Why do the americans call football ''soccer''?

Question

In the other parts of the world they play football with a ball and not with a oval ...

Answer 1

Because americans think they invented the english language.

Only the word english before the word language should give them some clue!

Why do they spell color when its colour?

Answer 2

That's what you call weird Americans

Answer 3

Not only the americans. We New Zealanders call it soccer too. Don't know why. We don't call anything else football. Rugby is rugby, league is league, and soccer is soccer.

Answer 4

The word soccer was created as a slang term for association football (football/soccer's official name) and credited to former English captain Charles Wreford-Brown.  In countries where association football is not the most popular sport it is often called soccer to separate it from American Football, Rugby Football (former official name), etc.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(s...

The word soccer came from the English themselves.

Answer 6

because in america football is gridiron, same as in australia but football is rugby league. soccer is what the game should be called