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  2. Why Do We Americans Call It Soccer? - AOL

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    In 1848, students at Cambridge University wrote the first set of rules for the game we know today — a game in which a player used their foot to kick a ball — hence "foot-ball." In 1863 The ...

  3. Football (word) - Wikipedia

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    An example of the word soccer used in London in August 2006. The general use of football in the United Kingdom tends to refer to the most popular code of football in the country, which in the cases of England and Scotland is association football. However the term soccer is understood by most as an alternative name for association football.

  4. Gridiron football - Wikipedia

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    In Australia, American football is often referred to as "gridiron" or (in more formal contexts) "American football", as "football" usually refers to Australian rules football, rugby league, or rugby union, similar to how association football is usually called "soccer" in Australian English.

  5. Association football - Wikipedia

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    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, [a] is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

  6. World Cup Puzzles: Why Call It 'Soccer,' and How Does the ...

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  7. Americans and Soccer: Learning to Love the World's Favorite Sport

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    Perhaps you've heard by now that Americans are finally figuring out what the rest of the world has known for decades: Soccer is not just 22 people running around for 90 minutes without scoring.

  8. Names for association football - Wikipedia

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    Usage of the various names of association football vary among the countries and territories which use English as an official or de facto official language. The brief survey of usage below addresses places which have some level of autonomy in the sport and their own separate federation but are not actually independent countries: for example the constituent countries of the United Kingdom and ...

  9. The world is obsessed with soccer. Can Apple make Americans ...

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