'Football' vs 'Soccer' - WHY the war of words?

Some call it "football" and despise the word "soccer". Those in the “football” camp are likely European, and resent those in the US or elsewhere that simply cannot get the name of their beautiful sport correct. And those that call it "soccer" hate it when people say "football", which to them is a completely different ball game. Finally, there’s a third group: people like us here at Kick off!, who want to get to the bottom of this war of words. Why all the hate over a simple name?
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[@shreeyajain9391]

Half the teams in MLS have FC in their name lol

[@adityavenkatesan5423]

Absolutely . Epic fail SoCcEr fAnS

[@redsocks_der_allerechte]

Should be SC if they want to call it soccer

[@tdmqsjournal]

BOOOM 🤯

[@yummyjackalmeat]

Because we accept that it's both. And american football (the egg kind) teams arent called clubs or fc so its reserved for soccer thus there is no confusion. No american thinks it should only be called soccer. Literally zero americans think that.

[@marcodamian5405]

Not any S.C.

[@lukapgee2403]

American football can just change its name to touchdown

[@aadhi9540]

Or handegg

[@thenorseprodigy7466]

In my country American football is called gridiron

[@kelvinsudirman4072]

@@thenorseprodigy7466 fun fact. It's actually US themselves who wants the sport to be named "Gridiron" internationally. I'd guess they would name-change that in their own country too if it weren't because their citizens simply already being too familiar with their own "football" and find it offensive to change it.

[@Richiesam2]

@@aadhi9540 soccer

[@aadhi9540]

@@Richiesam2 okay sucker

[@jdhabdsudcbld]

In spanish we call the usa sport "Fútbol Americano", which would directly translate to American Football

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

I thought most languages called it American Football. It must be called 'gridiron' somewhere but not in the UK.

[@imaboisir7227]

@@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS same when they said that I was like ???? What?

[@alonsocarrasco1377]

Pero América es un continente no un país :v

[@johnlafleur9208]

@@alonsocarrasco1377 North America is a continent so is South America. 2 different continents just as Europe & Asia are 2 different continents.

[@johnlafleur9208]

@@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS Australians use the term "gridiron" for American football.

[@AryanSingh070]

I like how they researched soo much non sense to make us believe that rugby is also football

[@jambomaltido]

Rugby is football. So is Aussie rules.

[@DreanPetruza]

"Rugby football started about 1845 at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England" There, end of discussion. Look it up on wikipedia.

[@dricardkr]

🤣

[@TheoLimpo]

Rugby to me it’s more correct to call it handball

[@amelsexy9070]

@@TheoLimpo more like hand egg

[@amosm7736]

I am from Botswana, you marked us part of the people who call football soccer, we definitely don't call it soccer here. It's FOOTBALL

[@aryanraina5727]

Proud of you my brother 👍

[@eastafricanforever3457]

Tell them

[@Tacritto]

Football is cringe

[@kabelodike7763]

@John Doe we actually call it Diski

[@junliu1663]

@@Tacritto you're cringe

[@KuyaBJLaurente]

I'm from the Philippines (one of the "soccer" gang in Asia) and we now call it "football". Thanks to Filipino-European footballers we had that re-popularized football here, plus all our Southeast Asian neighbors (like Indonesia and Malaysia) call it football anyway.

[@lafleur7416]

no we didn't, we used the term "bola sepak/sepak bola". Philippines used the term in english cause they were occupied by english-speaking countries and they're using filipino and english as official language. but in Malaysia and Indonesia we're using malay (malaysia) and bahasa (indonesia) which kinda similar. although Malaysia were occupied by english-speaking country either, but they're using malay language as official language.

[@Khazoumi]

@@lafleur7416 koi rasa la, dalam taglog pun ada je dia punya 'bola sepak'. orang sana mungkin cakap football bila guna english. kita kat malaysia guna football kalau bahasakan bola sepak dalam english. rilek brader

[@asephd677]

@@lafleur7416 gagal paham ini orang.

[@joksizantos7520]

Saker, or Putbol, but officially used is Football right now

[@thebrand647]

It depends on the region, the south side calls it Soccer and the north side calls it Football

[@syedusamaali330]

For the last time: it is FOOTBALL

[@italics6321]

it doesn’t matter lol. soccer, calcio, football all mean the same thing. no need to get mad over a word

[@fe-jo]

@@italics6321 Nah

[@thembinkosikissama8764]

Socc3r

[@italics6321]

@@fe-jo whats the diffrence between soccer, football, and calcio ?

[@Geo-nw9ug]

@@italics6321 1 of them is the real word for it, 1 of them is fine and 1 of them makes no sense because if you call it soccer it means u call something else football which shouldn't be called football

[@vmofficial9]

2 countries vs 200 doesn't seem like much of a war

[@MrMM1007]

Fun fact.... many words around the world are different from country to country and language to language! The English term for this phenomenon is "vocabulary". Can you say, "vocabulary". Good job!

[@MALAKIA-f6v]

とても恥ずかしいのですが、我々日本人はフットボールをサッカーと呼びます。心からお詫び申し上げます。

[@liemduong6729]

There isn't a discussion that football is the more popular term to use what non-English countries or just most people need to understand is that more than one form of football that exists, and pretending that it doesn't proves that they don't really know any history of where their beloved game came from. The game " association football " is not even 200 years old, and looks like nothing like original football. Rugby actually is older in its modern capacity (first formulated in 1823), and actually looks more like the original version then association ever did.

[@ArekK-jn3pu]

Dude, the Yanks are using the term soccer in the US, but they are not imposing it on the rest of the world. It is salty soccer fans who have a problem with it, and "soccer" is actually a British term.

[@anbuithai3311]

and we still dont care

[@jegerm6752]

It’s absurd to call a sport “football” when it’s played using hands. Like kickboxing, you should call that sport handfootball

[@DaBig_Cheese]

The reason it's called football is from its origin to Rugby. Rugby in itself used to have the word football club next to certain clubs due to it being played on foot. Football was used to differentiate between sports played on foot and sports played on horseback. Thus American Football. It's some history that often gets forgetting since people want to get mad at a word being used like how it was historically used.

[@nexxogen]

Even 'soccer' permitted the use of hands to an extent in its original version. You could catch a high flying ball as long as you immediately put it on the ground and continue playing with your feet. The rules of these sports (all called football) kept changing and now rugby and american football mostly use hands, and soccer mostly uses feet (don't remember the throw-in where players put the ball in play with their hands), but that doesn't mean that you have to change names after more than a century just because the rules have slowly evolved to a point where they don't accurately reflect the name of the game anymore. For example, in Rugby a 'try' gives you the most points, but it's called that because it used to only give you a try to score a goal between the posts and it didn't bring any points by itself. The name 'try' doesn't make any sense today, but it's not being changed just because of that. History is important.

[@gokulvaradan8781]

They call it football because the ball is one foot long, different logic but makes sense.

[@calebrenders1915]

Dude why did you lot write literal essays- nobody in Britain ( where football is played more than in America ) says soccer.

[@nexxogen]

@@calebrenders1915 So what?

[@kunsensei123]

1 year later, it's still football, not soccer.

[@spring6780]

2 years later , It's still football and nothing else

[@Abd_707]

Hopefully a century later, it'll still be Football

[@Podgorski37]

Soccer

[@dajjukunrama5695]

@@Abd_707 no because English won’t have such an international Word

[@thevannmann]

It's still whatever it was a year ago. Europeans call it football whilst most non-UK Anglos call it soccer. Whoopdeedoo!

[@satriayudha2024]

how come u say a game "football" while u use hand to hold the ball and run while it ?? does not make sense ..

[@original.dwornboy]

Because American football is a derivation of Rugby Football.

[@til159]

@@original.dwornboy never heard the term rugby football before its just rugby.

[@NeroPiroman]

@@original.dwornboy it still makes no logical sense you use hands to throw and carry an egg shaped opject not feet to hit a ball

[@petergeyer7584]

@@NeroPiroman Because that‘s what it has been called for over 100 years. And to @GS R, Rugby has historically been called Rugby Football. The name derives from a version of football that was developed at the Rugby School in England. There are a whole category of games called football around the world that use an oblong ball that is carried - and sometimes kicked (Rugby Football, American Football, Canadian Football, Gaelic Football, Australian Football, etc.).

[@yummyjackalmeat]

Because its played on foot and not on horses.

[@kieranwhippy4137]

In Australia it's used more interchangeably depending on who you're talking to or where you are. A notable example of how it's used interchangeably our national team the Socceroos are part of the FFA (Football Federation Australia). And all state & territories use 'Football' for their respective associations.

[@indianruckus6412]

As a fellow Aussie also named Kirin you can also refer it to football and not confuse people with Australian Rules Football because we call it ‘footy’

[@markdouglas9182]

But 90% + of Australian sporting fans in general - will still call it 'soccer'.. Soccer is an English word anyway; it originated in the UK!

[@Santhosh_hehe]

Zlatan would've killed him 😂🤣 remember if u argue with zlatan it's equal to suicide

[@rihansa199]

It would have been better

[@yungchunks6931]

Nah hes bitchmade and got pressed by Kimmy limmel

[@vinniemascaro6649]

...but I bet even he would have to use his hands then..

