Like it or loathe it, the English are responsible for the word 'soccer'
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare had no idea that those same words would apply to one of today’s ongoing terminology rivalries stretching across the Atlantic – the debate of association football versus soccer. Or as the Men in Blazers podcast once put it, soccer is “America’s Sport of the Future. As it has been since 1972.
Fast forward to 1974 and the United States Soccer Football Association – the sport’s governing body in the US – distanced itself from the word football by changing its name to the United States Soccer Federation, commonly referred to as the USSF . By the 1980s, the term soccer became less and less favored by the British as the word to describe the global sport and today is rarely used throughout the United Kingdom and also for much of the world.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Qatar World Cup bans English soccer fans from dressing as CrusadersFIFA has told English soccer fans not to attend World Cup games dressed as medieval Crusaders as the costumes could be offensive against Muslims, according to the Times of London.
Weiterlesen »
Qatar World Cup bans English soccer fans from dressing as medieval Crusaders'As soon as you know anything about crusading history, you know it would produce a reaction like this in the Islamic world,' one expert said.
Weiterlesen »
Human-powered aircraft: Gossamer Albatross made history by flying over the English ChannelUsing only human power to do anything is an amazing feat but this becomes exceptionally impressive when it pertains to flight. Aeronautical engineer Paul MacCready managed to achieve a human- powered only flight.
Weiterlesen »
High school football playoff Week 3: Buchholz-Bartram Trail photosGainesville Buchholz played Bartram Trail in the Florida High School Athletic Association Region 1-4S football final on November 25, 2022.
Weiterlesen »
Arizona HS football roundup: Liberty, Red Mountain, Basha, Cactus advanceA roundup of key Arizona high school football playoff games from Nov. 25, 2022.
Weiterlesen »