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Take a look at the word we Americans know as soccer in six different languages: Le football (France) fotboll (Sweden) futebol (Brazil) サッカー(Japan) 英式足球 (China) football (Australia, England, Scotland and many others) Now ask yourself this: If the word soccer isn’t even the same in every language can you imagine how difficult it might be to try and teach an international player what it means to ...