[@nexxogen]

No, he's what football fans consider to be a "tough guy". That's because they don't watch american football, rugby and other sports where the average player weighs more than 65 kg.

[@sebastians783]

Man I was thinking the same thing, in fact i got a little bit scared he would at least spit on his face or slap him.

[@adgame32]

If someone says soccer, I assume he is not a football fans.

[@dajjukunrama5695]

How will you know that they’re American?

[@jeancarlos14007]

@@dajjukunrama5695 could be Canadian, Australian, from some countries of Africa and Asia. The US is not the only country that keeps using the wrong word, but the mentality is changing amongst those other places and start to accept reality once they begin to understand what football really is

[@kermitdathug3953]

Then you are most definitely not a fan. Either that or you really let just people ruin your day cause they called a sport differently lmao.

[@leandro8897]

If someone says soccer, I assume that they think football is that game in which the players almost never used their foot to kick the ball

[@jamesmorris3123]

@@s4sh1_337 Prove it is an official name.,

[@DBSG1976]

Im an American and I call it football! AFC Bournemouth!

[@yummyjackalmeat]

I call it football in these circles but european football to others in my daily life. Now I kinda wanna go back to soccer after seeing how ignorant the discussion is.

[@DBSG1976]

@@yummyjackalmeat ill say association football and American Football, myself. Soccer to me doesn't sound right.

[@yummyjackalmeat]

@@DBSG1976 lol, what? That can't be even remotely true. No one would know wtf association football is, they'd still assume you were talking about American football. Even when I say euro football, people are still confused and I end up just saying soccer, because that's one of the names of the sport weather we like it or not. Just like countries have one name in some languages and another in the native language and yet another in other languages. It's just the way it is. There isn't a "right" way.

[@DBSG1976]

@@yummyjackalmeat I'm glad you know whats true in my life...I clarify if someone is confused, its not a hard concept.

[@veipuniilana1842]

Appreciate it

[@jayrizzle9226]

It's soccer in America, get over it crybabies.

[@fishman1255]

And egghand is ur football? 😂 Oh mb egghand is b-tech rugby And baseball is b-tech cricket

[@NateNakao]

As an American, I do prefer using the term "football," but I find myself causing confusion among my friends. I generally try to differentiate by using "American football" or "gridiron football" to refer to the game most of my friends watch on the weekend, but it often doesn't help. It's a little easier when I'm visiting my fiancée in Canada, since hockey is their primary sport, and most people don't watch American football as religiously as their neighbors to the south.

[@highkeyiv44]

Maybe we should start by "Soccer football" in opposition to American/Gridiron football" as a first step..?

[@safalparajuli]

Ice Hockey ?

[@jayjopam8505]

Lived overseas 10 years, Spanish wife, I do exactly the same ... By habit I say Futball and use American football. No one in US seems to have an issue. They get it.

[@StonedAF101]

It's far simpler to call Football football and soccer soccer. These people wear socks up to their knees so the name is more than fitting.

[@alepacha76]

Yeah, thats the same way we use in latin america. "AMERICAN" FOOTBALL ...to refeer to a game similar to Rugby. FUTBOL AMERICANO (In Spanish), as a convention in every spanish nation. Soccer sounds like a deprecation.

[@schubbel]

I think alot of people commenting here didnt even watch the video.

[@nope6908]

It is fun triggering them tho

[@akshat8252]

America football =Hand✋+egg🥚= Handegg

[@raungelmarlance8208]

Maybe it's runball coz they doing touchdowns

[@davidnealy6459]

Maybe but at least we do not fall a sleep watching 120 pound lawn fairies jog up and down the field for 90 mins just to end up with a 0-0 tie.

[@2h-tube340]

Lol

[@ronan7979]

@@davidnealy6459 yes but your American football is called rugby

[@curiosos2334]

@@davidnealy6459 Say that to the +4 billion fans that love football ;)

[@smtandearthboundsuck8400]

It’s football. Your handegg is not football.

[@NazriBuang-w9v]

Lies again? Netflix Movies Gangbang Of Cars

[@luishernandezblonde]

FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL!

[@enesgulbeyaz3311]

@John Doe you lose man

[@gery8218]

@Ufc cringe

[@mercenarytao-dc]

Yes

[@gery8218]

@John Doe cringe

[@gery8218]

@John Doe what a comeback I'm impressed wow

[@rogeriopenna9014]

As a Brazilian who calls it Futebol, and who decades ago had dial up internet fights with Americans regarding the word soccer, I nowadays always try to remember that one of the greatest footballing nations call it... CALCIO

[@99Gara99]

Calcio é um dos jeitos mais loucos de se falar futebol mesmo But one thing about Brazil is that most English schools would teach you that the English word for footbal is "soocer" (obviously it may not be the case in some, such as _cultura inglesa_ where they teach you weird stuff such as "centre", "metre", "litre" etc)

[@mgtt4301]

Para de passar vergonha cara.

[@tpsam]

A gente Calcia la palla Remate a bola

[@rogeriopenna9014]

@@mgtt4301 passar vergonha de que maneira, filhote?

[@legitimo1788]

Os cara joga futebol com leite?

[@holaholafelipito]

"Don't call it America!" It's not a country but a continent.

[@holaholafelipito]

@Lol Lol lol i don't know how to reply to this

[@adityavenkatesan5423]

Even Mexico prefers Football

[@del.see.oh.89]

@Lol Lol It's called football because you play ON your feet.

[@hiteshgandhi21]

Only AMERICANS and CANADIANS call it soccer in both North and South America

[@erosivy]

Yall say African stfu and its a continent

[@skeebee9738]

As an american, I call it soccer around other americans. I call it football around people from the rest of the world just to avoid arguments.

[@Saladzyumm]

Ikr, I get death threats every time for saying soccer

[@nope6908]

@@bull419 ok and?

[@nope6908]

I would do the same, at the end of the day, it's just a silly game.

[@asdanahohi749]

Smart @ss

[@kathyg6976]

@@asdanahohi749Well that was rude.

[@huzzy.p6418]

Soccer 😨😨😲 Football 😉👍🔥

[@ufc.prodzz2861]

@DeAndre DeAndre football

[@ufc.prodzz2861]

@John Doe “can you shut up” you’re acting like you haven’t replied on EVERY single other comment, but you’re the one telling me to shut up, and you sayin “did you even watch the video” was a VERY recurring theme in all your comments, yes I did watch the video, and I was explaining football ⚽️ is the beautiful game. I can understand why people call it soccer (because they already have football) and I can except people saying it, but I was explaining that football ⚽️ is the beautiful game.

[@ufc.prodzz2861]

@John Doe that’s what I just said..

[@ayman_idk3465]

⚽️

[@fathimah7283]

Soccer ⚽

[@thomasmarshall9884]

Whoever calls it soccer should be burned at the stake

[@keraatkins7833]

Oh cry me a river. Stop being a cultural imperialist

[@thomasmarshall9884]

@@keraatkins7833 it’s a joke oh my god

[@limecloud8522]

@@keraatkins7833 Jesus mate 🤦‍♂️😂

[@idontfeelokayman2786]

@@keraatkins7833 woah god dang

[@jc12szn]

@@thomasmarshall9884 jokes are supposed to be funny

[@leonardosenab]

I'm a brazilian living in Australia and even though sometimes there's conflict with the use of the word football (as I'll never use soccer), they're pretty open to it. Many people here agrees that the sport that kicks a ball should be called football. But the fact they call AFL as footy, helps a lot.

[@leonardosenab]

@ProudOfYourRoots I know I know 🤣 but down here it works pretty well. They have they're f#cking nonsense footy and I got my football. Works for everyone 🤣

[@francisjohnston8014]

Yeah as an Aussie i'd like to call it football but it can be confused with Aussie rules, rugby when talking to others

[@99Gara99]

In Brazil we are taught in English lectures that the English word for "football" is "soccer". I see that they teach the same thing in Japan for instance. In Portuguese we call it "futebol", which is our way to pronounce "football" as you may have guessed

[@99Gara99]

@ProudOfYourRoots and we also call it "football" in our daily Portuguese speaking lives But the aunts teaching our kids the English language are not much aware of those kind of things and they just read "soccer" in their American text books and they tell the kids that this is how it's called

[@99Gara99]

@ProudOfYourRoots bro, I guess you need to read a few more times what I've written there. We know for a fact that football was brought to Brazil by a man called charles miller. He was descent of Scottish and English and he is arguably a guy who introduced football here and for that reason, we call it football What you seem not to get is that English is not our first language and when we are studying it at school and learning our first words (dog, cat, table, tree, house...) we learn that the English word for football is "soccer" If you still don't get it, you won't get it. Obviously, as I already said, some schools will teach British English, but most schools teach the American English here And it may be easy for you to understand that Portugal is more likely to study British English, while Brazil is more likely to study American English 👍

[@kalulew]

ACCEPTING SOCCER WOULD BE LIKE CANADA LOSING TO BRASIL IN ICE HOCKEY

[@D3XTerSvK]

Couldn't say it better myself

[@rafinhasupersayagin]

Theres no sense, why the fu** they call "football" a sport they plays with the hands? They could call this catchball or something like that, because this name theres no sense

[@tonny2490]

Pois fique sabendo que somos um país que o hóquei no Gelo é muito competido em todos os estados

[@richardmikilitus3248]

I AGREE What passes for football or soccer is not the same game as it was 50 yrs ago. Then the players did not pass behind them when on their side of the field.Most times it was long balled on to their side .THEIR they could not score on you or steal it from you,where your team can try to steal it from them and get a shot.Back then most players knew who they would pass to before they received a pass because most all were trying to find some space.This does not seem to be happening today,only a few not all the offence.IN the old days the teams practiced ONE touch football so we could be better at it then the other side. Kick the ball down field,THE players will do the rest.

