Portugal draw 'most viewed' football game in US history

[Jangle]

How yuh a gwaan so me dawg??

[Peter R]

MyYout, you ever researched the origin of the word "soccer". It was used FIRST by the English in the 1800s when "football" was called "association football" and "rugby" was referred to as "rugby football".

It is said that the upper class referred to "football" as "association football" and the term was shortened to "soccer". This term never caught on with the masses it seemed who stuck with just "football".

"Soccer" when transplanted to USA as a sport remained "soccer" as the yanks already called their game "football".

Point is, the Americans never invented nor changed what was already being done in England.

That's the basic story of the name as I have heard and read.

[Tilla]

We used to cuss them when they were trying to alter the game in MLS by deciding that games cannot end in a draw, so they had to have penalty kick off among other deviations from the regular game. That has changed however.

There is still an underlying current of hate for the USA game. Why is that the case, I am not sure.

I will support the USA whenever they are not playing against Jamaica. I have no issues with that.

[Peter R]

True enough. They tried to introduce some "innovations"... remember the offside line? I actually like the one on one with the goalie vs the penalty kick... FIFA held firm I guess and they had to fall in line with convention.

[Paul Marin]

Would you believe that I saw a FB comment where a man seh him nuh like USA because dem call de game "soccer"??? How petty can a man get?

Tell that FB eejit the term "soccer" was originally developed by the British, not the Americans:

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....e-word-soccer/

[myYout]

conqueror speak wi all jump to di muzik, yuh fraid ah di N e, nuh worry yuhself ah dem same one institute di N to. One change di reference to a game an one change di reference to ah people. Wi haffi hug up all ah dem ,kah nu dem run tings.