++ [ originally posted by MiaWallace ] ++
..... can't break soccer down , and what people call football in america hardly involves feet...
"Soccer" is an old English schoolboy slang word from "As
sociation football".
"Rugger", which is sometimes still used for "
Rugby Football", is the same style of slang.
American football is derived from Rugby.
Rubgy and football have a common root going back about 200 years, if even that long.