POLL: Should National Football Associations compensate clubs if there was any injury obtained by a player?

thats just crazy that would just bring up more debt to clubs . The last thing they want is financial conditions on injuries. Let it be, plzz.|||No. If they have a problem with it, they should not have internationals on their team.

When are soccer fans outside the United States going to get their history straight?

It is well documented that our version of football was established before soccer was ever played. Your ancestral barbarians were probably still kicking goat heads around any patch of grass that could be found. Back then, our rules allowed for more kicking of the ball than it is now, hence, the name "football" was attached. Some years later after soccer was being established, an Englishman who enjoyed association football decided to call it "soccer" so as to avoid confusion. It's a term which is marketed by YOUR companies, in YOUR countries, by YOUR teams, with YOUR money that is earned at YOUR games. We don't have it confused. I'm afraid it's you so called connoisseurs who have had it wrong for a great long time.





And by the way, I happen to enjoy football and soccer no matter where they are played. You might benefit from a little open-mindedness.|||I erased what I originally had because it appears I misinterpreted the question.





After reading your question once more, to me, it does not matter when each sport was "discovered". All I care about is what's going on now. I have nothing against football, my whole family loves football, my brothers played HS football...I just like soccer/fooball better.|||I like both footballs, I really don't care for the name. You can call it baseball for all i care. You are just trying to pick a fight.|||your wrong football (or soccer to you yanks) was invented before before america was even discovered.|||you are an idiot.|||LOL Just like YOUR history teaches you that Edison invented all those things not Tesla.........|||Avigla is right!!!! The game of soccer started in the early 1300's in Asia. Way before any sport was on the map and maybe they did start with a goats head. Get rid of the political garbage and face the fact that Football makes more since when your watching a game of Soccer. This is just fact. Just because the American football game has evolved more to a hands on game before kicking doesn't mean that it makes more since. English, Spanish, and well the rest of the world will continue to use football as the primary name for the sport of soccer. That is just fact. So when the people decide something in my country that would be something of a democracy. The people in vast majorities will always prevail when any subject is brought to light.











Soccer is better left as football! Football U.S. will be in its own little corner of the world while the rest of the world will enjoy the real game of football (SOCCER).

Football(soccer) fans, has the U.S. been doing better than you expected?

I was just watching the last 12 min of the game, and yet again they pull away with late heroics.


I'm not really a fan of association football, but this years world cup is very exciting.|||I'm really proud of our team this year. Despite the questionable calls that have robbed us of victories and valuable points we still won our group. Now it gets tougher. With powerhouses like Brazil, Argentina, Portugal and Mexico looming in the next rounds we can't get caught up in this small but huge victory. We need to step it up, increase our intensity and lay it on the line. I'm not a regular soccer fan either but lately I've really been getting into the World Cup these past few years. I wish I could have gone to South Africa this year to be part of the spectacle and prestige of the event. Someday I will go in my lifetime. Hopefully I can go when the World Cup is hosted by a Caribbean nation or South American nation. If not then the next time it comes back to the US I will catch a few matches live.|||LIKE THIS IS WHITE PEOPLE, AMERICA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI0gnh7Ch…|||COME ON ENGLAND!! WOOOOO!|||I'm not going to lie, I expected the U.S. to do a lot worse than it has already done. I think you guys have started to take football a lot more seriously now. Well done.|||I wasn't expecting anything out of the US to begin with so, it doesn't matter to me.





I was really hoping the french would do well, but with an idiot coach I guess it just wasn't possible..|||Yes, it has been doing well.|||i really felt other countries in the world were so much better then USA at football (soccer) since where known for American Football.


but after seeing that game





damn, i love us! the top team in the group right now and we pass.





WHERE GOOD AT EVERYTHING WE DO!!


OLYMPICS%26lt;


WORLD CUP





i love USA





Hi from Colorado|||I am still shocked, I just finished watching usa vs algeria.


