In Canada, football refers to Canadian football or American football, often differentiated as either "CFL" (from the governing Canadian Football League) or "NFL" (from the US National Football League). Because of the similarity between the games, many people in both countries do not consider the two styles of gridiron football separate sports per se, but rather different codes of the same sport which has a shared origin in the Harvard vs McGill game played in 1874 credited with the creation of this sport.[15][16] If a Canadian were to say, "My brother plays football in the States", it would be clear from context that American football is meant.[17] Canadian French usage parallels English usage, with le football usually referring to Canadian or American football, and le soccer referring to association football.