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The funny thing about "soccer" being thought of as a North American term is that it's as perfect an example of English twee-ism as I can think of. It's from the full name of the sport, "association football" (American football, by contrast, is "gridiron football").

"Association football" -> "association" -> "soccer".

(Viz., for example, James May calling Jeremy Clarkson "Jezzer".)