answer.if u can.I just don't get it.
2006-08-13 15:14:43 · 11 answers · asked by chikidii 3 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
Americans are the only one to use the term soccer... because they already have another game which is called football which is different from the football game the rest of the world knows.... that is why they named the football the the world know soccer.
2006-08-13 15:21:34 · answer #1 · answered by rania75 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
American football was established before association football. In those days, there was a greater emphasis on kicking the ball in order to advance it toward the end zones. It has evolved into a pass first, run second, kick third strategy. An Englishman by the last name of Brown decided that association football needed to be different and coined the term "soccer" that continues to be marketed under that name by the powers that be in Europe. Basically, we didn’t need to name it soccer because we already had football.
2006-08-13 22:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There simply is no difference. It's originally called football but since there's American football, most people from North America call it soccer to avoid confusion.
2006-08-13 15:22:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Soccer IS Football.
Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.
(Oh by the way there's this little game that Americans like to pretend is also called football).
2006-08-13 15:19:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well in every country except the US, soccer is called football... in the us, if u say football, that means american football... if you are in italy, and they say football (or futbol) then basically its the round ball that u kick lol..
2006-08-13 15:21:02 · answer #5 · answered by NYCoolRunner 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
football is soccer....... but here in america we created another game that we call football that has to do with throwing the ball, touchdowns, and field goals. so football is soccer.......... just americans say soccer and our other game is called football
2006-08-13 15:25:37 · answer #6 · answered by sportypanther18 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
in other countries it is the same, but in the US, they are different. football is a different sport in the US, so thats why they call it soccer, but in other countries its football.
2006-08-13 15:37:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
2 totally different games.
2006-08-13 15:19:47 · answer #8 · answered by venus11224 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because soccer is one thing and football is totally another thing.....
2006-08-13 23:53:26 · answer #9 · answered by lovely h 777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because in other southern american countries they call it futbol because it means soccor
2006-08-15 07:37:43 · answer #10 · answered by Barb23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