Why does America call it soccer.?
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'Cause we're special...
1050553
Because Americans don't care anything about soccer. That's not to say soccer is a bad sport - we just prefer football, baseball, and basketball.
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Having Englishmen and Scotsmen as blokes, I would have to say that in general they know a lot about football (soccer)... or at least a hell of a lot more than North Americans. I am Canadian and even I would rather refer to the game as football. It makes sense doesn't it?... I mean you kick the ball with your foot, yet in football (American) you throw the damb thing and rarely kick it.
1111118
Finally, a Brit who knows they created the term!!  Never thought I'd see the day!!  What was the question again?  Oh yeah, Japan calls it soccer.  Go figure.  Anyway, the terms is English loosely from the term association as in FA.  Long long story to it.  Read this stuff and it will all make perfect sense.  http://www.gavinrymill.com/origin-of-the-word-soccer.html\nHappy reading.
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The rules of football were codified in England by the Football Association in 1863, and the name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football.\n\n The term soccer first appeared in the 1880s as a slang abbreviation of Association football, often credited to Charles Wreford-Brown.\n\nToday the sport is known by a number of names throughout the English-speaking world, the most common being football and soccer.\n\n The term used depends largely on the need to differentiate the sport from other codes of football followed in a community. Football is the term used by FIFA, the sport's world governing body, and the International Olympic Committee.\n\n\nIn the United States, the sport's governing body is the United States Soccer Federation. \n\nThis body was originally called the U.S. Football Association, and was formed in 1913 by the merger of the American Football Association and the American Amateur Football Association.\n\n The word "soccer" was added to the name in 1945, making it the U.S. Soccer Football Association, and it did not drop the word "football" until 1974, when it assumed its current name.\n\n Today, "soccer" is the standard name for the sport in the United States, with "football" referring instead to American football.
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I play soccer myself, and to Americans, football is more important (American football). Therefore, they are unwilling to change their name. This forced true football (Soccer) to be called soccer, in order to differentiate between the two. It's been a tradition and I doubt it will change anytime soon.
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Because soccer is boring you accidentally touch someone its a foul we already have a sport like that also more entertaining than soccer called basketball.  Americans just know how to play sports to entertain the europeans are a bunch of a s s grabing queers
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All of these answers are wrong.  The US did not invent the term "soccer" - the Brits did.  In the early 1800s, the game of rugby was invented.  In a football/soccer game at Rugby, a kid picked up the ball and started running around - the other kids chased him.  Eventually the game became known as "rugby football".  \n\nAt the time traditional football/soccer, teams played in an association (before there were any leagues).  To distinguish the two footballs, people called them "rugby football" and "association football".  In some circles, association football acquired the slang term "soccer" - an abbreviation for (a)socc football.  Eventually rugby football became "rugby" and association football was "football".\n\nHowever, some still used the term soccer.  The US is not the only country to call the game soccer.  Australia, Canada, and Ireland all have their own forms of "football" i.e. Aussie Rules Football, Gaelic Football, so they also call football soccer.
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The word "soccer" originates in England. It was originally an Oxford and Cambridge university slang word derived from the full title of the game, which was "Association Football", to distinguish it from "Rugby Football", which in similar fashion was called "Rugger" (although now it is usually just called "Rugby"). The name "soccer" is still used in Britain, although much less frequently than "Football".\n\nWhen the game began to become popular in the USA, the name "Football" could not be used there, because the title was already in use to describe what in Britain is called "American Football", so the substitute "Soccer" was used instead.
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US and Canada calls anything they want to anything. I have asked this question to so many people. Why do they call football as football, when most of the time they simply hold it in the hands and run. And why not call football (referring to soccer) just as the rest of the world.
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nithiii, you need to watch yourself in talking about American's and Soccer.  In the USA, soccer isn't the most popular sport because we have many other sports that share time with it.  In other parts of the world, the other sports that are big in USA, aren't as big there (baseball, basketball, etc)  If soccer were the only major US sport, it would be huge here like in other parts of the world.\n\nI think the original question of why is soccer pointless is a stupid question.  As an American and a soccer coach and referee, I think the sport of soccer is highly entertaining and enjoyable.  Its one of the few sports that you know exactly when its going to end or at least close.  Its also one that can end in a draw and still be enjoyable.
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Football.  We invented it (the UK) and named it, all before America was even discovered, and it's an English word.  So defo football, only americans and australians call it soccer (wrongly).\n\nAmerican football they use their hands as do AFL players so its hardly football
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The international game known as Football (or Futbol) - what Americans refer to as "soccer" - has only gained popularity in America in the last few years, and has never been a popular spectator sport here.  Although American football does involve hand-touching, it is one of the few games played here that involves kicking the ball, so that's probably where the name came from.
506191
Americans are Idiots thats why. As one I unfortunately live everyday seeing such things as Football called Soccer. It must stem from when the Pilgrams came over, they didn't want anything to do with England. Therefore they changed the name of England's beloved game to soccer. At this very moment I am wearing a nike "soccer" t shirt, if I wore one that said Football then these imbiciles would think I was talking about stupid "American Football". I think your right about changing it back to football, but americans are stubborn mules and won't change for anything.
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Well... take it from an American. The football that you know and love isn't quite as popular here in the states as American Football. Good point made, it IS pointless that we call football soccer. I think America has a pride issue. We don't (as a whole) go nuts over soccer (football) as the rest of the planet, I wish we did, but we don't. I believe it's because we know we're not that great at it. \n\nAmerica only dominates the sports that we made up. And those are the sports that are most widely televised and merchandised, hence making them "more popular" than the world's sports. Soccer is truly The World's Sport. But, we must be stubborn.\nWhy do you think we don't use the system of standard weights and measures? We've got to be the oddball out of the world...
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So tired of this question... \n\nWhy is the rest of the world so insecure because Americans have a game that is more fun than soccer and decided to call it football.  I'm thinking of starting a petition to change the official name of the American sport from football to:\n"THE GREATEST GAME IN THE WORLD AND TONS BETTER THAN DUMB STUPID SOCCER BALL"  \nWe'll still call it football for short though and insist that persons from Europe must call it by it's formal name.  Anyone want to sign up?  \n\nIf you are really interested in how American football got it's name, see the link below.  Everything you ever wanted to know.
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Soccer didn't pick up in the US becouse our history tried to issolate ourselve from Europe, we tried to remove Europrian culture and influince in the US. We have begun to reverce our views and join Europe, but it's a slow process. The key reason is there is little Major leage Soccer attation, outside the World Cup, people know little about US professianl soccer. We have Football or "American Soccer" as europe would call it translated, we have Baseball while they have Rugby and Cricket.