Ok imgur, why do Americans call this sport soccer?

Sep 7, 2016 7:10 AM

And everyone else calls it something wrong.

Cause Americans think they're hipsters.

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Cuz we drunk as fuck

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Ok why do gifs suddenly don't load automatically on mobile?

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Isn't it something like 70% of points are because of penalty kicks in soccer? That's a bitch move, world.

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Soccer is an abbreviation of association football. The term was coined by the English Football Association (FA) to distinguish it from rugby

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Hi, dumb question. Does it come from the "soc" in association?

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Your assumption is correct.

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And then, when the British came to America, they brought soccer with them, then we kept it and they went back to footie

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