[@shanecolby547]

Canada uses the term Soccer

[@nicholasjurai2822]

Massive respect to Aguero for correctly informing the guy its football!!n when the narrator says the USA has become a force in football lololol and I'm an Arsenal fan btw

[@francopavez5293]

It's because in Latin America, we say "futbol" (football) too

[@anak_kucing101]

@@francopavez5293 Rock yeah!

[@thevannmann]

Only idiots care what others call it.

[@legitimo1788]

USA become a force in football memes

[@wagnertomas7242]

USA ia far from this , they go always in the World cup cause his zone is weak as fuck, there are africans countrys stronger than USA

[@hetiszeker-999]

No dislike, its football. Its not a synonym.

[@yummyjackalmeat]

It's not a synonym in most parts of the world, but in other parts it is.

[@kashettyavp]

Agreed 👍

[@sjappiyah4071]

you clearly don’t know what a synonym is then..

[@hetiszeker-999]

@@sjappiyah4071 sure african expert

[@awesomebrawel4050]

@@hetiszeker-999 hahhhaha

[@paulohaaland2567]

Football is "Foot" and "ball"

[@Santhosh_hehe]

Soccer is sock ..... Uh leave it

[@koburrr]

@John Doe i can give u more salt

[@teejaymundoc9541]

Football = 🏈 Soccer = ⚽️

[@teejaymundoc9541]

@John Doe 🏈 is football and ⚽️ is soccer for me.

[@hiddendubber8951]

Ball foot

[@Nox.INkRecords]

Cookies aren't biscuits. Wow. The level of lunacy is insane. LMFAO

[@dwkickoff]

scandal!

[@gabrielvelosa2597]

Madness!

[@kathyg6976]

@@dwkickoff biscuits are not cookies

[@JohnRome-xn7hx]

The picture with "foot"/"ball" versus "hand"/"egg" was hilarious 😂😂😂 I'm Italian and I love both the footballs!

[@lebbiiyy]

There's only one football

[@ayushbisht5510]

beacause that was the truth

[@pompei1968]

we have no problem, we call it calcio

[@tayebizem3749]

The other one his handegg

[@DreanPetruza]

Both american football and soccer are played with both the feet and the hands and pretty much the whole body, the word foot means they play standing on their foot and not on horseback.

[@cris9242]

American logic: USA: "So...how call this sport?" "We play with a elidsoid mainly with the hands...i don't know..." Random guy" What abaut "Football"? USA: "Omg it's Genius!" "Brillant!" "Make me pregnant you smart man!"

[@thedeadice6121]

@DHS5 WRLD Even if you're not a fan of American Football, I appreciate that you corrected this person on how the name came about for the sport. Rugby was also originally called football, because the main point of that game was originally the part where you actually do use the foot to kick the ball through the goal posts. As variations increased, even with more and more of the game focused on play involving the hands, the name stuck.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

Don’t think you watched the video. The British coined the terms “soccer” and “ruggers”. The game was played by British aristocracy in Oxford and only became “Football” when it moved to the working class.

[@macias7125]

@DHS5 WRLD lol stfu American football is the best

[@macias7125]

lol you brits invented that word so you can't be mad 🤣

[@kian72olner]

I think it’s fair to say it’s the brits that get angry the most. And I think it’s mainly because we love the sport so much. In a weird way, it is passion.

[@JohnDoe-jy9nq]

in the comments it seems to be south or mid-east Asians getting the most judgmental about the word soccer.

[@lp.shakur]

its fair to say you dont have the needed demographics at hand to state that fact is, I am from germany and we go crazy when someone calls our game soccer, it is football it is what it is

[@howardbaxter2514]

Which is ironic because they were the ones that coined the term.

[@artmichael5270]

We get offended here in Nigeria. The general feeling is that if you call it soccer, you're a bum

[@kazkorianor]

Germans get mad about it as well . I mean come one ball played with the foot … it’s soo simpel even you lost colonies should get that

[@Lorenzogino]

the real answer is: britain's cultural insecurity over americans.

[@jamesgardner6707]

Bingo!

[@MrMM1007]

So much this. And then Latin Americans fans joined in, too.

[@justze6710]

futebol, football is the right ways of refering to the greatest sport on earth

[@mdyer1130]

Futbol, Football, Calcio, Fussball, Soccer, etc. are all correct ways

[@lp.shakur]

the most boring sport on earth yeah

[@luckyzlugers7083]

@@lp.shakurTry to watch football properly. You should've see the passion from the players and the fans, the rivalry between clubs, the celebrations, the fights on the pitch, the teamworks on the game, the tactical things, the respects between players, that's why football never gets me bored.

[@lp.shakur]

@@luckyzlugers7083 thats what we all got in real football, 10x better

[@haroldiwuala6900]

@@lp.shakur pfff. Your handegg and basketball need a high point system to be entertained constantly, like children.

[@adityavenkatesan5423]

Then why cant americans accept rugby is american football

[@darkothemapper1826]

Fair point

[@manavgandhi7023]

More like handegg

[@adityavenkatesan5423]

@@MuddyRavine bro all i ask is how could u name something "football" if u play with ur hands. Aussie rules is cool tho I like it

[@merthayaloglu1475]

@@adityavenkatesan5423 Because you play on foot and not on horse or anything similar

[@adityavenkatesan5423]

@@merthayaloglu1475 tf I support football and not SoCcEr goddammit

[@ΙσουφΣολλακου]

In Greece we call football ποδόσφαιρο which if you literally had to break the word down πόδο mean foot or feet σφαίρα literally means a sphere o something circular so it's still called football in Greece too

[@srirampatnaik9164]

In India, we use our dumb accents to say PhOOtBoLL

[@domithegoodhomie]

@@srirampatnaik9164 bro me and my class from kerala call it foodball

[@america1832]

The FOOTBALL sport invented in ENGLAND that means BALÓN PIE FOOT PIE BALL BALÓN as its name indicates it is a sport that is played with a BALL and the FEET and is the most popular sport practiced and loved in the WORLD long after the idiots of the USA they invented a "sport" that is a cheap copy of rugby and copied the name to the true original and real FOOTBALL, in addition to copying the name to another somewhat illegal sport, they wrongly copied the name because that "sport" that only exists and is consumed in the US is plays with the FOOTBALL HANDS has absolutely nothing, that is, they don't even use to copy names, they even do it wrong and then the shameless US have the audacity to change the name of their real FOOTBALL association only in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" something that DOESN'T EXIST and only call their fake "sport" "football" insignificant cheap copy of rugby that only ex Is and is consumed in the USA The United States Football Federation was founded on April 5, 1913 under the name of the United States Football Association. A year later, it was incorporated into FIFA in 1914. Until 1974 it was renamed to the current name United States Soccer Federation. In the USA the real FOOTBALL was also called by its name FOOTBALL as in the whole WORLD name that they just changed to their real FOOTBALL association in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" and so they live in their unreal world falsified and fantasy poor stupid people

[@zevchenko329]

I love it! In spanish it is called fútbol but there is an other old word too it is balonpie (ball foot)

[@america1832]

@@zevchenko329 The original name of the sport is in the ENGLISH language because the most popular and popular sport practiced and loved in the WORLD was invented in ENGLAND that is why its original name is in the ENGLISH language FOOTBALL "FÚTBOL" in the SPANISH language is only an adaptation of the original name in the ENGLISH language FOOTBALL to the SPANISH FÚTBOL language Adaptations are made in all languages, not only in SPANISH eg the country is called "ESPAÑA" and it is its original name but in ENGLISH they call it SPAIN because it is an adaptation "soccer" DOES NOT EXIST in ENGLISH language it is called FOOTBALL

[@hariedathil2199]

How the fuck Rugby and American football is 'Football'. They grab the ball and keep it in their hands and run, barely they kick it. On the other hand real football is 100% played using the feet. Calling football soccer is acceptable but calling the other two football is blasphemous

[@Nswix]

Football fans complaining about the word 'soccer' are worse than Italians complaining about any innovative Italian recipe that isn't exactly the way their grandmother used to make it. If you don't like it, just move on...

[@dwkickoff]

Absolutely! But please do not add garlic to the bolognese, nor olive oil, and always stir clockwise.

[@alvarezabonce]

Calling something red, green, only muddles the speech. Ask Or well.

[@ajldn]

The reason Americans call football (soccer) is they have another sports called Football which is ironically 95% of it is played with hands I have no problem with them calling Soccer

[@mdyer1130]

You are a considerate person, thank you

[@marcosjavier4901]

It should be called a handegg not football

[@fakereality96]

@@marcosjavier4901 However it's called football, not handegg. Kickball on the other hand is self-explanatory.