I think a lot of people (myself included) expected and wanted america to do bad.|||before they beat spain at the confederations cup last year, people obviously was doubting them including me, then i was thinking why dont they play like that every game because that could get them far which it did, because they could of beat brazil last year aswell and now in the knockout stage and deservingly topped the group

What is the difference between the soccer leagues in a country and in the world?

I know that FIFA is the main governing body for association football and the biggest tournie is the world cup, but what is the difference between say a country's national team-like Brazil's and then all the Brazilian leagues like Flamengo, Murici, Corinthians, etc..Is there a hierarchy? Do the smaller football clubs only play each other, and then the best players go on to represent a country on the national team to only play against other countries?|||FIFA is the governing body and it consists of 6 confederations AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA. These confederations consist of individual football associations looking after individual counties (FAs) like Brazilian Foootball Associations. Each country has its own domestic league and cup competitions run solely by the individual FA like the premier League or La Liga. The national team consists of all players that the national team coach has called up to play for the national team (a player can reject the call up). They play for their respective clubs but not necessarily in the country that they represent on the international level. For example Messi plays for Barcelona (Spain) but represents Argentina on the international level.

American Football in South Korean colleges?

Can anyone tell me what colleges in South Korea have an american football team? I know american football isn't very popular but I do also know that there are 37 college and 8 club teams that were registered with KAFA ( Korean American Football Association ).|||http://www.kafa.org/kafa/team.html





KAFA (KOREAN AMERICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION):


REGISTERED COLLEGES:





Kangwon University


Kyungbuk University


Kyungpook National Univeristy


Korea (Koryo) University


Daegu University


Daegu Haany University


Dongseo University


Dong-Eui University


Pusan University


Seoul University


Seonggyun University


Yonsei University


Yongin University


Wideok University


Hanguk University of Foreign Studies


Harim University


Republic of Korea Naval Academy


Kyunggi University


Kyungsung University


Keimyung University


금오공과대학교


Daegu Catholic University


Dongguk University


Donga University


Pukyong University


Pusan University of Foreign Studies


University of Seoul


Shilla University


Yongnam University


Ulsan University


Chung-Ang University


Korea Maritime University


Hanyang University


Hong-ik University





Korean version of Super Bowl is Kimchi Bowl.





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New zealand and australian football leagues?

are both the NZFC and A-League on the verge of collapsing after this season?, the NZFC has no sponsors and the clubs did sign up for one more year but what happens after the next season?, and Australia's clubs are being taken over the the Football Association, anyone know if these could be it for both leagues?|||The A-league won't collapse after this season as Australian Football must have this competition to please Fifa.

Can i claim for damage to property or cars by kids playing football?

I live in a cul-de sac in a housing association flat There is often kids and teenagers playing football even though there are signs up saying no ball games! If they cause dammage to my propertey or cars am i in a legal position to claim against their parents if they are under a certain age or against them if they are classed as legaly responsible for themselves also if the damage is caused by their friends can i hold them responsible as the tennancy agreement states that they are responsible for visitors to their propertey. if so how do i make a claim and what are the ages i can claim against do i go to my housing association? solicitor ? police ? Citezenz advice?|||to be honest the best bet instead of causing more problems is GO to the parents don't be quick to sue , if the parents want to be jerks then call the police tell the police you kindly went and spoke to them first so to avoid sueing them and then the police will make out a report and then you give it to your insurance company then they may go after the parents of the children..you want whats best for you and your neighbors..so start with a kind talking to|||I believe you could make a legit complaint. I would suggest contacting an attorney and also, contact your housing association. If it says in the rules that they are responsible...then bottom line...they are responsible. No brain surgery there. I would be contacting all proper people asap|||Yes, You can hold them responsible. If they are minors, then their parents will pay for the damage they cause. They have to stay off your property, but do have the right to play in the street. However, if they damage your car, or property from the street, they are responsible. Make sure you take pictures, and document your case.|||Of course you could make a claim. It may be classified as non criminal damage. Report it to your housing association. If necessary, make out a Police report, and notify your insurance company.|||as there are signs up against people playing football etc then you are in your right to claim against damage there are also fines for the culprits who ignore these warnings we have the same were we live .1st you have to report it to the people whom put the signs up then they will let you know who to report the damage to if you have any .|||Best available citizens advice? Get to know your neighbors on a personal level, rather than preparing to sue them for damages that haven't happened yet. Kids will play- it doesn't matter how unchild-friendly the homeowners association has made itself. But, by getting to know the kids, they're likely to have more respect for you and your property. Plus, you might get some new friends out of the deal. It's easy to do, just bake a tray of cookies, and knock on doors. Everyone likes to meet their neighbors. Unnecessary litigation just causes hostility on the street where you live.|||go and have a word with the parents first, see how you get on, if no joy then report it to your local police and council, keep dates and times of everything, they go to cab office and they will help you from start to finish,they are great,hope that helps, all the best.|||Having read the replies to you first, I would agree that you can report them or their parents. Having suffered verbal abuse and threats from a neighbour simply because I gave a child a telling off for helping to wreck my garden in the name of the word "playing", I followed this up, especially as adults also became involved. You can try being nice to neighbours but it doesn't work sometimes. Complain to the Council in the first instance. Get someone as a witness and also take photos of the damage and try to catch them doing it on camera. It all helps|||yes you can claim but it might be difficult to prove|||Yes, you have rights against both them and their parents as well as the landlord.Take your written tenant agreement and go talk to a lawyer to get the details for your state.|||contact brian damage, then give them a kicking


