Football is the common name given to whatever form of football is most popular in that country, including Association Football (soccer), Rugby, American Football (NFL), and so on. It so happens that soccer is the football game most popular in Kerala and in many other countries.
Soccer
"American football" is what football is called in England. This is because the names "associated football" and "football" are already used for soccer.
People in Mexico call it football
Soccer was once called Football but now they call it soccer. But some people also use the word football when referring to soccer.
football which they call soccer! football to them is soccer!
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
They can, but most people will initially think they are talking about American Football when they do.
Football like most of the world.
Only Americans call soccer...soccer! (everywhere else it is known as football)
The game of Saudi Arabia is soccer and people in Saudi call soccer football.
Americans call soccer soccer, and football football!
their both right because U.S.A call soccer and England call football