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Soccer comes from Association Football, if they just called it football then it would get mixed up with American football. Association Football is abbreviated assoc which then changed to soccer.
I call it football
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Why did America call it football?
America call it soccer.
Is soccer the popular sport?
Soccer is popular all over the world including here in America. Not really, Soccer is popular over the world except America. Soccer in America but it is call football.
What does FIFA represent?
Federation International of Football Association .They call it Football because the original soccer is Football. But in America they call it soccer but its really called Football.
What is the national sport of Guadeloupe?
they call it football. however in america, it is known as soccer.
What do we call the game knowen as football in England?
It is football in Britain, and soccer in America.
What is another name fr soccer?
Football, The United states of America is the only country that calls Soccer, soccer. All of the other countries call it football.
is it called soccer or football?
technically it is called football it is just that america has another sport called football so they had to call it soccer.
A very most popular sport in south America?
Soccer (or as some call it "football")
How many countries call soccer the word soccer?
America, Australia, New Zealand, are some countries which use the term soccer rather than, as in the UK, football.
What is Colombia national sport?
The national sport of colombia is Futbol. In America here we call it soccer.
Popular sports and pastimes in Italy?
Soccer as we call it in America is very popular sport in Italy.
Is soccer a sport in North America?
Yes we do play soccer in America.
