Okay 
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Ehh??
Sorry …… my attempt at a joke
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Two origins of the word I found, essentially the same:
Sky History…so, I was initially a bit hmmm…
“The word soccer comes from a slang abbreviation of the word association , which British players of the day adapted as “assoc,” “assoccer” and eventually soccer or soccer football”
But…
Encyc Brittania dot com
Linguistically creative students at the University of Oxford in the 1880s distinguished between the sports of “rugger” (rugby football) and “assoccer” (association football). The latter term was further shortened to “soccer” (sometimes spelled “socker”), and the name quickly spread beyond the campus.
There may be other origin stories, lol.
So I guess as it was ‘rugby football’ 
…the Americans followed the ball, where we followed the foot…I have no idea what I’m saying at this point!
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