Soccer World Cup.
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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 22/06/2018 06:33
Posted on 21/06/2018 21:43 by rich 81its football not soccer. the thread title is wrong
Posted on 22/06/2018 06:33
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soccer
ˈsɒkə/Submit
noun
a form of football played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball which may not be handled during play except by the goalkeepers.
synonyms: Association football; More
Soccer?, the thread title is correct👍🏻😊
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Extugger replied on 22/06/2018 09:25
Posted on 22/06/2018 09:25
It would be much easier to define if the Americans hadn't bastardised our language - and there's no animosity or hatred intended here before anyone jumps on my back!
Association football is a game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball which may not be handled during play except by the goalkeepers. In America, this game is called soccer
Football has other variants; ie Rugby football, Gaelic Football, American football, Australian rules.
As defined in the Collins dictionary;
"Any of various games played with a round or oval ball and usually based on two teams competing to kick, head, carry or otherwise propel the ball into eachother's goal or territory etc"
So the Soccer World Cup is for the Americans - the rest of us know it as the Football World Cup - but to be correct (and maybe we're our own worst enemy?) the word "Association" should not have been dropped?
Other definitions and dictionaries are available
Takethedogalong replied on 22/06/2018 12:15
Posted on 22/06/2018 12:15
Yanks are newbies to the world of football, U.K. and Europe have been playing it for centuries.............
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OJjkQZ0e-rI
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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 22/06/2018 12:46
Posted on 22/06/2018 09:25 by ExtuggerIt would be much easier to define if the Americans hadn't bastardised our language - and there's no animosity or hatred intended here before anyone jumps on my back!
Association football is a game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball which may not be handled during play except by the goalkeepers. In America, this game is called soccer
Football has other variants; ie Rugby football, Gaelic Football, American football, Australian rules.
As defined in the Collins dictionary;
"Any of various games played with a round or oval ball and usually based on two teams competing to kick, head, carry or otherwise propel the ball into eachother's goal or territory etc"
So the Soccer World Cup is for the Americans - the rest of us know it as the Football World Cup - but to be correct (and maybe we're our own worst enemy?) the word "Association" should not have been dropped?
Other definitions and dictionaries are available
Posted on 22/06/2018 12:46
Most probably an age thing, the closer you are in age to the day it was invented the more chance you insist on it being called football, the further away the less chance of calling it football. Most youngsters call it soccer(that I know). Me?, I don’t let it bother me, geez I’ve even heard it called footy😱😱. I know, I know if only capital punishment was still available😤😤
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Takethedogalong replied on 22/06/2018 13:17
Posted on 22/06/2018 13:17
I love Eric Cantona's insightful look at this World Cup..............
😂😂😂
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