Why do you yanks call football soccer in our game which actually use our feet,we know your game as rugby2?

Answer 1

Because we won the war and we can call it what we want! Now go see your dentist and eat some more boiled meat!

All meant in jest of course!

Answer 2

[1] It's not just Americans who call it Soccer. Most of the English speaking world calls it Soccer (That includes the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland).

[2] There are many codes of Football: American Football, Canadian Football, Australian Rules Football, Rugby League Football, Rugby Union Football, Gaelic Football and Soccer, to name but a few.

[3] Nobody calls American Football "Rugby 2" except you.

[4] Don't be so embarassingly insular.

Answer 3

Ok rugby is a totally different game with different rules.
But Soccer (football to you) never really caught on in the states as it did in the rest of the world, instead we have a different sport, which is popular here, and it just happens to be called American Football.

Answer 4

Most of the world calls it's soccer. It's not just us. However you make a decent point about the "foot".

Say hi to the Royals for me!

Answer 5

Because soccer sucks, and soccer just sounds "sucky"

Answer 6

Britt boy, go ask Churchill who helped you all when Hitler tried to bomb your country back into the Normand invasion.

Answer 7

Tell me why you Britts like warm beer and boiled beef.

Answer 8

"what do the english think about americans?"
"Oh, they are fat, stupid, obnoxious, rich, etc"

"what do the americans think about the english?"
"Americans don't think about the english"

So there you go. We don't care.

Answer 9

rugby2???? i dunno because were stupid. i call 'soccer' football and i call our football american football. i never understood how soccer is a relevant name.

Answer 10

Good for you, but we still don't give a damn.