why is football called FOOTBALL in every other country except america??

Answer 1

beacuse in america football is played by hands thats why they cannot call it football

Answer 2

The word "soccer" is an English (British), not an American word.
"Soccer" was originally called "association football" during the formation of the Football Association in England in the 1860s. And the word soccer derived from the second syllable of the word "association".
English public schoolboys loved to nickname things, they had a tendency to add "er" to the end of many words. Association Football was better know as "assoccer" and naturally evolved into "soccer" which is much easier for a schoolboy to say. The word "football", however, was more descriptive of the game (i.e. kicking a ball with the feet!) and was the term more frequently used. "Football" is the world standard name for "soccer", but In USA they keep using the word soccer to make a difference with football (american football) .

Answer 3

Because here we have a sport called American football where the guys wear pads and ram into each other and run around with a piece of pigskin. Since most Americans are a little on the slow side, we had to change the name of the world sport called football into soccer; to avoid the slow Americans from getting too confused. So when that thought about football comes back into your mind just think, "Oh yeah, the slow pitiful Americans." I am American and I feel sorry for most of my fellow countrymen.

Answer 4

Because when football (soccer) became popular in america, american football was already a major sport in the US, so to prevent confusion it was called soccer after an English nickname for the game.

Answer 5

Because football is played with the feet. Hence the name FOOTball. But in america there's already american football, where players carry the ball in their HANDS and run all over the place. So they call football soccer to differentiate between the two.

Answer 6

why are asking a silly question like that,dont you think that is just a common name like your name

Answer 7

Because we can do whatever we want.