew the match 1–1. He kept his first clean-sheet in his Pailan Arrows career