I know it means how many international games a player has played but what does it really mean?
2006-06-21 15:18:53 · 3 answers · asked by weirdaustinkeep 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
I've been told that the term "cap" refers to an old tradition of exchanging hats/caps between players of opposing nations at a friendly match. Thus, the number of "caps" a person accumulated was equal to the number of international matches a person had played in.
2006-06-21 15:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by jimbob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the origin of a cap came from the olden days. When a player played for their national team they were given a cap, now they might have exchanged them but I am not sure that they did.
2006-06-21 22:30:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually cap is an abbreviation for Country APpearance..
caps is Country APpearanceS..
2006-06-21 22:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by -curbside- 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