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Canada participates in the First Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football. The first written « reference to the inflated ball used in the game » was in the mid-14th century: « Þe heued fro þe body went, Als it were a foteballe ». The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the word « soccer » was « split off in 1863 ». According to Partha Mazumdar, the term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford « -er » abbreviation of the word « association ».[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width= »5/12″][vc_single_image image= »806″ img_size= »full » alignment= »right » css_animation= »slideInRight »][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title= »2005-2008″ tab_id= »1486360235353-bba1bdc3-4706″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width= »2/12″][vc_single_image image= »806″ img_size= »full » alignment= »center » css= ».vc_custom_1488610040333{margin-bottom: 40px !important;} »][stm_share_this share_style= »list_fade » position= »left » title= »Share »][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width= »5/12″][vc_column_text css= ».vc_custom_1486360558692{margin-bottom: 22px !important;} »]
Canada participates in the First Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football. The first written « reference to the inflated ball used in the game » was in the mid-14th century: « Þe heued fro þe body went, Als it were a foteballe ». The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the word « soccer » was « split off in 1863 ». According to Partha Mazumdar, the term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford « -er » abbreviation of the word « association ».[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width= »5/12″][vc_single_image image= »806″ img_size= »full » alignment= »right » css_animation= »slideInRight »][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title= »2008-2011″ tab_id= »1486360307552-877e656b-7ce7″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width= »2/12″][vc_single_image image= »806″ img_size= »full » alignment= »center » css= ».vc_custom_1488610123579{margin-bottom: 40px !important;} »][stm_share_this share_style= »list_fade » position= »left »][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width= »5/12″][vc_column_text css= ».vc_custom_1486360558692{margin-bottom: 22px !important;} »]
Canada participates in the First Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Canada participates in the First Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football. The first written « reference to the inflated ball used in the game » was in the mid-14th century: « Þe heued fro þe body went, Als it were a foteballe ». The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the word « soccer » was « split off in 1863 ». According to Partha Mazumdar, the term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford « -er » abbreviation of the word « association ».[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width= »5/12″][vc_single_image image= »806″ img_size= »full » css_animation= »slideInRight »][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title= »2014-2016″ tab_id= »1488610165703-dc5eb05a-ef69″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width= »2/12″][vc_single_image image= »806″ img_size= »full » alignment= »center » css= ».vc_custom_1488610130698{margin-bottom: 40px !important;} »][stm_share_this share_style= »list_fade » position= »left »][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width= »5/12″][vc_column_text css= ».vc_custom_1486360558692{margin-bottom: 22px !important;} »]
Canada participates in the First Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Canada participates in the First Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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