why do they call it american football, and football soccer?

Question

its played with you feet so surely 'soccer' should be rightfully known as football, you can't get much more of your foot involved, whats your opinions? i'm open to a solid statement for calling american football 'football'

Answer 1

So David Beckham knows which game he is playing.

Answer 2

It is my understanding that the world soccer comes from Association Football. As football evolved in the US to what we now call football, the folks playing the original game would form various associations based on there immigrant group or neighborhood. Thus, they were playing Association Football and then that term evolved into Soccer.
oNE MORE THING THE U.S. is the only country which calls "football" soccer the rest of the world calls "soccer" football.

Answer 3

Soccer is an abbreviation for Association Football. The Football
Association was formed in London in October 1863 when representatives
of eleven clubs and schools met in an attempt to standardize the rules
of the game. One of the rules prohibited the carrying of the ball, a
rule that would lead to the Rugby-oriented clubs leaving the
Association several months later. The name Association Football was
coined to distinguish it from Rugby.

By 1889, the abbreviation socca' was in use, and the spelling soccer
had made its appearance by 1895."

The continued use of the word made it easier to differential between that sport and American Football which was gaining much more attention and interest from the people in the US.

Answer 4

It is just a name. It really doesn't matter as long as you know what they are talking about. I know it is confusing in mixed groups...that is why you have the "american" when dealing with an internationally mix group. It isn't that hard to distinguish. It would be nice if we (we meaning "Americans") are a little more sensitve and try to distiguish when we are in known internationally mixed groups.

I wouldn't have any problem, now that the world is smaller and football (soccer) is now a common term and has been around longer than american football, that we try to give it a new name to distinguish it. I know Americans are stubborn and wonder why we should change...but it just makes sense. That would be a better question...What should American Football be called to identify itself from soccer/football?

Answer 5

It is my understanding that the world soccer comes from Association Football. As football evolved in the US to what we now call football, the folks playing the original game would form various associations based on there immigrant group or neighborhood. Thus, they were playing Association Football and then that term evolved into Soccer.

Answer 6

If soccer is not soccer and instead it's called football... then what is soccer?

I know that sounds like a stupid statement but the sports are completely different and therefore should be given two different names. Even the wrestling that you see on TV is different than the wrestling you see at the Olympics and that's why they're calling it sports entertainment rather than wrestling.

But I don't think they should call soccer football. I think it should get its own identity. Maybe if they don't like the name soccer they could call it something else... but not football.

Answer 7

soccer, as performed in uk, Europe, South u.s., Africa and so on. is association soccer the place hand touch on the ball is forbidden and is regulated by ability of F.I.F.A with a international Cup opposition each 4 years; that's quite a interest performed in each united states of america in the international. soccer, as performed in the u . s ., is greater corresponding to the Rugby Union and Rugby League policies as performed in Europe and maximum Commonwealth international places in that that's often a working and hand passing interest. in the u . s ., as a manner to tell apart between the two traditions, they call association soccer, 'soccer'. The individuals are fiercely shielding of their interest or maybe nevertheless they are in an super minority on a international-extensive scale, they'll by no ability provide up on their interest being referred to as something different than 'soccer' (despite the fact that that is no longer). impossible to have a international Cup for American soccer as they might only play against themselves.

Answer 8

It's an American game and it's called football. Soccer is a third rate sport in the US and will remain that way. Let Europe call their game whatever they want to call it, we don't care.

Answer 9

It's called football because the game starts with a kick. It's always been called football. Other countries can call soccer football, but here in America, soccer is soccer, and football is football.

Answer 10

Because Limey idiots don't know their own history.

Foot ball refers to games played with a ball while on foot, unlike Polo.

It in the 18th century included rugby.

American (and Canadian) Football evolved from Rugby a foot ball game in the 1800s .

Until like 1941 in the NFL it was common that any player at anytime could drop kick (using feet) a field goal.

Click they link to Rugby football and learn your own history.

Answer 11

Did you know that an American football team once played an English rugby league football team and the Americans refused to come out in the second half cos the rugby players were playing too rough!