[@phillip_iv_planetking6354]

SOCCER

[@yeah1326]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 FOOTBALL

[@IrishKingzz]

We don't say Soccer in Ireland we differentiate football and gaelic by simply calling it "gaelic" or "gaa football". You call football, soccer in Ireland and you are getting a boot or these words will be shouting at you.. "Hey dude!! you a fucking American now?".

[@thenorseprodigy7466]

This video is surely made by an American that's why they also included Ireland in "soccer calling countries" to fight against "football calling countries"

[@sjappiyah4071]

So the Irish guy in the video is lying?

[@IrishKingzz]

@@sjappiyah4071 There are no Irish man in the video? His Scottish and all he said was if he was talking so someone Irish about Football he'd ask if he was talking about Gaelic football or normal football.

[@endervibez3259]

@John Doe idk i've been to different countries and never got shouted at . Probably because Trump ruined America in the past 4 years

[@endervibez3259]

@John Doe ik me too

[@ginpau7416]

Soccer is like the n-word in sport.

[@MrMM1007]

Right, because being oppressed and enslaved for centuries is on the same level as having to hear the word "soccer" on the rare occasion you are listening to an American/Australian/Canadian? What an ignorant thing to say. Soccer/football fans are the ABSOLUTE dumbest f**king people on this planet. Get a clue.

[@todimotska]

@@MrMM1007 Don't get mad just because you're wrong. Soccer is incorrect. The sport is called football, has been since the rules were invented.

[@mitchellmason8987]

@@todimotska Do you have any sources that support your claim? What dates did this occur?

[@carlogaytan7010]

I would understand the war over these two names, IF THEY WERE CAUSING ISSUES IN TRANSLATION. But no, everybody knows that "Football" and "Soccer" ARE THE SAME THING. Language evolves people. How come we dont have a war over "Hello" and "Hi"? Or "Hola" and "Hello"? Cuss they mean the same thing and the only difference is where you were born and in what year.

[@verdadyconfianza5416]

no lo entiendes, sólo llámale football y listo, no quieras quedar bien con el "videito" este ni buscarle justificaciones ridículas!

[@FCBLukas]

It's football cause it's played with your foot. Only Americans say it Socks or whatever. What's the logic behind your football Americans. Do they even play with their foot or something related to foot.

[@Good100]

@@FCBLukas The logic is that it's just a different code, just like rugby football or Australian Rules football. The games called "football" got their names from being on foot instead of on horseback like polo.

[@Mekowey]

DW Kick off!: "We need to make a video addressing the comments section... This football/soccer argument is getting out of hand." The comments section: "What video? This argument will NEVER die."

[@dwkickoff]

Do you think we added fuel to that fire instead of extinguishing it, Nate?:)

[@sebgosling]

@@dwkickoff please fire your staff who say "soccer", what a disgrace to the beautiful game

[@jc12szn]

@@sebgosling i hope you know that it's the same sport, and the fans that call it soccer have the same love for the game that you do, get your head out of your ass

[@babyyoda3497]

@@jc12szn if they would love it they would call it football

[@TheAnderson0701]

@@jc12szn The same love perhaps...but the same understanding? Sorry, but I doubt that somehow hahaha

[@fpupesh]

i wonder why people even care about this... imagine having those arguments why americans call it pit road and we call it pit lane... it's just stupid, pointless argument

[@omkarbarve1974]

Nobody Gaf at pitlane....football is beloved..its more abt manipulative America and how ppl dont bow to what the world uses

[@jc12szn]

@@omkarbarve1974 we ain't bowing to shit you people use, stupidest thing I've heard in my life, thinking you rule the world or something

[@ufc.prodzz2861]

@John Doe you literally said that in every other comment and someone even proved you wrong and oh still comment it

[@Ace-uc5cj]

@@omkarbarve1974 You sound stupid lmfao, too bad your country can’t develop your own professional sport. Go tell italians to call soccer/footy football instead of calico, see how they react.

[@richard35791]

@John Doe from 8 bilion people, only usa, australia, canada, japan use word socceer, so almost other 6 bilion call ot football

[@eliashegstam3334]

It is football. If you call it soccer you are wrong and need to change.

[@davidladow4388]

No.

[@generalx2]

0:53 😭I respect this guy

[@alehlete830]

trueee

[@yomama75]

Just your average European baby

[@Narmada_dance]

Its called soccer xD stay mad its soccer

[@RapzFN]

@@Narmada_dance Its football

[@Obiwannabe]

@@RapzFN if your British the jokes on you. The British. Who invented the game literally called it soccer first.

[@nabilalhami1681]

Least controversial name: Association Football.

[@robch.2901]

Hey mate come on let's play association football

[@CJ-BZ]

a name so awkward that the brits themselves invented “soccer” lol

[@hiitsmorgan5431]

Which is also known as soccer

[@alexman8800]

@@robch.2901 lol. The English FA Cup becomes AFA Cup - Association Football Association Cup. 🙂

[@AliKaks]

In Papua New Guinea the majority of people call it SOCCER since we were once a colony of Australia before and also because we call rugby league FOOTY or FOOTBALL sometimes.

[@IceShadow8]

Its football not soccer get it right

[@Steven-uk2fz]

Its soccer not football get it right

[@godmode5282]

@@Steven-uk2fzits football not soccer get it right

[@Steven-uk2fz]

@@godmode5282 Soccer not football get it right.

[@nope6908]

Soccer ⚽

[@jamesgardner6707]

Funny when i type in soccer this emoji pops up.... ⚽.......

[@redsmurf3308]

"There's so many versions of football" and shows everyone holding the ball in the hands 😂

[@america1832]

The FOOTBALL sport invented in ENGLAND that means BALÓN PIE FOOT PIE BALL BALÓN as its name indicates it is a sport that is played with a BALL and the FEET and is the most popular sport practiced and loved in the WORLD long after the idiots of the USA they invented a "sport" that is a cheap copy of rugby and copied the name to the true original and real FOOTBALL, in addition to copying the name to another somewhat illegal sport, they wrongly copied the name because that "sport" that only exists and is consumed in the US is plays with the FOOTBALL HANDS has absolutely nothing, that is, they don't even use to copy names, they even do it wrong and then the shameless US have the audacity to change the name of their real FOOTBALL association only in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" something that DOESN'T EXIST and only call their fake "sport" "football" insignificant cheap copy of rugby that only ex Is and is consumed in the USA The United States Football Federation was founded on April 5, 1913 under the name of the United States Football Association. A year later, it was incorporated into FIFA in 1914. Until 1974 it was renamed to the current name United States Soccer Federation. In the USA the real FOOTBALL was also called by its name FOOTBALL as in the whole WORLD name that they just changed to their real FOOTBALL association in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" and so they live in their unreal world falsified and fantasy poor stupid people

[@cristianjuarez1086]

@@FernandoTieppo no one cares about medieval times dude. No foot, no football

[@robreese1373]

The true name of Gridiron is hand ball or throw bowl

[@LexlutherVII]

There's only one

[@DreanPetruza]

@@cristianjuarez1086 Este no es un comentario muy astuto, amigo, te explicaron bien el origen del nombre, aceptalo, es la realidad.

[@pukhatozhimo]

The whole conversation about the rest of the world feeling defensive because we are afraid of football domination by USA is utter bullshit.

[@shawngillogly6873]

I've never heard that argument. I've always out it down to classic anti-Americanism. Because the terms were synonymous until MLS. Even in England, where the usage was invented.

[@yummyjackalmeat]

No one in America even cares about the "debate." We say soccer and literally everyone we talk to knows exactly what we mean without question. The argumemt is completely one sided because there is no argument to have. Commentors must be really bored, privileged, or have a lot wrong with their life to get so worked up over people in different parts of the world speaking differently.

[@alenacarter5307]

😂

[@carrasgoal]

Facts 💯

[@123-e1l2e]

Exactly!

[@boyanpetrov1683]

What’s so bad about being privileged

[@1nternalAudios]

Idk what ur on about ur the one making an entire harry potter book about it we just get mad for 2 seconds then get on with our days....

[@avengersnewbie2348]

this is nothing about anti americanism.

[@petergeyer7584]

Most salient point of the whole video: People who say football hate those who call the game soccer. People who say soccer couldn‘t care less one way or the other. What happens when you declare war but the other side doesn‘t show up to fight?

[@petergeyer7584]

@@BrownDusky I was born an American but have lived half my life in Europe. When I speak to Americans (and the Irish), I say soccer. When I speak to other Europeans, I say football. It's deceptively simple, but everybody understands me.

[@thenorseprodigy7466]

@@petergeyer7584 Irish calls it football not soccer

[@omkarbarve1974]

True....but this vid isnt a war move?? They said USA call it football and others gridiron...how arrogant. US is a part of the world not viceversa....but I respect you fr being polite

[@pingwinner_]

Actually americans care more that you say football instead of soccer. I met more angry americans than europeans.

[@sjappiyah4071]

@@pingwinner_ Bullcrap, Americans don’t get butthurt that easily lool

[@Ace-uc5cj]

Did y’all know that soccer is short for association football peep assoc? And use to be used as a nickname in England? Some countries even call it soccer in countries outside the US.

[@Anoo94]

Look Walker interview,he's a player in the england team,he refused to tell soccer in a interview,football got out before football american

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

@@Anoo94 what ..