bluddy teenagers

What is the best idea for a Backyard football scoreboard?

My friends and I are making a huge football field and we are getting serious! We are getting bleachers, Flood lights, Concession stands, tickets, and much more. All the money we receive from the concession stands and tickets will go to the ADA (American Diabetes Association) because one of my friends is diabetic. We need some ideas for good scoreboard ideas. The cheapest, smallest scoreboard I found is too much to pay for, so any Ideas???|||just use a whiteboard its cheap and easy to erase|||By two big pads of paper, number every page up from 1 to 100. Then get cardboard in the shape of a trianglular prism (u may have to make that). Then you could put the scroll on top of the cardboard so u can flip it so the score will move forward. U could simply right Home and Away where the pads are goign to be 2. Good luck.|||Wood and paint. Make it oldschool like the scoreboard on the Green Monster in Fenway.





Cheap and nostalgic. Just need another kid to take care of it during the game.





Something sort of like this...





http://www.culver.lib.in.us/gallery_acad鈥?/a>

Is it allowed for the president of a country's football to control the organization form the jail ?

Do you know that All Indonesian Footbal Association's president , Nurdin Halid is jailed for the second times because corruption ? He is jailed for 2 years. But weirdly he dosen't dismissed . I, as an Indonesia si very shy because this news. 2 weeks ago , the All Indonesia Football Associaiton makes a meeting in the jail . This makes me shame . Nurdin Halid doesn't bring any goods for Indonesia's football in 10 years. Is this allowed by FIFA and AFC ?|||maaf ya gw jawab pake bahasa indo.





Sebenernya tdk diperbolehkan oleh FIFA dan Indonesia terancam dihukum.





Hukuman paling berat= Persepakbolaan Indo dibekukan, TIMNAS tidak bisa mengikuti perlombaan internasional seperti kualifikasi Piala Dunia,dll. hal ini tentu juga mencoreng muka persepakbolaan Indonesia setelah sukses menggelar Asian Cup 2007.|||yeah.|||SEEING INDONESIA IS ALLOWING IT, I SUPPOSE THE ANSWER IS A SIMPLE YES.

Why is football called soccer?

i checked that it was Charles Wreford Brown invented the term "soccer" but anyone here knows why he did that?


i hate it when americans value "american football" more than "association football" and call it "soccer" while other countries call it "football"





here's a commercial on this by the way, just thought it's interesting


http://youtube.com/watch?v=glzXL63pGkI%26amp;s鈥?/a>|||It is the abbreviated term for 'asSOCiation football'... he just made it faster to say... funny that the English only say football now.. I prefer Football though.. makes more sense.|||i don't know|||This is what bothers you? I envy your simplicity.|||no the soccer is the european futball only|||soccer = kicking ball





foot kicks ball





plus in spanish, it is called FutBall|||It make something our own, in a way. This way it makes us different.





