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'''Soccer''' is the term used in North America to refer to what is more commonly known as "football". The name derived in England as slang for "Association Football" <ref>[http://london.usembassy.gov/rss/transcripts/worldcup2006a.html] ''US Embassy, London''</ref> (a similar construction can be seen in referring to rugby as "rugger")
'''Soccer''' is the term used in North America to refer to what is more commonly known as "football". The name derived in England as slang for "Association Football" <ref>[http://london.usembassy.gov/rss/transcripts/worldcup2006a.html] ''US Embassy, London''</ref> (a similar construction can be seen in referring to rugby as "rugger")