[@ayumulaikam5885]

@@Anoo94 what the shit are you taking about mate.

[@Reazzurro90]

I'm in America and I call it soccer. Deal with it.

[@shrimpadoodle365]

and i call this 🏈 hand egg

[@teejaymundoc9541]

@@shrimpadoodle365 An “handegg” is a *JOKE!!!*

[@dpfitforlife81]

@@shrimpadoodle365 and this is a ⚽foot egg

[@cmarq817]

The US and Canada call it soccer. The rest of the world FOOTBALL… So … why is there a discussion? Do you think almost 8 billion people will change because of you? 🤔

[@kathyg6976]

no we just don't care

[@raungelmarlance8208]

Just a friendly reminder for all of us: Don't be a superior and just put yourself to the neutral situation.

[@dwkickoff]

True, watching the football-soccer discussion from space, the aliens will shake their heads. If they have heads, that is.

[@JohnDoe-jy9nq]

Way too much to ask.

[@verdadyconfianza5416]

so ok, don't be "superior" and simply call it: football. 90% of the globe will be happy. Thanx.

[@JohnDoe-jy9nq]

@@verdadyconfianza5416 lol, it wouldn't make you or anyone happy. You have too much hate in your heart. if it wasn't this you would just find something else.

[@verdadyconfianza5416]

@@JohnDoe-jy9nq hahaah!!! Well don't worry "mister equanimity". I wouldn't expected you will, either. I just got the satisfaction of take your mask off and show your real face up. Your simple double standards. Now anyone with logic can read it and draw their own conclusions; and won't be tricked by your fallacies and your role as a "fair person".

[@hiitsmorgan5431]

British people call Americans immature but look at them! Arguing over a word!

[@fakereality96]

Ha!!! Gottem!!!

[@dwayn1007]

And the irony of this argument is that the reason football spread so quickly across the world is that the leftovers of the British Empire was everywhere after colonizing a huge chunk of the world and taking as much of the resources they could get their hands on. Soccer spread because the British invaded everywhere.

[@fakereality96]

@@dwayn1007 Next level nuclear incoming!!!

[@Ibarbodagoat]

This whole Video just felt like pandering to American audiences. The Argument about the Word coming from England is pretty unnecessary too as the entire fucking english language comes from there and language is constantly evolving so why should it be a valid Argument how a Word was used 100 years ago?

[@omkarbarve1974]

Ikr....Deutsche welle also licks American bots...look hiw they said its football but rest of world calls it gridiron...what di they think of themselves...yes they excel at almost everything but that dont mean they can do Bs without getting hate

[@sjappiyah4071]

The point of the argument is that the term “ soccer” is of British creation so Brits shouldn’t be mad at other people’s usage of it..

[@noname-hf9ty]

@@sjappiyah4071 but the counterpoint is so did the entire language, but hundreds of words fall out of use for one reason or another and sometimes get kicked off the dictionary all together and become unrecognized. It's like Morrow and Facetious, sure those words might exist still and are words with everyday definitions, but there are OTHER more valid and global words that are much better to use, same with soccer and football, if you say soccer it's like you using an old English word that has been since replaced by another more used word

[@sjappiyah4071]

@@noname-hf9ty Yes , Likewise if Americans were to say “ facetious “ instead of sarcastic, being mad at that individual would be idiotic. As they are synonymous words with the same origin, solely one nation chose to stop saying it. Language evolves differently , in different societies. Getting upset at America, Canada, and other nations for keeping around a old word that United Kingdom themselves created, is a foolish anger in my opinion

[@noname-hf9ty]

@@sjappiyah4071 for me it's relatively justified as it brings alot of confusion if you are to say Facetious, but if you are to just say sarcastic there would be no confusion, it just comes down to who you talk to, do you want to socialize with non-americans? Say football, personally if you are solely with Americans say soccer I don't give a shit, just don't take the word and use it with the rest of the world, adapt to where you are geographically is the point I'm trying to make

[@melakualemu9185]

The people who r saying soccer don't know anything about football

[@MrMM1007]

People who claim "football" can only be used to describe Association Football don't know anything about history (or logic, or facts, or precedence, or....)

[@ThisM4]

It's football cause it's football. It's that simple.

[@ThisM4]

@John Doe yes

[@ThisM4]

@John Doe Call it soccer if you want. I share Agüero's view on this.

[@ThisM4]

@John Doe Alright thanks John. Now I see... It's still football.

[@youprobablyjusthaveapophen7094]

Language is far from simple. People dedicate their lives to studying it. It would be awfully convenient if it was something simple you could brush off. Then you wouldn't have to face your baltent elitism, but also complicated, blind hatred for others.

[@ThisM4]

@@youprobablyjusthaveapophen7094 I'd really like to know more about this elitism and blind, complicated hatred. I suppose only someone so eloquent as you can explain this to me?

[@pruney84]

Jimmy you don't know how lucky you were. Contradicting Zlatan and remaining alive to tell people 😂

[@jambomaltido]

Zlatan isn't scary to Americans. He's a pretty boy who'd last 5 minutes in a rough neighborhood before his mouth gets him beat down or shot.

[@azette91]

The debate has always been about 'soccer' vs 'football' meanwhile 'calcio', 'sepakbola' and 'nogometna' never been invited to debate lol

[@taseenalrashid4168]

I think the difference is that those other words are actually from different languages. Where as the words soccer and football are both English words

[@JohnDoe-jy9nq]

@@taseenalrashid4168 That doesn't mean anything. There are so many dialects of English. My cousins call the water faucet a "spigot" because that's what their families called it for generations. They might be in the minority but it isn't wrong. Languages developed in a world where change was slow. It was never meant to be globalized or changed overnight. Let people speak how they speak.

[@rudyzulkarnaen1633]

In Indonesian and Malay language the word "sepak" meant "kick" in English. So it still related to the foot.

[@verdadyconfianza5416]

@@taseenalrashid4168 yeah man!!! because they always want to impose some terms according to their own "interpretations."

[@gatpaham]

Calcio, sepak and nogometna all mean football to some extent. Soccer barely represents the game as kicking the ball with the foot.

[@atlaserickson3166]

As someone from the US, I do call the sport soccer to prevent confusion from American football, but it is so stupid that we think we get to call a sport with one kick per game football, and a game using your foot practically the whole game should be called “soccer”.

[@MrMM1007]

Maybe you should learn more about the actual history of the word (hint: the word 'football' does not come from this game ⚽), you wouldn't think it is so stupid, but the logical use of the original intent of the word. You do realize the word soccer is a British invention, right?

[@Gachette00]

@@MrMM1007 I think he watched the video don't worry. It is still stupid that American football is called football. The Brits have nothing to do here, it would be equally stupid if the brits still called it soccer to say rugby is football. History is the explanation, but it does not make the thing less stupid

[@manchesterunited35-2]

Exactly! Calling a sport football when you use your hands most of the time, just call it throwball or handegg

[@adityavenkatesan5423]

Its ridiculous that they compare this to AnTi AmErIcAn

[@youprobablyjusthaveapophen7094]

It's ridiculous that you think this is a complete thought. I don't think you're the one to coach others about english.

[@ratedpending]

I mean the dislike word soccer also really stems from dislike of the US. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, in my opinion it's very much justified, but words have connotations and that's one of them.

[@hiitsmorgan5431]

Its like tell a spanish person”ITS HELLO NOT HOLA” like stfu

[@maxmchean5203]

football

[@maxmchean5203]

@John Doe football

[@ronricklorenzaparentado7418]

italians: calcio everyone else: 😴😴😴 americans: soccer everyone else: 😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬

[@mohammedmousa2748]

Italians contributed so much to the game, they can call it whatever they like.

[@joaquinnotphoenix3055]

The word Calcio came first before football and soccer because during the late middle ages and renaissance period, Italy played a cracked version of football called “Calcio Fiorentino.” It is still played in Florence until this day. Hence the reason why Italians call it Calcio instead of Football but Italians that speak english call it football so your argument is therefore wrong and invalid because in the end of the day it’s FOOTBALL not Soccer.

[@joaquinnotphoenix3055]

@John Doe Look I’m American and I call it football and it’s really common sense to know that this 🏉 is rugby and this ⚽️ is football and this 🏈 is gridiron. It really doesn’t make any sense to me that you call this 🏈 sport football when they don’t even use their feet to control the ball the whole game whereas this ⚽️ football actually requires to use your feet to control the ball the entire game.