Stupid, but whatever.|||Probablly because foot ball was already taken be a sport that had nothing to do with feet.|||We like to come up with different things here in America. We have our own system of measurement too.|||Iit comes from the English slang term for association soccer, "assoc," which evolved into "soccer."|||I don't know, but in Mexico, they call it Futbol. I was so freakin happy when Italy won yesterday. WHOO!!!!!|||it is an abbreviation of association.

Are the majority of student athletes in football and basketball criminals?

It is being contended by a family member that the majority of student ahletes, mainly speaking of basketball and football men, are criminals. I believe this to not be true but can't find any stats. Does anyone have stats on what % of athletes get in trouble with the law? I find it difficult because many DO get out of trouble because of their association with sports.|||Well I'm 16 and I play both football and basketball and none of the guys on either team are considered crimanals

What is the association between Newcastle and the Mark Knopfler song 'Going Home'?

I know Newcastle United Football Club play this at their games, but why? What is the association with the city?|||Actually, it appears that there's not that great a link between Newcastle and the song.





For one thing, Mark ISN'T a true Geordie, he's actually Glaswegian by birth (though his mother was a Geordie, his father was a Hungarian Jew) and only moved to Newcastle aged 9, while the tune comes from the film 'Local Hero' - shot entirely in Scotland.





You could say it's because he's concidered a Tooner, but I think it's more likely to be that they.... like the tune!|||The song is called local hero and mark knopfler is a Geordie|||He is from Newcastle.

How does this sound (women's soccer/football)?

The Weffay Cup. That's an acronym for the WFA (Women's Football Association) Cup|||when and what for i want to play! but yeh it sounds fine!

Are those outside of the US bothered that we Americans say Soccer to ref to Football?

I am American, but was born in the UK, and grew up loving both Association Football, and American Football.... I often wonder what the rest of the world thinks about us referring to our game as Football, and not distinguishing it as American Football, the way that Rugby and Aussie Rules fans do..... If you are anywhere outside of the US/Canada and you say Football, everyone will assume you are referring to Association Football. In the U.S. of course we are backwards. We refer to Association Football as Soccer, but I doubt many of us even realize that the word "Soccer" is derived from "Association." As a fan of both games, I am often embarrassed by our ignorance...|||I like both games, I just don't understand why you insist on calling it Football when the idea of the game is to throw or run the ball into the end zone. Lets face it the only time you really use your feet is when you fail to score a touchdown (apart from the extra point!) At least in our game the idea is to use your feet! My main beef with the Americans that answer questions on here is the fact that they are so ignorant/arrogant that they expect us to bow down and change what we call our game...even though association football was invented first!|||Yeah, it drives me nuts.





I talk about how I loved how good-looking footballers were, and not friend would comment how she didn't like how big and bulky they were. I understand they don't call it football because it would confuse it with American Football, but why is American Football even called Football? It has little do with the foot.





The lack of u's also confuses me.|||its not really bothering, its just confusing. Just know when and where you can say football refering to American football or soccer.!!|||Yeah its just wrong. Football is the most popular sport in the world but still the americans refer to it as a diffrent word. Its arrogance and ignorant|||Shanahan, excuse me, but arrogance lies in presuming to tell another culture to change their traditions to suit your own. Ignorance lies in the fact that it was an Englishman who coined the word "soccer," in the first place.





The word "soccer" originated as an "Oxford '-er'" slang abbreviation of "association", and was popularised by a prominent English footballer, Charles Wreford-Brown.|||I personally find it a bit annoying


the word 'soccer' sounds gay





The game is football because you use your 'foot'





you dont do a lot of that in American 'football' (apart from the kicker).





Its like me refering to American football as 'gridiron'.





