re: Good article on how soccer is more American than american football

I read the whole link. It's based on an apocryphal story which in no way reflects the reality of why the word soccer was adopted. The word "soccer" came from the Oxford dialect. That much is historically accurate. I'm still not sure what he was wrong about. There is also no consensus on where the word football came from, though it was referenced since the 13th century referring to both games play on feet and games played with the feet.