I mean, I know football is a different sport for you USA people, but WHY THE HELL "SOCCER"?!
2007-01-31 04:09:39 · 10 answers · asked by SLIDINGDOORS 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
quatt47 gave a much more informed version of what I was going to say, which is that the word soccer is an English invention, not an American one. If you have a problem with it, talk to the English, the same people who invented the version of football with the round ball and the sport that was the precursor to (American) football in the States.
I must say I'm completely baffled by the frequent outrage that I see on this forum and in Europe over the word soccer. Relax. It's just a word. The fact that Americans call the game soccer doesn't impact your ability to enjoy the game-- or theirs, for that matter. It's still played the same way. And that's not the only example of different English-speaking countries using different words for the same thing. No one seems to have a tizzy-fit over the words truck vs. lorry.
2007-01-31 05:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by Otis T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In October 1876 a schoolboy a Rugby School in Warwickshire, England, is credited with 'founding' rugby football as a separate game from Association Football, by picking up the ball during a game and running forward with it to 'score' a goal. There is much myth in this as Ellis did not actually 'invent' the game of rugby, it was, in fact based on an earlier game called caid. Anyway that doesn't matter. In British Public Schools many names are shortened or amended to give them more familiar names. Thus rugby was often called 'rugger' and football 'footer' or 'footie'. Once Rugby Football was introduced as a new sport traditional football became known more by it's full title of Association Football and in the tradition of Public Schools became known as 'soccer', the letters 'soc' being taken from AsSOCiation. Other examples of how names were made more familiar are in names given to friends or family members. Prince William is known as 'Wills' by his family and friends. Often the suffix 'ers' is added to a surname or part of a surname so that someone named Smith may be called 'Smithers' or Johnson 'Johnners'. It's just one of those strange quirks we have in England.
2007-01-31 04:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the term Association Football.
2007-01-31 05:17:09 · answer #3 · answered by sweetpanther08 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It came from a person in the early FA. He said he was of to play Soccer. It is believed to have come from aSOCCiation football.
2007-01-31 04:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because not everybody is in the same side of the world...all that matters is the love for the game.... 1 world, 1 love, 1 passion.
2007-02-03 04:45:16 · answer #5 · answered by madoni MU 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lessons he and the school are going though is what is important, not a declaration that he should get a diploma.
2016-03-28 22:23:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, there could have been a million other names, but soccer is rubbish.
(Note: rubbish was not intended word and only represents my feeling in a non-offensive way)
2007-01-31 04:21:08 · answer #7 · answered by parkesmatt 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
comes from the full name asSOCiation football, we already got our american "football"
2007-01-31 04:15:44 · answer #8 · answered by johnnyDRAMA 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we can call it whatever we want.
2007-01-31 07:16:49 · answer #9 · answered by elgil 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i got a great idea, how bout we just quit playing soccer cause its boring and uneventfull.....
2007-01-31 04:18:09 · answer #10 · answered by smalltd28 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