Re: come-from-behind?

Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack ) wrote:
> Einde O'Callaghan wrote:
>
> > Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack ) wrote:
> >
> > > Django Cat wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (surena abari) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > What is the meaning of "come-from-behind" in this sentence?
> > > > >
> > > > > Landon Donovan scored in overtime to give San Jose a come-from-behind,
> > > > > 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Wizards last night in Major League
> > > > > Soccer's Western Conference final.
> > > >
> > > > It's worth pointing out that Americans understand nothing at all about
> > > > football (which they insist on calling soccer), so the meaning of this
> > > > phrase is entirely inconsequential.
> > >
> > > Why do you insist on not calling it soccer?
> >
> > Perhaps because for most people in the world the sport called "soccer",
> > which comes from Association football (referring to the way the sport
> > was organised in britain in its early days to distinguish it from Rugby
> > football), is the only kind of football they know of (plus it actually
> > is played with the feet and the feet alone).
>
> 881,000 hits on google from Canada
> 690,000 hits on google from the UK
> 543,000 hits on google from Australia
> 55,600 hits on google from New Zealand
>
> I even see 265,000 hits on google from Germany. 
>
> "Soccer" is a term that is used in most English speaking countries.
I didn't mean to imply taht the term "soccer" isn't used in other 
English-speaking countries - the word actually derives from England. 
However, most people outside the US understand football to mean this sport.

Soccer may be used to differentiate it from other forms of football, 
Gaelic football, rugby (both rugby league and rugby union), Australian 
rules and, of course, American football - all of which are characterised 
to a greater or lesser degree by the use of the hands rather than the 
feet to propel or control the ball.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan