Probably because they didnt want to get it mixed up with theyre football (which is weird coz I think they only kick the ball once in a play)
In America it is known as soccer...
Futbol or as known in America soccer is the sport with the highest participation.
By far it is Football (or Soccer as it is known in America).
The Football league in the US is known as Major League Soccer or MLS for short.
Football. (Soccer as it is known in North America)
English/European/world football, in North America it is known as soccer.
soccer... more commonly spelled futbol. Internationally, the game of American football is known as 'gridiron'. The vast majority of the world calls soccer football. Only in North America is football called soccer and gridiron called football.
soccer... more commonly spelled futbol. Internationally, the game of American football is known as 'gridiron'. The vast majority of the world calls soccer football. Only in North America is football called soccer and gridiron called football.
Greece's national sport is football, known in America as soccer. Greece's national football team has been improving over the last decade.
"American football" is what football is called in England. This is because the names "associated football" and "football" are already used for soccer.
Football.
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