'Soccer' is a British, not American, word
1,172 views · Published 13 June 2014 · 1:49 · Indexed 22 October 2026
Channel: FOX 5 New York · 2014 · Sports
Ask a Brit what he thinks of the word "soccer" and he'll probably seethe with contempt over the supposed incorrect American word for "football." But actually, you can blame the word "soccer" on the British. Stefan Szymanski, Ph.D., a Michigan University professor of sport management, says: "So, the word 'soccer' is originally an English word. It was first recognized in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1893 and is thought to be used by university students in Oxford and Cambridge as a short version of the word, 'association football.'"
