American football.
It's because we're trying to end the Vuvuzela outbreak.
American football actually started out rather similar to how futbol/football/soccer is played today where scoring points was strictly kicking the ball to teammates down the field then kicking it through the goals. I guess it was just too easy to punt it 50 yards down so they complicated it making you have to carry the ball as well and there you go.
FIFA world Cup, basically the equivalent to the Olympics in the rest of the world. All types of footballs came from Soccer, quite you. Don't get me wrong, soccer blows so god damn hard.