mike_intellivision on 26 August 2009
Soccer is English slang for Association Football.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soccer
* Etymology: by shortening & alteration from association football
* Date: 1889
: a game played on a field between two teams of 11 players each with the object to propel a round ball into the opponent's goal by kicking or by hitting it with any part of the body except the hands and arms —called also association football
What has happened in that in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (the main English speaking countries outside of the UK), variations of other games became known as football.
Mike from Morgantown
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