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[–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But only the USA has a world cup with local teams

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I was about to post an erm ackshually but I checked my facts.

An urban myth holds the name "World Series" came from a putative sponsorship by the New York World newspaper. The earliest such claim found by Snopes was made in 1991

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It clearly comes from the fact that to Americans the world is just the US and Canada

[–] sqw@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 week ago

USA has its World Series (baseball, and not open to the world). What's the closed USA world cup?