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Association football is known as soccer to the United States. To many countries, other than the United States, Association football is known as football.
The FA, also known as the Football Association, is the governing body of English Football.
'Soccer' comes from the word 'association'. The 'Football Association' was formed in England to administer the Sport. It was an association of Football clubs. The game they administered became known as 'Association Football' to differentiate it from 'Rugby Football' which was also invented in the 19th Century.
Gerard Pique plays Association football, which is also known as soccer.
Association football (also known as football or soccer) is the most widely played sport in the world. An estimated 3.5 billion have some interest in association football, either playing or watching it.
HFF is the Greek football association (Hellenic Football Federation). Also known as EPO (from the romanisation of the Greek for HFF).
The 'Laws of the game' for 'Association football' also known as 'Soccer' were wrote by a man called Ebenezer C. Morley on behalf of the newly formed Football Association in 1863.
The English Football Association created the first widely accepted official rules of the game in 1863, dubbing the game association football. These rules were known as the "Laws of the Game."
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Football in England is run by the Football Association. Rugby is known as Rugby Football. To distinguish between the two people called football Association Football. The word 'association' was eventually shortened to 'soccer' by the general public.
In the UK, soccer is known as Football.The name soccer derives from association football to distinguish from American Football.