[@joaquinnotphoenix3055]

@John Doe There’s no need to use the word soccer when you can distinguish between those three sports it’s that simple

[@noobadd6405]

@John Doe hey its u on the comment

[@jayg1438]

If the origin of the name 'football' is because the ball is advanced by kicking it with feet, then why isn't it called Kick Ball? A lot of sport has roots in military prowess and preparedness. One theory carries back to class distinctions and martial prowess stemming from feudalism and European social hierarchy. Armies have long been divided into Horse troops and Foot troops. The nobility fought or led on horse, with the commoners fighting on foot. The upper class have long had games and competition on horseback dating back to medieval times to demonstrate superiority in martial prowess and horse breeding. Jousting, steeple and polo to name a few. The commoners developed games to compete and demonstrate strength and physical prowess. These games were played on foot using stones or inflated animal bladders (balls). No self respecting noble would be among the mob of commoners chasing around inflated pig guts on foot down narrow and filthy town streets. Early 'foot ball' games would often be played not on a field but within or among towns. Advancing the ball by any means was allowed and was quite violent. These types of games would be banned by many kings in England and France (Edward II, Edward III, Phillip VI). Just because some 19th century wankers in Cambridge and Eton codified a set of rules that banned the advancement of an inflated ball by carrying it or pitching it does not give a monopoly on the term 'Foot Ball'. The good people of Rugby, McGill and Harvard would disagree and had different rules sets around the same time. This does not include the other forms of foot ball found in Ireland, Australia, Canada etc. As for the term soccer, it was an English word invented and used in the British Isles. This video notes that when the split between Eton/Cambridge rules (Association Football) and Rugby rules happened the use of the generic term 'football' got confusing. Scores were published in newspapers. Print was expensive so papers used abbreviations as often as possible. Rugby rules were simply shortened to Rugby or RUG. Imagine abbreviating Association to ASS in Victorian times?! No repressed Brit with a stiff upper lip could discuss ASS in public. Oh my the scandal! So the SOC in AsSOCiation was used. As is common the 'ER' was added, hence Soccer. Here the Americans (US) are using the proper English term. It's bad enough they deviated from Biscuit, Boot and Jumper. They use the proper term and catch grief for it! Odd since most of the other British offshoots (Canada/ Australia/ New Zealand etc) also call it soccer. In it's most basic sense, any of the many games played by commoners on foot with an inflated ball is a form of 'Foot Ball'.

[@Qartvi12345]

You don't call it kick ball because without feet you can't kick a ball.

[@JohnDoe-jy9nq]

@@Qartvi12345 This is the stupidest response you could have said. Did you even read the comment?

[@therealcooly]

Ok. Why ist your eggball not called Hand push? Huh?

[@yummyjackalmeat]

@@therealcooly because language is rarely logical and historical context matters. Did you even read the comment you are replying to?

[@therealcooly]

@@yummyjackalmeat no,because I have a life

[@itzamia]

1. It's called a football (U.S.) because it measures 12 inches from point to point. A foot. The more you know. 2. We call it Soccer because of the English so go ask them about what happened.

[@alexman8800]

12 inches from point to point. A foot. But it is not a ball. Foot-egg.

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

The ball is 11.6 inches from tip to tip, but it is not why the game is called football. Maybe watch the video.

[@syncmonism]

If I start talking about "football" to British people with my Canadian/ North American accent, they usually ask me "do you mean our football or your football"? Because they don't expect me to use the more common international word for it, so it actually ends up being pretty confusing. As I understand it, "Soccer" is a shortened slang term for "Association Football", which is (or at least was) the full name of common football, which was used to differentiate it from other versions of the sport, which either died out, or evolved into the other forms of football that we know today. So, as I understand it, both "soccer" and "football" are shortened versions of the same name. Most people don't realize that both versions of football evolved from the same sport. Australian Football, Rugby, and Gaelic football are three other good examples. I find Gaelic football interesting because it's the one version of football (that I know of) which has easily recognizable similarities to both American football as well as to common football.

[@phzitos_]

These guys in Oxford messed up, bro. Why call a game played with hands like 80% of the time FOOTBALL? The ones from the association football should be mad at the other guys

[@eric18993]

​@@phzitos_Because the history of football was responsable for the name, it doesnt matter if american football use hand too, is football like association football. I'm not an American, but I think it's pathetic and rude try to correct who says the word Soccer, that was invented by England.

[@TheAnderson0701]

Since when is American football known to the rest of the world as "Gridiron"?? I'd swear she makes it up as she goes along.

[@fvkz]

they call it that in Australia actually

[@kramcherryp197]

American football's full name is Gridiron Football because the field looks like a gridiron

[@gamereaper3144]

Is this a Joke? Idk if it is but, yeah it is in fact called *Grid Iron* a much cooler name but they took "football" even though they already got a better name.

[@jeandesbaguettesetcroissan2690]

You're right. Here in my country we call it Fredonian Hand-egg 🤣🤣🤣

[@mango4ttwo635]

I call it gridiron. They call ours soccer, my little revenge: am small-minded like that

[@shyamsundar00]

I'm a big football fan. I personally feel that it's alright for North Americans and Australians to use the word ' soccer ' within their countries. After all, it's the popular term and everyone can understand it there. But, when they have a conversation with foreigners, I would like them to say it ' football '. Just because of the fact that the most understandable word for the rest of the world is football ⚽

[@fakereality96]

Fair.

[@josueabarca1913]

True

[@ga8627]

@CommunistPotato el FOOTBALL es el deporte más grande popular practicado y amado del MUNDO El rugby falsificado versión yanqui sólo existe y se consume en EEUU es tan MIERDA esa copia barata del rugby que nunca ni siquiera logró salir de EEUU que triste que lamentable

[@ga8627]

The FOOTBALL sport invented in ENGLAND that means BALÓN PIE FOOT PIE BALL BALÓN as its name indicates it is a sport that is played with a BALL and the FEET and is the most popular sport practiced and loved in the WORLD long after the idiots of the USA they invented a "sport" that is a cheap copy of rugby and copied the name to the true original and real FOOTBALL, in addition to copying the name to another somewhat illegal sport, they wrongly copied the name because that "sport" that only exists and is consumed in the US is plays with the FOOTBALL HANDS has absolutely nothing, that is, they don't even use to copy names, they even do it wrong and then the shameless US have the audacity to change the name of their real FOOTBALL association only in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" something that DOESN'T EXIST and only call their fake "sport" "football" insignificant cheap copy of rugby that only ex Is and is consumed in the USA The United States Football Federation was founded on April 5, 1913 under the name of the United States Football Association. A year later, it was incorporated into FIFA in 1914. Until 1974 it was renamed to the current name United States Soccer Federation. In the USA the real FOOTBALL was also called by its name FOOTBALL as in the whole WORLD name that they just changed to their real FOOTBALL association in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" and so they live in their unreal world falsified and fantasy poor stupid people

[@DonutTPOTer]

@CommunistPotato it was the original name for international football, so when American football was popularized, soccer was used to differentiate itself from other sports.

[@Ace-uc5cj]

Funny how most of the comments are filled with people who didn’t watch the video, along with the dislikes.

[@mrextrapotente]

true but is FOOTBALL

[@Ace-uc5cj]

@@mrextrapotente you're proving my point man

[@mrextrapotente]

@@Ace-uc5cj With my sincere intentions I want to give thanks for your interest point of view and I hope that our discussion will be helpful to many of our people wachting this video........... but is FOOTBALL

[@Ace-uc5cj]

@@mrextrapotente ok i guess you can say its football or what but I don't here brits saying "ITS CHIPS NOT FRIES" or "ITS CRISPS NOT CHIPS" or "ITS AUTUMN NOT FALL". Would you stop making fun of calling it soccer.

[@lltipsy]

@@Ace-uc5cj it’s still football mate 😂😂

[@davidday2373]

Most _Americans_ do call it Football, it's only one or two countries in America which don't. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇲🇽 🇺🇾 🇨🇷 🇵🇪 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 , et al.

[@shanefelkel9966]

Which leads to another argument: no one else in the "Americas" is called American or their country referred to as America. Guess cause we use it in the title of our country. Makes sense to me.

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

U.S.and Canada

[@Terri4hell]

How very dare you come round here with your facts and logic being all right n'shit! It's football. - Period. :D

[@dwkickoff]

Sorry for the facts!

[@ronan7979]

It's football so stfu

[@mehdih8165]

@John Doe Football is the correct answer not soccer i mean sucker

[@mehdih8165]

@John Doe Ok I will say it again you know who organize the world Cup for football ? It's the FIFA and do you know what FIFA means in english ? It means *International Federation of Association Football* so if americans want to enter in the world cup they will have to say football and not soccer

[@mehdih8165]

@John Doe or they can simply stay with soccer in their own country but remember one thing is that the most viewed sport in the world is the World football cup and nobody can change the name

[@markregulus556]

Soccer.

[@TheSophisticatedAxolotl]

Football is more common

[@darren2900]

All the brits on here angry over this when sky sports main show is literally called “Soccer Saturday”

[@fakereality96]

GG

[@lltipsy]

the tv shows don’t represent the people

[@leonardbeissert]

in Germany we say fussballfeld which means football field so Americans are not the only ones calling it a field not a pitch

[@leonardbeissert]

Guys i made a mistake you can say both fussballfeld which is football field or fussballplatz which is football pitch

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

@@leonardbeissert Germany seems to be welcoming the Americanisation of its language to the point that even its own people cannot remember the actual word :)

[@oatmilkplays]

In dutch we say voetbalveld which even though veld means field, when translated it’d mean football pitch.

[@marioalm1330]

Yes? And what?

[@marioalm1330]

@John Doe Man stop John doe

[@elitepenmanshipwars]

Americans love to think they are the world. They even think Basketball and American Football are the most popular sports in the world. Feet + Ball

[@bigzone1117]

I love Football but I do have to say for some reason Football is losing popularity

[@elitepenmanshipwars]

@@bigzone1117 i don't think so. I think some sports are gaining popularity yes but not at the expense of football.

