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Because Americans are idiots they call a sport football after there already was a sport called football there was many arguements so Oxford created the term soccer which is short for associated football
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Do they really call soccer football in Sweden?
Only Americans call soccer...soccer! (everywhere else it is known as football)
When wikianswers come up with football in an american question do they mean football or soccer?
Americans call soccer soccer, and football football!
How was soccer called soccer?
The full name for "soccer" is "Association Football," which is so called to differentiate it from other games called Football. Association Football has so many syllables that it has been shortened to "Football." Then when Americans made there own football they renamed it soccer. Americans and Americans only call it soccer
What is the Spain football called?
Fútbol. What Americans call soccer.
The British say 'football'-what do Americans call the same game?
soccer
What is best paying professional sport?
football......what you Americans call soccer
Which is most popular game in uk?
Football (the americans call it soccer !)
Can Americans call soccer 'football'?
They can, but most people will initially think they are talking about American Football when they do.
What is a favorite sport in Africa?
Football, which is equivalent to what North Americans call "soccer."
What sport does England watch?
Football (Americans call it soccer) as well as Cricket.
What is Germany's nationol sport?
Football or as the Americans call it soccer. In German it is "Fußball"
How football is different in other countries?
What Americans call soccer is what the rest of the world calls football.
