Some even argue that the randomness of football (which Americans know by riddiculous name "soccer") is the main factor that makes it the single most popular sport in the world. Some unlucky events end up being remembered for generations.
For example people in Poland are still discussing over the beer whether we would have been world champions if only it hasn't been raining so heaviliy during Poland - West Germany semi-final in 1974.
P.S English is not my language and I'm pretty sure I messed up with conditionals, hope you still get what I meant in the last sentence.
The name “soccer” is just an old British slang abbreviation of “Association Football”, to differentiate it from other kinds of football (that is, games played on foot, as opposed to horseback—compare “footrace”). You can find old references to “Rugby football” and “rugger” as well. Americans kept the term, Brits didn’t.
Exactly. And America isn't the only country that kept the abbreviation. Australia, Ireland, Canada and some countries in Southern Africa use the same term.
> P.S English is not my language and I'm pretty sure I messed up with conditionals, hope you still get what I meant in the last sentence.
Change "hasn't" to "hadn't" and your conditional is perfect.
(If you're curious, you've made what I would consider a definiteness error three times -- I would say 'the ridiculous name "soccer"', 'discussing over beer', and 'the Poland - West Germany semi-final in 1974'. Those won't affect understanding and you give the impression of being very fluent; there are no other errors.)
For example people in Poland are still discussing over the beer whether we would have been world champions if only it hasn't been raining so heaviliy during Poland - West Germany semi-final in 1974.
P.S English is not my language and I'm pretty sure I messed up with conditionals, hope you still get what I meant in the last sentence.