[@yummyjackalmeat]

We dont think that, those are just popular sports here.

[@elitepenmanshipwars]

I heard Chalarmagne tha God arguing that American football is more popular than football on national radio.

[@yummyjackalmeat]

@@elitepenmanshipwars don't know who the f that is. But a single popular rapper is a pretty shit sample size

[@zachevans7132]

As an American, I will say that there is no reason to call American football "football." You rarely use your feet.

[@MrMM1007]

Try and think for yourself instead of agreeing with fake facts. The word football has NEVER meant "play with feet" and that has been true for over 700 years. Even if that weren't true (and it is) there are hundreds of compound words in the English language that are not meant to be literal (bedrock, couch potato, dog days, driveway, etc.). There is a very good reason American football is called 'football' (and the same with AFL, Gaelic, etc.). But none of the idiots who post on here care about facts because facts don't feed their bizarre, misplaced outrage. So they convince people like you to agree with them because it "makes sense" (but it only makes sense if you ignore reality and history). Remember the U.S. election deniers and how they made up alternative facts to divert attention away from their real intentions? This is the same thing (only not nearly as important).

[@zachevans7132]

@@MrMM1007 You don't seem to have provided any evidence.

[@MrMM1007]

@@zachevans7132 Ask and you shall receive. citation: Collins, T. (2015) Early Football and the Emergence of Modern Soccer, c. 1840-1880, The International Journal of the History of Sport, 32:9, 1127-1142, DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2015.1042868 “So without a very precise and objective definition of ‘football culture’ the term is meaningless as a tool of historical analysis. Its use is highly misleading because it implies a seamless continuity between the wide variety of football games in the 1840s and commercial association football in the 1890s. And, perhaps most tellingly, it also ignores the fact that even the very word ‘football’ in the nineteenth-century context is itself problematic for historians.” “In all historical writing, especially when investigating the history of a contemporary institution, there is always a tendency to project the present back on to the past, a problem otherwise known as ‘presentism’. Unfortunately, the revisionists consistently lapse into this error by consistently using the word ‘football’ to mean soccer. Harvey's seminal article ‘Football's Missing Link’ was actually concerned solely with the evolution of soccer before 1870.55 In an article authored with Roy Hay and Mel Smith, Harvey makes the assumption that modern soccer is the ‘natural’ form of football when he and his co-authors argue that early forms of football allowed players to handle to the ball only because ‘matches were played on uneven ground in parks, greens, domains and camps’ and that ‘the balls in those days were often more ovoid than round and much given to bursting’, without providing any supporting proof or even considering the possibility that picking up a ball was just as natural an instinct as kicking it was to early footballers.56 And in attempting to explain the rise of professionalism in football in the 1870s, Harvey and Peter Swain completely ignore the rise of professional football in west Yorkshire, which was co-terminus with the rise of professional soccer in east Lancashire, presumably because it was played under rugby and not association rules.57 In the twenty-first century, outside of North America and Australia, the word ‘football’ is almost universally used as a synonym for soccer, but this was certainly not the case in Victorian Britain. Throughout the nineteenth century, football was used as a generic term for association and rugby - hence the use of ‘soccer’ and ‘rugger’ to differentiate what were seen as variations of the same game. The issue is further complicated by the fact that games called football, ‘foot-ball’, or similar names had been played for centuries before the codifications of the 1860s and 1870s, the playing of which bore little or no resemblance to the rules of modern soccer or rugby.” “Most importantly, all forms of football that were played in the 1850s and 1860s had far more in common than that which set them apart. Kicking and handling the ball differed only by degree and did not become a fundamental distinction between the soccer and rugby until the early 1870s, as can be seen in the number of clubs that played both versions of football.” The ahistoric use of ‘football’ to imply soccer also highlights the importance of the quest for authenticity to many of today's soccer historians. This has an even greater importance in those countries where the word ‘football’ is not synonymous with soccer. In Australia - and to a certain extent in the USA - rivalry between different football codes invariably involves the question of which is the ‘genuine’ type of football. Indeed, the word ‘soccer’ has been officially discouraged by soccer's Football Federation Australia since 2005, despite the fact that ‘football’ is still used in its nineteenth-century generic sense in Australia to refer to all codes of the game. The imprecise use of the word is therefore not merely a methodological question for historians but an issue that plays an important role in the contemporary politics of sport.

[@MrMM1007]

@@zachevans7132 Also, this article. This is from a British journal (and yes, the British journal uses "Soccer" in its title). Curry, G. (2018) Up’Ards, Down’Ards and derbies: figurational reflections on intense enmity in pre-modern English football, Soccer & Society, 19:5-6, 645-656, DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2017.1399608 "Indeed, as Eric Dunning and Graham Curry have consistently argued, the ‘term ‘football’ dates in England from at least 1314 when it was used to refer to a class of loosely regulated mob/folk games in which handling and throwing as well as kicking was allowed’.21 “In the town of Derby the contest lies between the parishes of St. Peter [in the south of Derby] and All Saints [in the north of Derby],13 and the goals to which the ball is taken are Nun’s mill for the latter, and the Gallows balk on the Normanton road for the former. None of the other parishes of the borough take any direct part in the contest, but the inhabitants of all join in the sport, together with persons from all parts of the adjacent country. The players are young men from eighteen to thirty or upwards, married as well as single, and many veterans who retain a relish for the sport are occasionally seen in the very heat of the conflict. The game commences in the market-place, where the partisans of each parish are drawn up on each side; and about noon a large ball is tossed up in the midst of them. This is seized upon by some of the strongest and most active men of each party. The rest of the players immediately close in upon them, and a solid mass is formed. It then becomes the object of each party to impel the course of the crowd towards their particular goal. The struggle to obtain the ball, which is carried in the arms of those who have possessed themselves of it, is then violent, and the motion of this human tide heaving to and fro, without the least regard to consequences, is tremendous. Broken shins, broken heads, torn coats, and lost hats, are amongst the minor accidents of this fearful contest, and it frequently happens that persons fall in consequence of the intensity of the pressure, fainting and bleeding beneath the feet of the surrounding mob. But it would be difficult to give an adequate idea of this ruthless sport. A Frenchman passing through Derby remarked, that if Englishman called this playing, it would be impossible to say what they would call fighting. Still the crowd is encouraged by respectable persons attached to each party, and who take a surprising interest in the result of the day’s sport, urging on the players with shouts, and even handing to those who are exhausted, oranges and other refreshment. The object of the St. Peter’s party is to get the ball into the water, down the Morledge brook into the Derwent as soon as they can, while the All Saints party endeavour to prevent this, and to urge the ball westward. The St. Peter players are considered to be equal to the best water-spaniels, and it is certainly curious to see two or three hundred men up to their chins in the Derwent continually ducking each other. The numbers engaged on both sides exceed a thousand, and the streets are crowded with lookers on. The shops are closed, and the town presents the aspect of a place suddenly taken by storm.14 It also appears that at least one ‘sub-game’ was taking place between other groups representing villages just outside Derby. Not only did this ‘sub-game’ take place, it also emphasized the different forms of football which were evident as early as 1827 and probably before that date. There existed a clear distinction between a mass mob/folk game between St. Peter’s and All Saints and another type of football played by teams of smaller numbers but, more importantly, one which quite clearly accentuated the use of the feet.”

[@zachevans7132]

@@MrMM1007 I do see your point about the compound words, but there are a few things you might explain to me. 1st, what do you suppose the word "football" to mean, 2nd, what, in your opinion, is the reason American football is called thus, 3rd, do you personally use football or soccer, 4th, what are you really trying to say? That I shouldn't prefer "football" over "soccer"? Or that the way I reached this conclusion is unsound? 5th, which facts are you calling fake, 6th, why do you suppose I haven't thought for myself, 7th, why should I care that you think I am a closed-minded idiot, and 8th, why do you care that I am a closed-minded idiot? If this is too much for you to answer, I don't blame you, and finally, no part of my comment is or was intended to be rude or offensive, so if it is feel free to tell me so.

[@ariffin8611]

3:55 Why is Indonesia written on the map as other? In Indonesia we call it sepakbola (football), sepak=foot bola=ball

[@dwkickoff]

Ariffin, you are completely right. We should brush up on our bahasa Indonesia. Maaf!

[@whimsicalgods]

no, sepakbola would actually meant something like "kickball" instead of football

[@el1mitador]

@@whimsicalgods its still make sense than soccer

[@mzrohan3226]

@@dwkickoff don't lump them in with your dumbass crowd

[@waldiarrahman5833]

Sometimes in Bahasa Indonesia we called it Bola Kaki which is mean Football

[@gle._.]

MLS: Major Soccer League MLS clubs: Use F.C. ...

[@DaBig_Cheese]

*Major League Soccer, also it's not that important. I think both are accepted in America as words meaning the same thing, we don't even care. It's mainly Europeans who get really angry over someone calling the sport soccer.

[@visualbeauty3427]

@@DaBig_Cheese 👹👹👹

[@1nternalAudios]

@@DaBig_Cheese No but what pissed me off the most is that people thinking its only "brit'ish" and "Europeans" who use the word football which is incorrect 99.9999 percent of the world uses the world football because it makes SENSE u use ur foot to kick a ball. Makes sense dont it?

