Association Football

Farmboy - you know that "Soccer" was derived from the term Association Football, to differentiate it from "Rugger" (Rugby Football)?

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The other became known as Association Football which was shortened to 'soccer' in countries which played both types of games.

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The game was then called Association Football, and kicking formed a large part of it.

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I was wondering why the match was being called "football" as well as the FAI seem more intent on calling Association Football "soccer" these days - see their flagship programme Monday Night Soccer and their new website soccer republic eircom Soccer Republic | The home of Irish Soccer

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I was wondering why the match was being called "football" as well as the FAI seem more intent on calling Association Football "soccer" these days - see their flagship programme Monday Night Soccer and their new website soccer republic eircom Soccer Republic | The home of Irish Soccer

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The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the missile, in the latter men are the missiles.

Football (soccer) and American football quotes # 2 Rene Meertens 2010

And, away from Association Football, there's also the much-feared Madden Curse.

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The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the missile, in the latter men are the missiles.

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Max Bergmann is an editor of Association Football, an American soccer blog (www. assoc-football.com)

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Ken Gude writes for the soccer blog Association Football, and is an associate director at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. Soccer

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