In North America the sport you described is called 'soccer'.
This would be because they have another sport called 'American Football' which uses mostly hands, almost opposite from 'soccer'.
In Europe, where the game is seen to be more popular, it is referred to as 'football'.
That is the main difference, depending which part of the world the person is will determine what name they will use.
Football
- this can refer to both the American sport in which you are allowed to touch the ball and the sport played around the world where you kick the ball with your feet.
Soccar - This term is widely used in the USA to refer kicking the ball with your feet.
Various other countries use this term as well.
Kickball - This is a sport that uses elements of baseball and soccer.
There is kicker to kick the ball into the field, the members of the other team are allowed to touch the ball and use it to tag you out.
Football
- サッカーだけでなくアメリカンフットボールも表す言葉です。
Soccar
-これはアメリカで特に使われています。
様々な国でこちらの言葉が使われていますね。
Kickball
-これは野球とサッカーが融合したスポーツです。
ボールをフィールドへ蹴り込むキッカーと、ボールに手で触れていい相手チームがいます。
In the UK, the game is commonly called 'football.' In the US, it's called 'soccer' so as to differentiate between (American) 'football and football.
The word soccer comes from an abbreviation for Association (from Association Football, the ‘official’ name for the game) plus the addition of the suffix –er.
The word 'soccer' in the UK has been used historically and it's meaning is perfectly clear, but in the UK, the overwhelming number of people call it 'football.'
This sport can be called both football or soccer it just depends on the country.
Is South Africa we call it soccer. In England, it is more commonly know at football or footie.
In America, it is called soccer as football is a sport played with an egg-shaped ball similar to rugby.
▪Football
Football is the name in the UK
▪Soccer
Soccer is the name in England
This is a sport for kicking the ball around and getting it in the goal post without touching the ball with your hands. Only the goal keeper may touch the ball with his hands.
Soccer - This is what they call the sport in the US, Canada, Southern Africa, Oceania, Japan and some parts of the Philippines.
Football - This is what they call the sport in other parts of the world
Calcio - This is what they call the sport is called in Italy, along the Adriatic Sea
Nogomet - This is what the sport is called in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Whatever the name, this is a game where you use your feet to kick a ball into a goal :-)
In America it is called soccer and in the UK it is called football.
The reason why football is called soccer in the United States is because there is another sport called American football which is different from the football played in most countries in the world. Whether you call it soccer or football, it is the most popular sport in the world. Soccer is competed at local level and also at international level.
So, you may say:
I am a soccer fan.
or
Football is my favorite sport.
or
The Liverpool soccer team won the UEFA Champions League.
アメリカでfootball がsoccer と呼ばれている理由は、世界の多くの国でプレーされているfootballとは違うアメリカンフットボールと呼ばれる別のスポーツがあるからです。サッカーを soccer又はfootballと呼ぼうと、サッカーは世界で最も人気があるスポーツです。
ですからこう言うことが出来ます。
例文
I am a soccer fan.
私はサッカーファンです
Football is my favorite sport.
サッカーは私の大好きなスポーツです
The Liverpool soccer team won the UEFA Champions League.
リバプールのサッカーチームが、UEFAのチャンピオンズリーグで優勝した
Soccer is completely a North American word, although the sport is really not that popular in those countries. If you say "Football" to American they will think that you are talking about NFL or American Football which somewhat resembles Rugby.
Football is a word used throughout the world not only in the UK, where the sport is by far the most popular sport. The word Football is not only used in the English speaking countries, but majority of Europe also call it "football" or "futbol."
Also:
Kickabout
Fußball
In the UK this game is called football.
In the US it is called soccer (football is a different game to Americans and this game is called American football in the UK).
Football is sometimes shortened to footie or very occasionally called by its German name, Fußball, - however these are just nicknames.
Another informal phrase is 'to have a kickabout' meaning to have an informal low key game of football with friends, often in the street near someone's house.
こんにちは。
「サッカー」は英語で soccer や football と言うことができます。
国や地域によって使われる表現が異なります。
例えば、アメリカ等では日本語で言う「サッカー」は soccer です。
football と言うと「アメフト」の意味になる場合が多いです。
対して、イギリス等では football が日本語の「サッカー」にあたります。
「アメフト」は American football などと呼ばれるようです。
下記は例文ですのでぜひ参考にしてください。
A: Do you want to play soccer?
「サッカーしない？」
B: You mean football.
「footballのことね」
「soccer」または「football」と表すことができます。
アメリカでは soccer と言うことが多く、イギリス等では football が主流です。
下記は例文ですのでぜひ参考にしてください：
Do you play soccer?
あなたはサッカーをしますか？
I love watching football.
私はサッカー観戦をするのが大好きです。
Soccer: is a term used to describe a sport played with a round ball that is kicked around a grass field.
Soccer example sentence: I think soccer is very fun and popular in America and Africa.
Football: The term used in the United Kingdom and Europe to describe a game played by kicking a round ball into a goal with a net.
Football example sentence: I enjoy watching English football because the atmosphere at the games is amazing to hear on the television.
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