SoCCeR/ FooTBaLL?

Question

Does anyone know how the word football got converted into the word "soccer"?

Answer 1

i agree with samy sosa, i think the americans just wanna be unique

Answer 2

I remember reading that at one time (i believe in the 1800's) in England both terms were being used - Soccer by the Upper Class, and Football by the Working Class.

As the sport was much more popular with the working class, the sport evolved into almost exclusively being known as Football.
It is known as soccer in some parts of the world because with emigration to new countries, some countries the term football stuck and in some soccer stuck.

Answer 3

Link to complete article is listed below.

"Soccer" is an English, _not_ American word derived from the second syllable of the word "association".

"Soccer" was originally called "association football" during the formation of the Football Association in England in the 1860s. This was to maintain a distinction from the other football game being organised in England at the same time based on the handling codes, whilst Association Football conformed to the dribbling codes. The other football came to be known as "rugby" football, named after the Rugby School in England, where it is said that a certain young student, William Webb Ellis, picked up the ball in his hands during an association football match and ran with it over the goal line. Master Ellis asked his teacher, who was refereeing, if that was a goal. The reply was, "No, but it was a jolly good 'try'", which is where one of the rugby scoring terms comes from. Rugby Union was formally organised by 1871, but suffered another split by 1893 when Rugby League was formed. I digress.

Near the end of 1863, Charles Wreford-Brown, who later became a notable official of the Football Association, was asked by some friends at Oxford whether he cared to join them for a game of "rugger" (rugby). He is said to have refused, preferring instead to go for a game of "soccer" - a play on the word "association". The name caught on.

English public schoolboys love to nickname things, then as much as now. The tendency is to add "er" to the end of many words. Rugby [Union] Football became "rugby", and then "rugger". Association Football was better know as "assoccer" and naturally evolved into "soccer" which is much easier for a schoolboy to say...

Answer 4

Soccer comes for the abbreviation of association (assoc.) which comes from Association Football. So soccer is a nickname of sorts for that.

Answer 5

Ironic how Samy Sosa calls people stupid. When she can't spell correctly. And she can't even spell Sammy Sosa the right way. It's clear to see she is a stupid person who is calling others stupid. And doesn't even realize it.

GRAB A DICTIONARY!!

Answer 6

well the americans haf to change every thing
u should no that by now and guess
wat we HAF to folow wat they do
so FUTBAL is now known as SOCCER{for stupid people}
lolz
HARSH