Friday, February 02, 2007

Origin of Term Soccer

Dawn and I wondered where the term came from. From Wikipedia:
The game also came to be called "soccer" as a shortening of "Association" around the same time as Rugby football, colloquially referred to as "rugger", was developing as the main carrying of the ball version of English football, and "soccer" remains a common descriptor in countries with other prominent football codes today.

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