History Of The Word 'Soccer'

We discuss the history and evolution of the term 'soccer.' We start with explaining the history of the word 'football' and then explain how soccer was derived from the words 'association football' in Britain in the late 1800s.

Links to sources:
- The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer by David Goldblatt (http://amzn.to/2AKkUJM)
- http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/06/the-origin-of-the-word-soccer/
- https://rl1908.wordpress.com/History/football.htm
- https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/13/soccer-not-football-_n_5492714.html
- https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/why-we-call-soccer-soccer/372771/
- https://pixabay.com/
- https://unsplash.com/
- https://www.pexels.com/
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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