Why do Americans call football as soccer?

If the word "soccer" originated in England, why did it fall into disuse there and become dominant in the States? To answer that question, Szymanski counted the frequency with which the words "football" and soccer" appeared in American and British news outlets as far back as 1900. read more

In recent decades, "The penetration of the game into American culture, measured by the use of the name 'soccer,' has led to backlash against the use of the word in Britain, where it was once considered an innocuous alternative to the word 'football,'" Szymanski explains. read more

A recent paper by University of Michigan professor Stefan Szymanski says the Brits are partly to blame. read more

I don’t mind it being called soccer (I am Australian) but what really pisses me off is when American Movies/TV Shows portray kids as being into ‘soccer’ and yet appear to have no fricken clue about football culture (presumably because the writers themselves have no fricken clue). read more