Anyone Ever Wonder Where The Term "Soccer" Came From?

Because I like knowing random facts concerning just about everything I was quite pleased when I stumbled upon the origins of the word Soccer. As it turns out we Americans should never have to take any crap from other countries because we use the word soccer instead of football. Soccer was a term coined by the British and was used for the game for 18 years before the term football was ever seen.

In short the story is this: There have been many types of "football" games throughout history and England was no exception. In the middle of the 19th century a group got together to standardize a set of rules from the game and came up with a sport called Association Football in order to distinguish for other football sports like Rugby Football. Because the Brits love nicknames (such as Rugger for Rugby) they began to call the game "Assoccer" which quickly evolved into the word soccer and this was the term largely used bu the upper class. It wasn't until the lower classes (who didn't elite academic institutions where terms like rugger and soccer were used) began to use the term football that it took hold and shortly thereafter dominated the word soccer.

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