After all, American football is really 'handball'.
2007-01-03 14:37:41 · 2 answers · asked by victorianspices 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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.
2007-01-03 15:04:27 · answer #1 · answered by liquid_storm_2003 2 · 79⤊ 19⤋
Because we have American football and we don't want the confusion when referring to one sport or the other Soccer is actually an Italian word for football
2007-01-03 22:51:45 · answer #2 · answered by Agnon L 5 · 23⤊ 97⤋