Football is an 11-a-side field game played with a spherical ball; the most widely played team game in the world and the most popular spectator sport, followed avidly by millions of fans. It is often popularly called ”soccer” (especially in the United States) which is a slang term dating from about 1891 as a shortening of ”assoc.” or ”association”. Association football is distinguished from American football, Canadian football, Rugby Union, and Rugby League football in that it is primarily played with the feet.
