American (gridiron) football is related to “soccer”. All ball moving goal games derive from a medieval game. Early gridiron football had scoring done by kicking the ball through a goal until some enterprising players decided that forward passing and running with the ball was superior.
Aussie football and Gridiron football derived from early rugby, which had a bigger presence in US universities. “Soccer” never had the same cachΓ© among the university set.
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