No doubt football is the worlds most popular sport, but there is this misconception when people refer to it as soccer. So i decided to google them and discovered that..
soc·cer - /ˈsäkər/
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1. A game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except by the...

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¤Football refers to a number of sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is...

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But if we should go by definations, it means soccer is mostly correct. But why do we hear FIFA saying Best footballer of the year and not best soccer player of the year?!

NOTE: There is a game played in North America called football.

>>This prompted me to ask this question, What is the difference between football and soccer?

It's called Football but Americans call it soccer cos they have another sports called Football(American).

afam4eva: It's called Football but Americans call it soccer cos they have another sports called Football(American).

Sounds interesting. Lets hear what others have to say.

As stated b4, Americans stupidly refer to our dear football as soccer.

Football is wah odaTEAM play. Soccer is wah BARCELONA play