For once, i didnt watch the lousy performance which was portrayed yesterday.Just aswell really after reading the morning papers.That was some goal to give away eh, in the top 10 goalie clangers of alltime it must be.I dont expect for us to get much better, well make it through, but itll be the same ol story when we reach the finals...i cant help but dispair with our Football team, they get my hopes up so much, only for them to be dashed in some outrageous manner.Nevermind!!!:huh:

Why, oh why, do you guys call soccer,
"football"?

Us rebels in the states need to know.
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Hmmm, because it is a game where you kick the ball with your foot

Any way, a rubbish game! Paul Robinson was unlucky with the goal but we need to up our game. Steve Mac will bring us silverware, dont worry

"Rebel Without a Cause"
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What's wrong with calling it "soccer"?
:huh:
It's just confusing to have two pro games called the same thing, when their so much different from each other. Besides, we had the name "football" first.
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It used to be called "soccer" then they changed it to "football" once it started to get popular. You Europeans. Always changing things and confusing the rest of the planet.
:P

I know I'm splitting hairs here, but when I see "football" I think touchdowns & tackling. Soccer, well, that's just a bunch of guys trying to kick each other in the shins.

Football has all sorts of protective gear for the players.
Soccer's protective gear is your hands over your nads.

In football, a score of 58 to 64 is a great game.
In soccer a score of 1 to 0 is a big win.

An injury in soccer, the player might limp off the field.
An injury in football and the player may be carried off in an ambulance.

"Soccer" is to "Riverdance"
as
"Football" is to "Mosh Pit".

Lol, nice comparisons there.

One tho, can you use your hands in 'American Football?'

The ball was designed for throwing at a team mate to score a touchdown or a "goal". So, using the hands is a big part of football. The only time it's actually "kicked" is to send the ball to the opposing team, or to make a "feild goal" after a touchdown. Otherwise, it's mostly passed around and carried into the end zone. The ball is pointed so it can be passed. Usually it is thrown in such a way that a rotation is created, by rolling the fingers off the ball upon release. This is known as a "spiral". It also helps for the ball to cut through the air, much like the nose of an aircraft or torpedo.

It takes a lot of practice to master the skill required to throw the football with accuracy. The quarterback is usually the guy who has this skill. He has to pass the ball to a team mate that has worked past the "blockers" of the opposing team who try to prevent players from crossing the scrimmage line. Blockers are usually big guys with the stature of a refrigerator and are tough as nails to get past. So it ends up with a bunch of big guys, running full bore into each other at the scrimmage line, and once past the scrimmage, there are opposing team members out in the feild who try and tackle (grab the player and bring them to the ground) would be "recievers" (the guys who catch the ball, down the field,) who try to make it past the goal line to score.

The recievers are generally lightweight runners who are light on their feet, can dodge & weave through a group of big guys and try to make a score. So there's a lot of skills involved, not just a bunch of guys rushing into each other.

Yeah, he forgot that one. American football is basically with your hands (although there is some kicking), soccer is only with feet (unless you're the goalkeeper).

Yeah, something strikes me as a bit off-balance there. The goal keeper can use his hands, while the rest of the team can only use their feet. Isn't that akin to a bunch of kiwi birds trying to score against an octopus?

[align=center]You Europeans. Always changing things and confusing the rest of the planet.

Do we go changing properly spelt words like 'sulphur' to slang sounding words like 'sulfur'? (or however you spell it in the US) I think not.

Oh, you mean like...
"color" & "colour"
"theater" & "theatre"
"evil" & "George Bush"?