Is there a difference between soccer and football?

Question

It seems there is a difference some in this forum seem to not like the term soccer instead of football..i apologise if it offends.. i just thought that since there were other forms of football(american football,australian football)and this being an international site. i thought soccer was suitable..is their some difference i would really like to know..with all openess..:)

To;baby boy
oh its fine.btw i am not american.I use to live in australia and play both australian football and futball..so i got use to the slang..guess i gotta adapt back to the rest of the world..haha

Answer 1

All world call it football only in USA they call it soccer because they have their stupid football(something like rugby).There is no difference,but it would be stupid for example in USA is baskettball and that rest of world call for example ballbas!That have no sence.Sorry for last answer but i wreally hate when someone call football soccer :)

Answer 2

Football was originally discovered in England with the formation of the first football club (Sheffield FC) in 1856. When the sport of rugby developed later in the same century, the sports were renamed Association Football and Rugby Football. As countries around the world became involved in the sport, they already had games that were referred to as 'football', the obvious being American Football in the US and Australian Rules Footall in Australia. To differentiate these sports, the US began to call it 'soccer', even though the name 'football' has stuck around the majority of the world.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

In the US, what others call "football" or "futbol", we call "soccer" because we have our own version of "football."

What Americans call football:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/images/redskins/1999/week6gal/skins1.jpg

What Americans call soccer (and what others around the world call football):
http://www.cineform.com/customer/ArialFoundation/Soccer%20Action.jpg

Personally, I think "football" is a stupid name for our game, but it won't be changed because we are so accustomed to calling it "football", even though there are only a few situations when the ball is actually kicked (kickoffs, punts and field goals). If I had it my way, our version of "football" would be called "pigskin", lol.

Answer 4

Soccer is a game played with a ball. In soccer, you kick the ball in a definate areawhich is covered with net. In soccer, you cannot push the person and throw him on the ground. Only one point is given when scored.
In football, players actually fight for the ball and there is no definate area except for the end of the ground as the goal.

Answer 5

Soccer is better than foootball.