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Because most native English speakers call it soccer.
by bostonpete 9y ago
Because most native English speakers call it soccer.
- CJefferson 9y agoReally? Everyone I know calls the sport football. The second F in FIFA is football. I know Americans call it soccer, but that is I assume because of American football, a sport no other country seems to play, or care about.
- geofftrojans 9y agohttps://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/why-we-call-soccer-soccer/372771/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/wh... The name soccer came from Britain, not the US. It was used to differentiate Association Football (soccer) from Rugby Football (rugby). Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand all still call the sport soccer. Even in England, it continued to be a popular name for the sport until the 1950s.
- finnci 9y agoPretty mixed in Ireland to be honest, and we have our own sport Gaelic Football which gets confusing.
- bostonpete 9y ago> I know Americans call it soccer Correct, and most native English speakers are American. That doesn't even account for Canada or Australia where it has also traditionally been called soccer. The fact that the "F" stands for "Football" in the name of an organization with a French name seems irrelevant.
- notahacker 9y agoI don't think many people likely to be interested in an association football API call it "soccer". They're marketing to that audience, not the minority of the world that assumes "football" refers to a gridiron sport.