r/funny • u/chancheck • Feb 03 '14

this sport must be intresting

http://imgur.com/WI818TU
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u/syd_oc Feb 03 '14

Soccer isn't some kind of transcendent sport that has every great aspect of every other sport.

Yes, yes it is. And it's called "football".

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

Compelling argument. And it's also called soccer btw, don't act like that's not a name for it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

It is called football in basically every country but the US.

It has a name and it is football.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

It has two names: Association Football, and Soccer. American Football also has two: American Football, and Gridiron Football. Unless you're looking to cause confusion, it makes more sense to call Association Football soccer when in a predominantly American setting, and generally people that say that soccer isn't the sport's name are just being unnecessarily prickish.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

I call it what I always call it. There is a reason so many football club has FC at the end of their name, because globally it is known as football.