Why do people refer to SOCCER as FOOTBALL?

[Nanners]

You can call it soccer, you can call it football. It doesn't really matter. Both these words refer to the same: the biggest sport that is played and enjoyed all over the world and has by far the highest standards of athleticism and skill of any sport.

[plowking]

Outside of skill, soccer athletes are not impressive. Athletically they ****ing suck.

You're my bro, naturally, being from Brisbane and all, but you're off point. Athletically they are on the higher side. Running a game out non stop for 90 minutes ain't easy, and in terms of agility they are top notch as well.

Not the best, and a bunch of sports ahead of them in terms of athletes, but still, very high end.

[Im Still Ballin]

Soccer is a skill based game. Nothing athletic about it.

[deja vu]

Soccer is a skill based game. Nothing athletic about it.

Stamina, agility and speed are part of athleticism.

Football (soccer for you) has some of the fastest athletes in the world.

Unless you think athleticism is all about jumping and strength.

[Im Still Ballin]

Stamina is the only impressive athletic aspect of a soccer player. Stamina also is one of the least impressive aspects of the athletic make-up purely because ANYONE can achieve a decent level in a short amount of time.

[KobesFinger]

Stamina is the only impressive athletic aspect of a soccer player. Stamina also is one of the least impressive aspects of the athletic make-up purely because ANYONE can achieve a decent level in a short amount of time.

Co-ordination? Agility?

[Lakers Legend#32]

Soccer was invented for kids who had parents too poor to buy them baseball gloves.

[ThePhantomCreep]

Stamina, agility and speed are part of athleticism.

Football (soccer for you) has some of the fastest athletes in the world.

Unless you think athleticism is all about jumping and strength.

Clowney, a mountain dressed in a football uniform, probably runs a faster 40 than 99% of the Champions League.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Soccer was invented for kids who had parents too poor to buy them baseball gloves.

Baseball was invented as a way of making money out of rounders.

It's called football because people call it football. And you play with your feet.

[Im Still Ballin]

It is SOCCER. End of story.

As i've said before. Bitchmade game for bitchmade people.

Every soccer player I know is a ****ing bitch in real life. Even the good ones that got trials in Europe etc.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

It is SOCCER. End of story.

As i've said before. Bitchmade game for bitchmade people.

Every soccer player I know is a ****ing bitch in real life. Even the good ones that got trials in Europe etc.

Well, you've convinced me. I'm going to change how I, and everyone in the world, says it because you met a football player that one time and he ****ed your boyfriend

[Im Still Ballin]

Well, you've convinced me. I'm going to change how I, and everyone in the world, says it because you met a football player that one time and he ****ed your boyfriend

*SOCCER

[LJJ]

durr because dj mbenga played a really prestigious role in all of the championships he won.

and duncan one of the most skilled players of all time lmao........most skilled big man doesn't mean shit when it comes to a basketball player overall. he's one of the most skilled big men which is an outlier of a position. any college point guard is more skilled than most nba big men

you can find just as many shitty players on champion's league winning squads who've won and now play on amateur teams

i know english is your second language so let me explain to you that participation ≠ most skilled/most athletic

It's true. In the NBA some positions, especially PG, are similar to football in terms of skill. And other positions you barely need any skill, you can get in the biggest league on athleticism alone.

In football every position requires the level of skill and familiarity an NBA point guard has.

When you have to resort to stuff like "ooooh, I know English isn't your first language", you know you have just taken that L. You know it too, there is no football player in the world who started playing at 19 who won anything, not even in the smallest role on the most insignificant pro level.

[kurple]

Joleon Lescott is in no way more skilled than any end of the bench PG

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Joleon Lescott is in no way more skilled than any end of the bench PG

DeAndre Jordan is in no way more skilled than a half decent League 1 striker

See how it works both ways