Why Is Football Called Soccer?

[RedBaird]

 

The term "hand-egg ball" just cracks me up sooo much!  

 

[Raskin]

Make me some breakfast

[Alphaleader]

I think it's because at what we call (us European) Football , people from Usa, Canada , and Japan are not very good...

 

Soccers ====> Suckers .   Depends of the accent i think   

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[L3ftY.]

goes back to late 1800's early 1900's when 'football' transformed from rugby into americanized football, or something to that affect, and somehow the name stuck because americans hated the name armpitball lol.

 

similar question, why is cricket called cricket...when they dont play with crickets

[DFighter]

usa is just crazy calling something football where they mostly use their hands and body

[RedBaird]

usa is just crazy calling something football where they mostly use their hands and body

 

It seems that North American "football" has evolved from the ancestor game where the feet were more involved.

 

This would seem to imply that Soccer has not evolved very much.    

 

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[LazyHippo]

Always thought the american football was called like that as to make reference to the fact that you need to use your foot (run) to go forward in game and win points, its true hands and body is used too, so there you got a debate.

[RedBaird]

I find the whole topic highly amusing!  It is like a difference in slang between countries.  

[Rhino05]

Football (not american, the football, or soccer for the gringos) > "American football (that is not football :v)