Crosby's Neurologist

6/24/14

Please tell me you grew up in the UK, where Matt Busby (you know, one of the most famous players in the history of the game, and probably the most famous from the English speaking world) titled his autobiography "Soccer at the Top -My Life in Football". Do you see that first word?

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It's because when American Football was first made and played, punting and kicking for field goals were the main ways of advancing with the ball. Rushing and passes were not put into place until a later time to refine the sport.

6/24/14

Does the Briton in you know that it was the British who coined the terms "soccer" and "rugger" to differentiate Association Football from Rugby Football? And that's why, having already learned to call Association Football "soccer" from the British, we Americans were cool with calling "Gridiron Football" simply…

6/24/14

If you actually look the dude in red taps the blue guys right foot, causing him to trip on his own left leg. Though in that gif it looks like he fakes it, he does not. Did make me laugh though so good job.

6/24/14

I dunno, I've never used that argument for soccer/football. Soccer is like baseball, in that the more you know about the sport, the more you're able to appreciate it (yes, gameplay-wise it's obviously much more similar to hockey, but hockey's pace is one of its defining characteristics). The thing about soccer is, one…

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Tetris.

6/24/14

I hate when people say hand egg. FFS people call shit different in different countries. This is on par with being a grammar nazi. Let people enjoy what they like and call it w/e they want.

6/24/14

The word was derived from Association Football, which was the original term given to the game in the 1860s at the elite schools that spawned the sport in England. The abbreviation "Assoccer", which became "soccer," was used by the British upper classes of that period. When the sport was embraced by the less fortunate,…

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