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Want to know something, different areas of the world have different words for the same things. Shocking I know. Who would have ever guessed there would be different word out there?
OT: Some of these match ups would be interesting to see. I'm not a huge soccer fan, as it isn't shown much in the great state of hockey, but when it's on I'll tune in.
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The word "soccer" originated as an "Oxford '-er'" slang abbreviation of "association", and was popularized in the late nineteenth century by a prominent English footballer, Charles Wreford-Brown.[5] This origin is evident in the sometimes-heard variation, "soccer football".
SO you Europe "football" pride people can get over yourselves, ir was your people that started the term soccer.