Football
FOOTBALL. The game of football, as played in the United States, is a sport much different from its two ancestors, soccer and rugby. Football is a game in which two teams of 11 players each try to move a ball, by running with it or passing it, across the other team's goal. The game has distinct English roots. Its oldest forerunner is soccer, which is called association football in England and in most other parts of the world. Soccer is based on the use of the feet--and sometimes the head, legs, and chest--to control the ball. Except for the goalkeeper, players are prohibited from touching the ball with their hands (see Soccer).
Various games resembling soccer have been played for more than 2,000 years, probably starting in China, but the modern game developed in England. Rugby developed from soccer in England in the 1820s, and it is from rugby that the American brand of football evolved. Running with the ball in hand, throwing it, and kicking it are allowed in both rugby and......
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