Game started in England and then exported to the colonies and the backward folks living east of the Channel.
I played it 40 years and love the game. No other sport rewards blue collar work ethic more than soccer. It’s a simple game best played by clever people.
The irony is in the US, the people who are into soccer tend to be rich, whereas in England, it was the sport of the Working class, while rugby is the sport of the richer people.
It’s a simple game worshipped fanatically in every banana republic and dirt poor hovel on the planet.