"Soccer" is actually a British word, not American.
Here's the story of how Britain invented "soccer", why Americans kept it, and why the British have been pretending they didn't invent it ever since.
00:00 Football vs Soccer
00:21 Oxford Slang Origins
00:57 How Soccer Was Coined
01:28 Class and Usage in Britain
01:47 Why America Says Soccer
02:15 Who Really Invented It
If you enjoy this kind of thing — the hidden history behind everyday English — the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast is made for you (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF8J-VOty9Q&list=PLgy8j3F5YU2a4gRYg1y5XQHTOI3AxMIrZ)
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