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What is the official name of french soccer team?
French Football Federation
What is the official name of the two Vietnam?
the official name of two vietnam are french and china
What year was football invented?
Football is the official name for soccer. Soccer comes from association football. Only in the USA and Canada do they say soccer. The global name for football is of course football. The global name for American football is gridiron. Gridiron is a code of handball and not football. Football is a sport where players control the ball with their feet and only football does this. Football has been played for many centuries but had no official rules. The british created rules for football in 1848. After that many codes of handball arose including rugger and gridiron, none of which are codes of football. Question asked by chickenman94
Is football or soccer bigger in North America?
Football is the official name for soccer. Soccer comes from the Football asssociation. Only in the USA and Canada do they say soccer. The global name for football is of course football. The global name for American football is gridiron. Gridiron is a code of rugby or handball and not football. Football is a sport where players control the ball with their feet and only football does this. Football has more participants in north America and gridiron has more spectators. Mainly because Americans prefer football but struggle with the technicalities and so they do better at gridiron which is a more basic sport.
If people have a problem with Americans calling soccer its name then why don't the football purists call their sport kickball?
The sport of football has been called football long before american football was introduced. Why should people who are used to calling there sport football for generations have to change the name. I belive many fans would be against a name change of their sports on both sides of the Atlantic and we have to learn to live with the way the sports are named in different countries. Football is the official name for soccer. Soccer comes from association football. Only in the USA and canada do they say soccer. The global name for football is of course football. The global name for american football is gridiron. Gridiron is a code of handball and not football. Football is a sport where players control the ball with their feet and only football does this. Football has been played for many centuries but had no official rules. The british created rules for football in 1848. After that many codes of handball arose including rugger and gridiron, none of which are codes of football. Americans will have to change their activity to gridiron as the official name.
How did the name soccer came to life?
the name "soccer" is not the real name it is football. Football is because you use your foot. duhhhh!
Where did the word soccer come from If the original name for the sport is Football?
The word "football" was used early in the game's history, where the rules for different types of football had not been codified. Different codes - such as rugby football - evolved from earlier variations on the same game. The official name for the type of football that is now known as "soccer" in the US, Australia and Canada is "Association Football", because it is managed by the "Football Association" in England. "soccer" comes from "Association".
Is soccer called futbol?
it's called football (official name being association football). it's predominantly called futbol by Spanish speakers. if you went to England or France and wanted to play/watch what you call soccer, you'd say football.
Is soccer and football scored differently or the same?
Soccer and football is the same sport witha different name, it is called football in the uk and soccer in the u.s.
What is the British name for soccer?
Football
What the name of that soccer game where your the manager and it cant be finished?
The name of the soccer game was football.
How did soccer get the name?
Association Football was the first name of football as it was estbalished by the Football Association of England. Soccer is derived from Asocc or Socca, some deviations from the original word.
