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Originally Posted by Magix
WHy the game of football is called soccer in US?
it's FOOT + BALL
11 players use they foot to play the game...
and only 1 in american so called "football" it should the american "football" called soccer!
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Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which also goes by the name of soccer. The English language word football is also applied to Rugby football (Rugby union and Rugby league), North American football (American and Canadian), Australian rules football, and Gaelic football.
While it is widely believed that the word football, or "foot ball", originated in reference to the action of a foot kicking a ball, there is a rival explanation, which has it that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot.[1] These games were usually played by peasants, as opposed to the horse-riding sports often played by aristocrats. While there is no conclusive evidence for this explanation, the word football has always implied a variety of games played on foot, not just those that involved kicking a ball. In some cases, the word football has been applied to games which have specifically outlawed kicking the ball.
All football games involve scoring with a spherical or ellipsoidal ball (itself called a football), by moving the ball into, onto, or over a goal area or line defended by the opposing team. Many of the modern games have their origins in England, but many peoples around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball since ancient times.
The object of all football games is to advance the ball by kicking, running with, or passing and catching, either to the opponent's end of the field where points or goals can be scored by, depending on the game, putting the ball across the goal line between posts and under a crossbar, putting the ball between upright posts (and possibly over a crossbar), or advancing the ball across the opponent's goal line while maintaining possession of the ball.
In most English-speaking countries, the word "football" may mean any one of several games, or the ball used in that game. Because of the existence of different kinds of "football", controversy ? usually friendly in nature ? may result from unqualified usage of the word.
In most English-speaking countries the word "football" usually refers to Association football, also known as soccer. Of the 45 national FIFA affiliates in which English is an official or primary language, only three ? Canada, Samoa and the United States ? use "soccer" in their governing bodies name.
In the United Kingdom, the unqualified use of the word football refers only to Association football (soccer). But in English-speaking countries other than the UK, the word football may refer to American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, or one of the two codes of rugby football: rugby league or rugby union.
In both Australia and New Zealand, the vast majority of people use the word "soccer". The Australian team is commonly known by the nickname "Socceroos". Therefore, decisions by the national governing bodies in both countries, in the early 21st century, to rename themselves Football Federation Australia and Football New Zealand respectively, and their insistence on use of the word "football", has caused controversy and confusion.
In all football games, the winning team is the one that has the most points or goals when a specified length of time has elapsed.