The Origins of (the word) Soccer

 

The Origins of the word Soccer....like the sport itself originated in England.

For those that don't know, don't care, and/or are too stupid to look it up, the OFFICIAL name of Soccer/Football/Futbal is association football.

Americans that continuously complain..."why not call it football like everyone else" Are ignorant about the origins of soccer in the first place.  The better question would be, why don't Americans call it "Throwball" instead of "Football"...Since you don't ever use your foot for anything, except running (exception the kicker/punter). 

Association Football was codified in the UK in 1863, at which point the term Association Football was coined to distinguish it from rugby football.  The word soccer is a colloquial abbreviation from the word asSOCiation.  The Brits at that time had a propensity to shorten names for their own convenience.

It was common practice in England to use the names football and soccer interchangeably until the 1970s.

And, the misguided opinion that the US calls it soccer while the rest of the world calls it football is wrong.  First, ignoring the obvious instances of countries that don't speak English, even within English speaking countries, the US is not alone in referring to it as soccer.  Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States refer to the world’s most popular sport as soccer...a word originated as an English Colloquial abbreviation for the true name, "Association Football".

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