Why do Europeans call that sport "football"?

[repaeR]

It's called soccer. Not football. Europeans are so weird.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

I mean theres not much logic in having hand egg called football and calling football soccer when one sports involves throwing an egg while wearing a set of armour. and the other involves primarily using your FOOT to kick a spherical BALL.

[AdahnGorion]

Escrito originalmente por Elucidator:

We also have a sports called handball, which is football, but then with hands instead. Meaning if you kick the ball, you're out. Also in handball the air is the field so touching the ground is a no-go.
That makes handball tricky as you can't punch the ball out of someone's control, you can only intercept a hurl at another player or the goal.

Old sports were named based on what was used to primarily play them. Football is one of them.

I recommend reading wikipedia instead of asking on the steam user forums.

While Handball is a contact sport, it is not just that similar to football, atleast not if we look at the flow of the game and its technical aspects (then it have more in common with ie. Basketball)

Handball match outcomes (like with basketball) is also much more easy to predict, since they have so much consistency and free fast flow gameplay, this leaves less chances for fouls ending up being game changing, unlike with ie. Football..

Football is one of the most hard games to predict, because of its structure. Gridiron is in the middle way here. Fun fact Gridiron actually have more in common with Handball, than with Football.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

we should invent a new sport and call it fruitbowl.

[Adversary]

Escrito originalmente por ☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n:

Escrito originalmente por Adversary:

You're complaining about Americans on an American site using American inventions.

What inventions would they be then?

Certainly not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ soccer.

[AdahnGorion]

Escrito originalmente por Lemonfed:

we should invent a new sport and call it fruitbowl. :cocochan2:

What about cheeseball ?
In case nobody knows what cheeseball is.

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[Psymon²]

here's your answer
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[Genvid]

As an American, no

[☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n]

Escrito originalmente por ⭐ Tsubame:

That being said, I have long lost interest in Association Football - the official name for football/soccer - as it is utterly boring and defensive these days. If they at least had some rules that made the game much more fluid and offensive.

You are watching the wrong league....... I've just finished watching "little old" Brentford beat the "mighty" Manchester Utd" 4-0 it was anything but boring...... The EPL is known as the best league in the world for a reason.

That said, may be football just isn't for you (nothing wrong with that). After all if it was so boring, why is it the most popular sport in the world?

[☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n]

Escrito originalmente por Adversary:

Escrito originalmente por ☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n:

What inventions would they be then?

Certainly not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ soccer.

Totally agree, it would've been ♥♥♥♥ if they'd invented it.

So anyway back to the question...... What inventions would they be then?

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

im surprised american rugby isnt more popular all over because it is basically roman gladiatorial games and they seemed to make the masses happy back then, the spanish have the bull fighting which is even closer.

[AdahnGorion]

Escrito originalmente por HypersleepyNaputunia:

im surprised american rugby isnt more popular all over because it is basically roman gladiatorial games and they seemed to make the masses happy back then, the spanish have the bull fighting which is even closer.

Modern slow paced sports are dying out tbh.
Even Football is in trouble with the young generation, not just Gridiron.

Fast paced and short duration sports are much more popular with the youth.
Some streaming services have dappled in the idea of selling subscription to watch 5 minuttes highlights from Gridiron, Football, Basketball and such... because apperently, the youth can´t sit still and watch sports for longer duration.

[Adversary]

Escrito originalmente por ☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n:

Escrito originalmente por Adversary:

Certainly not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ soccer.

Totally agree, it would've been ♥♥♥♥ if they'd invented it.

So anyway back to the question...... What inventions would they be then?

Certainly not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ soccer.

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

Escrito originalmente por HypersleepyNaputunia:

im surprised american rugby isnt more popular all over because it is basically roman gladiatorial games and they seemed to make the masses happy back then, the spanish have the bull fighting which is even closer.

Let's bring gladiatorial games back, I wanna see half naked dudes with gladiuses duke it out.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Escrito originalmente por ☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n:

Escrito originalmente por ⭐ Tsubame:

That being said, I have long lost interest in Association Football - the official name for football/soccer - as it is utterly boring and defensive these days. If they at least had some rules that made the game much more fluid and offensive.

You are watching the wrong league....... I've just finished watching "little old" Brentford beat the "mighty" Manchester Utd" 4-0 it was anything but boring...... The EPL is known as the best league in the world for a reason.

That said, may be football just isn't for you (nothing wrong with that). After all if it was so boring, why is it the most popular sport in the world?

I was born watching football, in a country where everyone plays it, does not mean that everyone is forced to like it lol.

Regarding the scores, it is a well known fact that average scores have been very low in the past decades. More often than not, teams are happy to play defensive once they get a goal, for example, and many teams rely on "possession strategy". I know these are valid strategies, does not mean they are spectator-friendly.

And while it is the number 1 worldwide, that audience is not even across the globe, nor does that mean that all other sports are way way far behind. There is stiff localized competition from other sports in other countries. South Asia, a huge market with ~1.6 billion people, cricket dominates, and few know anything about football, for example.

Same to video games, CS:GO is the most played game in Steam, does not mean everyone here will think the game is great.

Regarding the EPL, or anything sports related for that matter, upsets do occur. And to be honest, Manchester United is kinda in a free fall now lol. Gone are the glory days of Alex Ferguson. The current owners seem to be more interested in profit and return on investment rather than glory - which is good for their business, but not exactly good for their fans.

Also helps that every other out-of-country magnate seems to think it is a good idea to buy an EPL team, Newcastle being the latest addition.

[Crystal Sharrd]

They were calling it football before we started calling it soccer.