"hey did you see the gridiron game the other day...."


youd find that equally as dumb|||i really don't mind except when they get confusing but other than that people could call there sport whatever they want and i really dont care if soccer is foot ball or football is called handball


the thing i love is the sport itslef and i don't mind the name, its like if you love your mom unconditionall even if her name was vagina or something like that.|||Everyone's free to call it what they want.|||i think is dumb that Americans call it soccer and Americans football u don't use yoUr foot. i heard that if ur in the U.K and u say Soccer they get mad at u or beat u you up.

Which College Football Stadium is your favorite stadium to visit for a college football game?

Out of all the football stadiums in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which stadium would you say is your favorite stadium to visit and why?





This stadium can be NCAA Division I, Division IA, Division II, and Division III and can you mention which collegiate team plays there.|||Notre Dame Stadium, hands down. No university has more tradition or greater history (past 15 years excluded).|||I would say Fayetville AR. Hearing 80,000 screaming hog fans calling the razorbacks will send goosebumps down your arms the size of grapefruits. it's amazing.

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|||If 80,000 fans gives you goosebumps, imagine 109,000 in Michigan or Ohio State stadiums.

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|||THEE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY HAS THE BEST STADIUM IN THE COUNTRY. 105,000 ITS AWESOME! GO BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

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|||The Rose Bowl, but only for the Bowl game.|||UT stadium in Austin|||University of Tennessee. Its amazing how loud it gets in there.|||LSU, Death Valley|||west coast kid here, as far as I'm concenred, having no disrespect toward my eastern, or midwest fanatics, it is autzen stadium in eugene oregon, having been inside the place only once, during the "civil war" a couple decades back (Dan Fouts as QB!) the place was a mad house!|||THE SWAMP BABY!


GO GATORS!|||Beaver Stadium|||its lane stadium. great fans, great atmosphere. great food %26amp; pride.











hokie!! hokie!!! hokies national champions|||Even though I have never been there, I would say Michigan's or Ohio States stadiums because of the amount of fans they hold. Imagine the noise.|||The Shoe





Go Buckeyes!!!

Is an association with Celtic football club a lifelong ?

millstone round your neck. ?|||I have supported Celtic for more years than you have had brain cells. Are you a millstone round their necks?|||A bad doze a piles.|||Ha Ha !!! You could say that !!!!!!!|||a lifelong smile, a lifelong family, a lifelong pride but never a millstone.|||Respected and renowned around the World.


Being the invincible force in scottish football just now and for the foreseeable future


Being the only Scottish club ever to be Champions of Europe.


The biggest stadium in Scotland


The Highest average attendance in Scotland since the Millenium.


Fukc me why bother you lot will never understand. Sing along now.


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENbRfk-rc鈥?/a>


.|||" up the hoops" its not a burden its a passion which us celts love and adore. celtic football club has real tradition we are one big happy family.we have roots thats why we are the best. celtic fc member%26amp;liverpool member|||the Paddie`s diny think so checks this...you know who yir friends are when things are tight...sure tobe sure





http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/roish鈥?/a>|||It's the reason we are on Earth, Mr Mabawz.


You see many are called but few are chosen.


To support Celtic is a privilege, not a right


It is this privilege, that let's your soul take flight


Do you seriously believe that you are a Hun by choice?


Taken to Hell before you had a voice.


No you were spewed out of that jackal of a mother


To spend your waking nightmare as a 'blues brother'


As and sure as eggs are eggs, you'll know


That it's gonna be 4 in a row.


Thank-you and you have my sympathy, for you are truly 'the afflicted'.|||if it is then being a hun is a fing crippling disability, i know wot id rather be, couldnt live with thinking the same as the rest ov yous, and i wud have tae wash. nah m8 gie me the millstone cheers

What type of football do you like the best?

Association football


Australian rules football


International rules football


Rugby Union


Rugby League


American Football.|||american football|||American football|||NEITHER|||American College Football....!!|||American SEC football baybee!!!!!!! National champs Roll Tide!!!!!!!!!!!!|||American|||American football by far|||Arena Football


It's like sex on a field

To all football fans out there.Any chance of a replay? What do you think?

