Linked by David Adams on Thu 22nd May 2008 16:25 UTC, submitted by Rahul
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2006-08-17
I believe soccer is normally viewed as a world sport and not a european sport.(most widely played sport in the world and such)
Since the article was probably written in the US(I'm just guessing), then 'soccer' is the correct term.
ooooh, and it turns out the term 'soccer' came from England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer#Names_of_the_game
So if the whole world calls it Football and only 2 countries call it soccer, it is correct to call it soccer because one of those two countries is the US?
Also regardless of where the term originated, FIFA calls the sport football hence that is the correct term.
Edited 2008-05-23 22:31 UTC