re: What if the british won the revolutionary war?

Britain's colonies outside of the US have never had primary interest in soccer. It's silly to assume that association football would have caught on here instead of gridiron in the late 1800s just because they held onto us longer.

For example:
Australia
Canada
India
Various African nations

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The British Empire massively overextended itself, it was happening eventually if not in the late 1700s

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The British Empire lasted until after WWII. It continued expanding until about WWI. The American Revolution had little to do with British over-expansion and more to do with giving its North American colonies a lot of freedom and autonomy and then quickly taking those things away after the 7 years war created tighter budget issues. But the rest of the Empire was Jim Dandy.