which came first soocer or football?

Answer 1

Soccer before football but they were not too far apart. The first football game was played in 1869. The first soccer game was played in 1863. Only a 6 year difference. I think that's because Soccer and Football have many similarities and were thought up by people who already played one of the sports.

Answer 2

Football

Answer 3

Soccer, Football is just better.
American football DID NOT come from Rubgy. STOP that myth. It actually evolved out of a soccer game. A player in college got really upset picked up the ball and ran and threw it into the net. That is basically the start.

Answer 4

Actually football came first (soccer ) we are the only country that calls soccer ,soccer the rest of the world knows soccer as football , hope I did not confuse anybody .

Answer 5

Soccer. America Football is NOT the same as soccer. American Football was derived from Rugby.

Answer 6

Soccer.

Answer 7

Had 2 be soccer. The people in places like mexico have been playing for a really really long time.

Answer 8

Soccer. It has been around for at least two centuries. American football was only developed around the turn of the twentieth century, a little more than a hundred years ago.

Answer 9

Actually in other countries soccer is called football.But before North America became people played football(meaning soccer)in other countries.The only right answer

Answer 10

Football (known as soccer) came first... American football what we call 'football' came after.