It’s not popular in U.S.A because of riots, player with one name, brutality, flopping objectivity, substitution, not enough scoring, the use of hands, the tie, and that they are not the best at it.
Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/21488-top-ten-reasons-soccer-isnt-popular-in-the-united-states
2. Why soccer is called football in some countries? A journalist in The Time of London recently bemoaned the use of the Americanism “soccer”, but in so doing he displayed his ignorance, for soccer is an English word. It has fallen into disuse in England but remains in use in the US, in Australia, and in many other countries.
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3. How did soccer first start? It is said that early growth of the modern soccer started in England. Some amusing facts …show more content…
Some people think that soccer began more than a thousand year ago, when pirates attacked an English village.
According to Owens, Thomas in English, because soccer was played by kicking a ball with the foot, it was called football.
According to Owens, Thomas Since there was no rule to stop them; some players started grabbing the ball with their hand. Finally in 1846, prayers at a school called cambildey. The University met an agreement on rules and wrote them down.
According to Owens, Thomas By the year 1000, whole English villages played a sculler like game against other villages. Teams were large, and the goals were miles apart.
According to Owens, Thomas Before soccer started in England, early soccer like games were played in china and Rome around 200 B.C. This ancient Roman carving shows soccer like game.
According to France, Alex A journalist in the times of London recently bemoaned the use of the Americanism “soccer”, but in so doing he displayed his ignorance, for soccer in English