Soccer vs Football

[Shizzable]

Do you get offended when someone calls that sport you use your feet for something other than what you call it? Being an American, I call it Soccer but I realize it is called other things elsewhere, so I never get offended. I personally don't see the big deal.

Oh, and sorry if this has been discussed before. I understand if it gets closed.

 

[Dreg]

I prefer it if it's Football and American Football, but those who call it Soccer then I don't seem to mind. I could probably guess that it's been discussed many times.

 

[Honest]

I know there's already a GE thread talking about Football/Soccer, but it's more of a discussion thread about what's actually happening in the season. I'll just move this to GE and have Ante deal with it as he sees fit.

-moced.

soccer, btw

 

[Cerberus87]

No disrespect to American Football fans but, even though it can also trace its roots back to a common denominator (as does rugby), the real football is played with feet, and the only player allowed to pick up the ball is the goalkeeper.

 

[Synerjee]

For me, football is soccer and soccer is football. They both mean the sport where two teams kick a ball around a field and try to score goals at opposite sides. If I want to mention the other sport with the ball that isn't round, I'll say rugby.

 

[Starry Windy]

I personally call the football that I usually know as Soccer, meanwhile if I see the sport where the ball is not quite round, I call it American Football. I think I can differentiate these 2 different sports easily this way.

 

[Amore]

Well, being English, I call the beautiful game Football (As opposed to American Football, the one with all the waiting around in it). I don't get offended, but if somebody told me I was wrong to call it Football then I'd get pretty darn angry - if it was founded as football, been called that all its existence by the people who created it, then its football.

 

[Kikaito plush]

In scotland we call soccer football so that is what I call it. but if you want to call it soccer go ahead it wouldn't bother me.

 

[Firox]

I live in the USA and I call it football, I'm guessing since my parents are from Mexico, I just got more used to it - I grew up with it - I watch football a lot [on TV or in the stadium], since in Mexico futbol is very popular - so to me its natural instincts to just call it football.

I don't get offended or get defensive when someone else calls it soccer - I just get annoyed when some one else tries to convince me that I'm wrong or that its not the right term.

that NFL stuff [which I do watch, I love my Seahawks] I just simply call NFL or Americanized Rugby (to me NFL more closely resembles Rugby than football)

 

[Legobricks]

If everyone knew that American football is also known as gridiron, and then dispensed with calling it football (really, are feet involved with the ball in any way?), there'd be no problem with what is meant when either is mentioned.

 

[Crunch Punch]

I used to kinda mind for some odd reason, but nowadays I don't really care as much. As long as the game is widely discussed and Chelsea does well people can call it whatever they want.

 

[pokemasta92]

I never get offended and believe people should call things whatever they please. I only get offended when people tell me what to call things. Many countries have their own words to describe different things. When it comes to sports, this is the difference between football and soccer:

FOOTBALL
The sport I call football in the United States is actually one of two types of football.
Both are officially known as North American football or gridiron football.
The two different types are American football and Canadian football.
People from both countries refer to their own version of it as simply football.
People from other countries such as Australia and New Zealand refer to it as gridiron.

SOCCER
The sport people call football in most countries is officially known as association football.
People from the United States and Canada refer to it as soccer.
People from other countries such as Australia and New Zealand refer to it as both.

NOTE: Not to be confused with rugby football (league and union) which is its own sport.

 

[Eruption]

I don't mind what people use, but to me it's football and american football.

I think it'd make things a lot simpler if Americans referred to their game as gridiron or even just as NFL (Australia's version of gridiron appears to regularly be referred to just by the league name).

 

[Brendino]

Growing up in North America, I've always referred to association football as soccer, rugby football as rugby, and American/Canadian football as plain old football. And I always found it interesting that there are people out there that are actually offended by people calling it soccer, considering the term originated in England, where it's still primarily known as football.

All I know is that it doesn't matter if they're both called football, I like watching them both.

 

[Aeroblast]

I usually call it soccer, though I'll call it football in countries that call it football.

 

[Banz]

I really hate the name soccer.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

In scotland we call soccer football so that is what I call it. but if you want to call it soccer go ahead it wouldn't bother me.

Nah, you guys call it ''Fitbaw''.

 

[Mentalii]

I don't mind, and I don't understand how people can be so offended about this. It's a matter of culture, words changes regarding the place where you live.
I laugh at all the complaining people who criticize americans, "huuuuh you play this game with your feet so that is FOOT-ball no soccer :(", since they would be the first to claim it should be soccer if they were born is USA.
Well, aside from that, I call it football, because in my country we say football.

 

[Ivysaur]

When someone says "soccer", I simply reply by calling the other sport "handegg", since you play it with an egg-shaped thing that you grab with your hands so it makes perfect sense!

Actually I don't care as long as it's on good faith. Same as with u's, it's okay if you don't use them but don't tell me "behaviour" is a misspelling or else.

 

[pokemasta92]

When someone says "soccer", I simply reply by calling the other sport "handegg", since you play it with an egg-shaped thing that you grab with your hands so it makes perfect sense!

Actually I don't care as long as it's on good faith. Same as with u's, it's okay if you don't use them but don't tell me "behaviour" is a misspelling or else.

Well the ball is kicked during field goals and punts so the name makes partial sense lol.