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

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

Society 14/06/2026 CBC News 👁 16
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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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