The oblong shape of the ball makes it a challenge ... connection to American football. American Football, as opposed to the “football’’ sport known as soccer most everywhere else in the ...

The soccer ball is now properly named so as to avoid ... The post goes on to explain how rugby and American football all tie into the story as well, but I’m not gonna recount all of that.

Football, also known as American football or gridiron ... Though similar to soccer in that it required a team to advance a ball toward its opponents’ goal, it differed in that players could ...