[@attktitan6057]

@@1nternalAudios you might be right, but it’s definitely that category that is saying that “football not soccer” thing.

[@mariovf456]

When you guys say America, I believe you're trying to say USA America is a continent not a country

[@carrasgoal]

I completely understand where you’re coming from but it’s pretty common. That’s why we call it an American passport. Depends on the culture. Some Spanish speaking countries call it America, some say Los Estados (the states) which Mexico has states but no one thinks about them as that

[@carrasgoal]

@PRINCIPEGAA esta bien si eso es lo que crees de los Estados Unidos

[@carrasgoal]

@PRINCIPEGAA 😂😂 el futbol original era el deporte de Rugby 🤦🏻‍♂️ después empezaron con el fútbol de ahora y despues lo llamaron Soccer por un tiempo y se cambió otra vez a football. Llego a los Estados Unidos con el nombre Soccer y ya tenia el football (rugby) pero lo cambiaron a football americano. Porque odias tanto los Estados Unidos? Vives aquí o has visitado?

[@carrasgoal]

@PRINCIPEGAA 😂😂😂

[@carrasgoal]

@PRINCIPEGAA lo llamaron football porque jugaron con los pies y no con caballos. Aquí en los Estados Unidos lo llaman football porque el balón 🏈 mide un pie de largo. Aquí no nos importa que se llama fútbol, la cosa es que ya tenemos un deporte que se llama fútbol y se confunden. Australia, Sur Africa, Irlanda y otros lo llaman soccer. Porque no dices que esos países son malos

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

What Americans call football is basicaly handball with weird rules

[@MrMM1007]

If you were to see the "original" versions of football played around England before the 19th century, it would often look more like American football than ⚽. This "debate" about the word football is very recent and is completely manufactured. Way too many ⚽ fans fall for it.

[@rhulanimusasa2521]

They call it soccer because they can't play it

[@philmccracken179]

No becaus it sounds like Sock and Her. Since only girls play it we think the name fits

[@Engram02]

@@philmccracken179 lmao cry more since you country can't play it

[@derpwadder]

not Europeans getting triggered over this when we don’t even care about soccer in the usa lol

[@maxar2551]

Becuse you are so bad at it!

[@derpwadder]

@@maxar2551 Because we don’t care lmao, any other sport we whip every other countries ass lol

[@carrasgoal]

@@maxar2551 then why does everyone want to play here???

[@maxar2551]

@@carrasgoal lol you mean retire there

[@teejaymundoc9541]

@@maxar2551 Soccer = ⚽️ Football = 🏈

[@atuka9759]

UK & rest of the world: Football Italians: Calcio US: Soccer Georgia: Fekhburti

[@roccobln10]

Germans say Fußball Same like English just translated

[@Alonso-Neto]

Hotel: trivago

[@zeitgeistx5239]

Japan historically didn't use "football". Blame them Oxford boys for spreading it around the world.

[@baldelonmusk8068]

sipabola, soccer, football, calcio, futbol, futebol, fussball are all the same

[@mvslice]

Why would we (Americans) change it to “football”? It would just make everything needlessly more confusing here. The term “soccer” involves a lot of American history, and it’s not like anyone abroad doesn’t understand what we mean.

[@BGatts666]

Because Americans are just like 300 millions, the rest of the world is 7+billions, so easier and cheaper to have only americans make the change. And Football is the number one sport in Europe and Latin America since almost a century, in Africa too, I'm not sure about Asia but I wouldn't be surprised if that the case. Compare to American football only popular in the USA and few others countries.

[@BGatts666]

​@Trump lost, move on You gonna have to change that, the whole world is against you on this one, and believe me, Football is the uncontested number 1 sport outside, you have bastket, baseball et gridiron, you're already divised on the matter, you will fall...

[@mvslice]

It’s cheaper to just not change either

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

@@BGatts666 Canada above all apart from USA.

[@dominicpowis9166]

Americans have history ???

[@Tubsidio]

Foot=🦶ball=⚽️ ...or... foot=🖐ball=🏈?

[@maxmudxareed1345]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@yummyjackalmeat]

Wow never heard that one in my life

[@marcosjavier4901]

@PRINCIPEGAA No es la primera vez que lo hacen,ya antes ya se habían robado el nombre del continente solo para ellos

[@marcosjavier4901]

@PRINCIPEGAA En Canadá y Japón también le dicen soccer porque son las sucursales de EE.UU. xD

[@alexman8800]

A round object is generally called a ball.

[@elitepenmanshipwars]

We use both over here the motherboard is SAFA - South African Football Association and the league is PSL - "Premier Soccer League"

[@teejaymundoc9541]

@PRINCIPEGAA FOOTBALL 🏈

[@Casper-ju9cw]

@@teejaymundoc9541 handegg

[@AntonioAio]

@@teejaymundoc9541 Hand egg =D=D

[@america1832]

The FOOTBALL sport invented in ENGLAND that means BALÓN PIE FOOT PIE BALL BALÓN as its name indicates it is a sport that is played with a BALL and the FEET and is the most popular sport practiced and loved in the WORLD long after the idiots of the USA they invented a "sport" that is a cheap copy of rugby and copied the name to the true original and real FOOTBALL, in addition to copying the name to another somewhat illegal sport, they wrongly copied the name because that "sport" that only exists and is consumed in the US is plays with the FOOTBALL HANDS has absolutely nothing, that is, they don't even use to copy names, they even do it wrong and then the shameless US have the audacity to change the name of their real FOOTBALL association only in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" something that DOESN'T EXIST and only call their fake "sport" "football" insignificant cheap copy of rugby that only ex Is and is consumed in the USA The United States Football Federation was founded on April 5, 1913 under the name of the United States Football Association. A year later, it was incorporated into FIFA in 1914. Until 1974 it was renamed to the current name United States Soccer Federation. In the USA the real FOOTBALL was also called by its name FOOTBALL as in the whole WORLD name that they just changed to their real FOOTBALL association in the YEAR 1974 and currently they are the ONLY idiots in the WORLD who call real FOOTBALL "soccer" and so they live in their unreal world falsified and fantasy poor stupid people

[@4bhnvm92]

It's football....

[@youtubechannel6067]

What is wrong with you people? There is nothing wrong with the word soccer. Stop being babies.

[@gabrielvelosa2597]

It's soccer, not football.

[@Fudi-La]

Im Dutch, we call it voetbal. Foot and ball, simple. I agreed with this video all along, thinking how this divide seems unreal to me... it is football! But then in the end,. talking about field or pitch I noticed some hypocricy in me. In Dutch we call it a veld (field), I think we use this word also for meadow. Pitch does not sound (to me) as unnatural as soccer. Me and my friends can use that word in some occasions, but we are all fanatic football fans (Ajax Amsterdam) and wee all are interested in the British football scene (mostly outside the stadiums). I think for an average Dutch witthout my specific interest the word pitch sounds alien. And while I am talking about the word pitch, I think of baseball before I think of football... You know what... let the yanks keep their names, and the Brittish theirs. Instead of getting anrgy when someone uses the "wrong" word, lets embrace the different evolution of sports in our countries. And there is 1 thing, all over the world, if its soccer, football, rugby or what form so ever... WE ALL LOVE OUR SPORTS WITH A GOOD BEER!!!

[@weishunzhang8988]

In China, we also call it football without a doubt. Football is as self-explanatory to anyone that Foot-足, ball-球 simply combie two words from daily life.

[@Fudi-La]

@@weishunzhang8988 去少林寺

[@evaalcantara9580]

In Glodelania we use both terms. We don't care if you call it soccer or football although the sport federation in Glodelania is called "Glodelanian Soccer Federation" and every club must use the word soccer in their club name of they want the term to be in the name for example, Santa Marietta's soccer team is called Real Marietta SC not FC. Another big reason is Glodelania is one of the few countries who plays American Football because of the American influence before they got their independent from the Philippines, their sport federation is called Glodelanian Football Federation and we cannot have 2 sport federation use the same name. That's the reason why Glodelanians call it soccer and don't expect we will be mad if you call it football. If you call it football, they'll think you mean the American one.

[@muddyboy999]

Cookies and Biscuits are not the same thing

[@rickhunter8216]

YOU'RE RIGHT.

[@h_crow221]

Damn right pal!

[@rafinha15d]

7:07 Hand + egg. I am dead!

[@Heisenberg_1_0_0]

Why tf is USA playing in the FIFA World Cup, rather than the FISA World Cup?

[@alexman8800]

Team from Florida should be called Miami SC not Miami FC

[@ợนน]

Just change it to "American Rugby" there's a reason why it was called "Rugby Football" with the hands, why did you have to choose the "Football" part. Now I have to use the word "Soccer" if I need to be specific on what sport I'm talking about.

[@ratedpending]

Rugby (the place the game is named after) is not part of America, that's like saying "just call it English Orlando" like that makes no sense. American football is literally an American adaptation of football.

[@verdadyconfianza5416]

@@ratedpending so if that is your "argument" is easy change it to "American Handball" that is more LOGICAL and fits it very well. Thanx.

[@ratedpending]

@@verdadyconfianza5416 no, american handball is already a sport over here. imo a better name is gridiron since that's already a commonly used name and it's based off of how the field looks