Post by Coach Campbell on Oct 13, 2002 16:55:48 GMT
In 1875 Harvard University, feeling its muscles at soccer and unable to find a contender among the other colleges, challenged McGill University to come down from Montral, Canada to play a match of futballe. McGill came, but unfortunately it was a rugby team that showed up. A compromise was reached by playing half under soccer rules and half under rugby. The American boys liked it so much that they forgot all about soccer. (Treat, 1962) Coach CAmpbell