Where does the word “soccer” come from, and why are the Americans using it to replace “football”?
The word soccer is a slang word taken from the word association. The word soccer was originally coined in England in the late 1800’s by university students to distinguish the difference between Association Football and Rugby Football, but the word is rarely used today because the word “football” is more universally linked to the sport of Association Football. Some of Britains old colonies such as the USA, Canada and Australia still use the word soccer as they have sports such as American football, Canadian football and Australian rules football.
