KingTrump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’
itisileclerkThat’s the unexpected right thing coming from Trump. Seriously, only Americans call a game played with hands “football” and a game played with feet “soccer.” Come on Trump, next fix the measurements so Americans don’t measure in pots and pans (or maybe it was cups and spoons) and thumbs and elbows (or maybe it was inches and feet).
DarkagaAlthough the etomology of the word football is inconclusive, the most likely explanation is that it’s a game played on foot, rather than on a horse.
Also, they’re both called football colloquially because they are both derived from a sport called Football but neither of them are actually “Football.” Association Football (Soccer) and Gridiron/American Football are the correct names. So really, people calling it Soccer are more correct than people who call it Football.