Is it Soccer or Football? why do americans love to change words?

CLEARLY it is football, association football to begin with. you play with your feet that's why it is called football|||Football is Foot Ball , its not really open for discussion. Why the USA changed it is a mystery, one I couldnt care less about. American football is so primitive and boring, bunch of ogres wrestling around|||Football, Soccer, Calcio, Futbol, Fussball, etc.





All are technically right. Its the same sport, different name depending on which language you speak.





However the sport was created in England and Association Football is most commonly recognised as 'Football' by the majority of people worldwide. The English language name of the sport is pretty self explanatory and describes the game which tests your skill with your 'feet' and a 'ball'. It is the worlds game, the most played, most watched sport in existence. The largest sporting organisation on the planet, FIFA, stands for Federation Internationale de Football Association.|||The answer is in your question.





"association football"





Soccer is a shortened term for association football, from the soc in association. Just like back in the day association rugby was sometimes referred to as ruggers.





Football has been called football in the U.S. since the 1840's. It stemmed from the game, which was looked at as a combination of rugby and soccer, but both at the time were called "football" mainly by college students who had either grown up or had been educated in England. Another belief is that it was also called football since at the time, many popular sports in the U.S. were played on horseback, and you called it football, as you played on your feet, rather than on the back of a horse.|||football originated in england, hence the FA (Football association), FIFA etc, not a 'S' in the acronyms at all, American Football is American Football and is a combination of rugby and football, with a few 'americanisms' chucked in! Soccer was actually started by rugby players (before the America civil war) to insult the football players because 'Rubgy football' was deemed to be more upperclass than Football, therefore they riddiculed it and labelled it soccer.|||Well, it was called football because people who didn't like the no hands rule in soccer/football, broke off and created rugby. Then in America, the rules were modified further and originally, would not allow a forward pass, only a side pass if two players were side by side. This might break it down further. And because soccer was not nearly as popular in the States, it was called, well, soccer instead of football. And Americans just do what they want. I know, I live here. But check out this answer, it's pretty good.|||It's soccer. Football is Gaeilic. It really depends on where you live - in these countries the following sports are considered "football":





Ireland: Gaeilic


America: American Football


Scotland: Soccer


Wales: Soccer


Australia: Aussie Rules


England: Soccer


...Etc





veito da costa - It's not the world's fault it has to speak English so you can't blame everyone else. And where do you get the idea that every country except America calls it football? Because the Irish don't unless they're half Engligh or something.|||Ok.


For a start, who invented the game???


England.


What language do you use?


English.


What does every other country (except the usa) in the world call the game??


Football.





Soccer does actually derive from the word Association, the abbreviation of which is Assoc.





But, it is FOOTBALL. The one and only TRUE football.|||Well it's football in europe cause we don't play american football so much.


And yeah european football was created before american so it's in order to call it football,but american's can call it like they want who cares anyway.|||I think it's funny how everyone on here bickers about it, it's so childish.


Terry has a moan about it in nearly everyone of his answers.


So what they call it Soccer, get over it.|||Soccer=football


Football=rugby with helmets and messed up rules





They changed it because they already had a game called football. Fair enough, just don't push your word onto us when we invented the damn sport.|||The correct name of the sport is Association FOOTBALL not soccer.


The American sport is GRIDIRON.|||yep it is futbol..the truth i dont care how americans call it...Futbol is Futbol|||FOOTBALL|||Thieves!! They stole our name football for their own game they largely play with their hands?! so have to make up another word to describe the beautiful game!|||it's FOOTBALL , they just invented this stupid word to be different than the whole world and that's more stupid.|||It is called FOOTBALL !!!!|||No|||last time someone said soccer to me i punched my misses.|||the game where you kick the ball in the goal is soccer.








the game where you play with the ball with the points at the ends is football (not sure why they called this football)|||Yeah well we're Americans and we'll decide, unless you want that foot in your mouth!