King@blackneon.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoTrump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’video.twimg.comvideomessage-square275fedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down117
arrow-up1491arrow-down1videoTrump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’video.twimg.comKing@blackneon.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square275fedilink
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 days agoYour source says the same thing I said… The word soccer comes from abbreviating “association”. As in association football.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoit was foot ball because it was a ball game played on your feet. Rugby was foot ball you played with your hands and Association foot ball was kicked. People called it soccer before it was formally called football (without the space)
Your source says the same thing I said… The word soccer comes from abbreviating “association”. As in association football.
it was foot ball because it was a ball game played on your feet. Rugby was foot ball you played with your hands and Association foot ball was kicked. People called it soccer before it was formally called football (without the space)