Fun Facts about Soccer:

• Soccer was originally called association football. "Soccer" is a corruption of "assoc" which is derived in turn from "association
  
  
• The World Cup is the biggest soccer tournament in the world and is held every four years in a different host country. Billions of people watch the televised games as the national teams from countries around the globe battle it out for soccer supremacy.
  
  
• In the first match played by the British Ladies Football Club the women's outfits consisted of nightcaps, skirts, shirts, shinguards and heavy boots.