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[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 years ago

Soccer was used to differentiate between Football Rugby and Football Soccer

Soccer is derived from Association, and since Football Ass sounds...not great, Football Soccer became the name.

So, Soccer is proper.

Source: Yank

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