Soccer vs Football?

[Kerrie]

My dad and I are having a bet on about this, so please give us a hand.

I said, in England football is football, in America, football is soccer! Am i right?

A million pound is at stake, please answer carefully. many thanks
he's still not convinced.... stupid man...
please, we need more answers. Thanks
he's still not convinced... can you please answer this... yes or no clear answer

do English call this game soccer at all?

[Karen F]

Yes u r right
they call football soccer
and they call there what us Brits will call rugby football
(not real rugby thou to much padding)

[Xtina]

Yes, in england and other european countries they call it football. Americans and Canadians call it soccer because they already have a popular sport called football, which is very different than soccer. (you know the sport where you try to get a touch down??? I personally dont even know why they call it football since you use your hands, it should be called handball or something but anyway, basically Americans/Canadians already have a sport called football, which is why they call it soccer, which works out good so noone gets it confused. But in most parts of the world "soccer" is known as football. However, even though i am living in Canada right now i still call soccer "football" cuz i dont really follow american football.

And no i dont think you would ever catch an english person refering to it as soccer.

[Carly M]

A few people in the US say footbal or futbol, mostly people who are into European or English football/soccer or who's parent, friends etc. are foreign will use football. If your not into European football/soccer then you NEVER say football. If you do say football when your talking to someone, you almost always have to explain you mean "soccer". "American football" is always just football. always. I call soccer football almost all the time. Whenever I talk about football/soccer that is going on in or related to Europe / foreign, I always say football. If Im talking about soccer / football in or related to the US, I'll say soccer.

Conclusion: Us yanks call football soccer!
(but I don't really consider myself a yank)

and in Ireland, sometimes people call it soccer because they have gaelic football, which is really popular, but mostly they call it football.

[JimmyBu]

In the US I think they now call it football and American football

[Eddyduck]

you are 100 percecnt correct we never call football soccer its only you yanks

[Ala]

yup EU- footbal
US- soccer

some call it american football but its rare

[S_L]

no, we don't call it soccer.

[Siobhan]

english call soccer football

[Freelance u.k]

it depends if your dad is being technical in america they have football(grid iron) or soccer