Why do Canadians say 'soccer' instead of 'football'?
14-06-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca

Why do Canadians say 'soccer' instead of 'football'?

As the World Cup renews the soccer-versus-football debate, University of Michigan professor Stefan Szymanski says the word "soccer" was coined in Oxford in the 1880s and later stuck in countries where "football" already meant another sport.
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