The Football Association of Ireland have lodged a formal complaint with FIFA over the controversial world cup play-off defeat to France and urged the governing body to replay the match.|||Definitely not; Uzbekistan-Bahrein in 2005 was repeated because of a technical error (a player got into the box before a penalty was shot, the ref noticed and instead of repeating the penalty, a free kick was called; which is a technical mistake). Football (soccer) matches are replayed only when there are determinant technical errors (calling a free kick instead of a penalty repetition is a determinant technical error), but not when there are appreciation errors (the ref could say he didn't consider the handball to be a handball, even if it sounds stupid; but I think FIFA is right about it, because if they didn't do it this way, every single game would have to be replayed and refs wouldn't have any authority any more.|||NO CHANCE whatsoever.


And probably rightly so - we can't replay matches. It would be a can of worms worse than Pandora's Box.


What we SHOULD do, of course, is insist VT-recordings and other technologies are introduced asap - despite the Blatter and Platini objections.


The obdurate Blatter, never far away from shady dealings, fixes and the smell of corruption should be ousted - whatever it takes.


With New Zealand in the last 32 - Russia omitted - and France through on foul play - I reckon Blatter's days are numbered. The 2010 WC is shaping up to be a farce - but in the ill-chosen location of S.Africa I think it will be a tragedy.|||Nah mate... Platini is just out to make sure his frenchies get in, and make the world cup "better"





First he cheated us with that scrote ovrebo, now this...


Another scandinavian referee, anyone see the pattern? One from Norway and one from Sweden....





I sympathise with Irish fans, I went through the same thing after the Barcelona game.... this is wat u get from a corrupt French guy..... he should go back to eating frogs legs (no offence french people, that was directed at him, not you or your culture)|||Highly unlikely , such a replay has happened in the past,(Uzbek and Kuwait if memory serves) but not in a game this high profile...Sepp Blatter would take a massive hit if he allowed a replay and there would be hell to pay if the Irish went ahead and actually won such a game|||I highly doubt it , if they do they will never hear the end of it as there are so many bad calls that go on all the time.


it will be a very dangerous precedent to set.|||There is absolutely no way for a replay. Zilch. Nada. France knocked out Ireland due to a blind referee just as Chelsea was denied victory over Barca in last season's CL.|||Then England will ask for a replay of the 86 hand of God and Germany will ask for replay of the 66 final.. things will get messy|||It'll be very unlikely.|||It seems unlikely. I think that's just the game.|||It was a refereeing mistake....if we replayed all these games we'd never be done with replays

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!

Why is it such a big deal that the U.S. calls football soccer?

Why is it such a big deal that the U.S. calls football soccer?


The name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football. The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as a slang abbreviation of the word "association", often credited to former England captain Charles Wreford-Brown.|||People from all over the world use different words all the time. It just seems that some people can't grow up and accept this fact in regards to "football" being called "soccer".





This argument is really old, people need to drop this middle school drama and GROW UP!!!!!








USA is not the only country that refers to "football" as "soccer". Several of countries do! Why is it that USA is the only country called out on it?








Check this site out! Most countries even refer to the sport as "soccer" from time to time!|||i personally have no problem with people calling soccer different names but then a gain i'm a little bias since i do live in the US|||the US already has a football an it is more popular in the US then soccer if they were to change the names to make them right (I think they should since you don't play american football with your feet) it would cause another civil war in America|||i really don't care. It's just like how Americans say fanny for the backside, and Brits say fanny for the vagina.|||I think the problem is that Americans think that the sports name is soccer. It's not, it's called football. Maybe the American game should be called by its slang name (gridiron). Let's face it soccer is only a term used for the sport in the colonies. The WORLD knows the game as FOOTBALL.|||There have been over more recent years a push to use the common name to establish a uniformity of names. One example is Australia, as part of Oceania the head body was Soccer Australia. As part of a restructure and moving into the Asian Confederation they were not forced but it was a polite request that Soccer be dropped, thus the head body is now FFA (Football Federation Australia).





FIFA would prefer that Football become the world wide reference but it is not anything that officially concerns anyone except maybe a few in the marketing department.





It does seem to raise the ire of a few fans in some traditional countries that play the sport but I will never understand why.