hi! there's room for more contributions on this, but you can get started on these earlier posts:

Can anybody explain when and how rugby, football, soccer, etc. developed?

NFL Football is so obviously modeled after Rugby, but named after Soccer. How did that happen?

Why is football not a major sport in many countries of the former British Empire?

Why isn't Soccer the most popular sport in the former 'white' dominions of the British Empire?