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| quote: | Originally posted by evil_bastard
The word "soccer" originated in England in the late 19th century I believe but never caught on. It comes from "Asocciation football". Americans didn't even invent the word soccer, the game they played was a variation on the old "rugger" (now Rugby). Keeping the traditional British name "football" they latched onto the name "soccer" for the football played with the foot. Unlike other variations of the game, football ("soccer") became popular all over the world, and as far as I know virtually everyone outside North America (and Australia?) calls it football/futebol/fussball etc. |
lol thanks for that, I didnt know that but its pretty damn funny that someone from the UK was making fun of us for using a word YOU invented
| quote: | Who gives a flyin fuck about anything else when there's only one #1 religion on this planet and it's FOOTBALL!
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you are just making my point, who cares about soccer, I sure as hell dont
and for MLS being the #4 sport I HIGHLY doubt it, I'd like to see some facts to back that statment up, because from LIVING here and being a pretty big sports fan, I can see that mls scores dont even get on espn (not even on the little ticker down at the bottom!), and the only time a game is on tv is during the summer when there are no other sports playing, really the only time there is any interest in soccer here is during the world cup, but thats a fluke, kinda like the olympics (nobody cares about most of the olympic sports except during the olympics)
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