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While calling the world's most popular sport 'soccer' is typically depicted as a symbol of American ignorance, the reason we don't call it 'football' like the rest of the world is Britain's fault.

FIFA World Cup season is here, so here's a timely reminder about one of soccer's age-old questions.Well, if you're English, you've only got yourself to blame.While calling the world's most popular sport"soccer" is typically depicted as a symbol of American ignorance, the reason we don't call it"football" like the rest of the world is Britain's fault.

In the early 1800s, a bunch of British universities took"football" — a medieval game — and started playing their own versions of it, all under different rules. To standardize things across the country, these games were categorized under different organizations with different names.

 

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