The rules of football were codified in England by the Football Association in 1863 and the name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football. The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford association.
Soccer has been the most popular sport around the world for decades. It is incredible how people around the world live the sport of soccer, as if it was a religion. Soccer is the only sport in the world that is able to paralyze entire cities and countries for one single game. Explaining why people feel so passionate about this sport is very hard even for a soccer fan like me. (((There are a few reasons why soccer is so widely available to people. First, it's a relatively simple game that can be played with just a few people. Second, it doesn't require any special equipment, so it's easy to set up a game almost anywhere.))) -theory -