2006-12-03 18:23:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anu 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
in america its called Football and in england it is called soccer why i have no idea they have alot of stuff mixed up there !!
2006-12-03 18:26:09 · answer #1 · answered by crazyfry84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer is an abbreviation for Association Football. The Football
Association was formed in London in October 1863 when representatives of eleven clubs and schools met in an attempt to standardize the rules of the game. One of the rules prohibited the carrying of the ball, a rule that would lead to the Rugby-oriented clubs leaving the Association several months later. The name Association Football was coined to distinguish it from Rugby.
By 1889, the abbreviation socca' was in use, and the spelling soccer had made its appearance by 1895."
2006-12-03 18:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by bhanu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The English word "football" is also applied to American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby football (rugby union and rugby league), and related games.
The rules of football were codified in England by the Football Association in 1863, and the name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football. The term soccer first appeared in the 1880s as a slang abbreviation of Association football, often credited to Charles Wreford-Brown.
Today the sport is known by a number of names throughout the English-speaking world, the most common being football and soccer. The term used depends largely on the need to differentiate the sport from other types of football played in a community. Football is the term used by FIFA, the sport's world governing body, and the International Olympic Committee
2006-12-03 18:40:57 · answer #3 · answered by Bharath 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The game of football is called "football" in Europe whereas the term "soccer" is used by the Americans and the Australians to distinguish the game from the American rule football or Australian rule football.
2006-12-04 00:08:37 · answer #4 · answered by Tapan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In europe they call soccer "football". So the people who moved from Europe to America never changed there ways and you know the rest.
2006-12-03 18:28:44 · answer #5 · answered by sabiansahawk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer is short for association football.
2006-12-03 18:25:20 · answer #6 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea like many have already said, soccer comes from the word association of association football.
2006-12-04 09:06:57 · answer #7 · answered by sweetpanther08 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because America wants to be differnt from everybody else. Also we have a different sport called football so we can't have two.
2006-12-03 18:26:36 · answer #8 · answered by SG 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's because of the Americans.
2006-12-07 06:08:48 · answer #9 · answered by Sunil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know
2006-12-05 01:18:01 · answer #10 · answered by hell_4545 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