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Why is football called soccer in America?

By england Asked Jul 28 2006 10:18AM
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by --paw43--is back for now on Mar 6, 2009 at 9:04 am Permalink

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Because in the UK it's the only football they play, where as in Ireland we have Gaelic football,America has American football and Australia has Australian rules football,so we differentiate the footballs by calling what the UK calls football soccer!Except Rugby which is known as rugby football!
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