Why do they call USA E.E.U.U in soccer games or other places??

Question

Why do they call USA E.E.U.U in soccer games or other places??

Answer 1

"Estados Unidos" is abbreviated as "EEUU" (also: EE. UU.) because in Spanish the abbreviation for a plural item doubles the letter of the abbreviation. The same is done, for example, with the abbreviation for "Fuerzas Armadas" (= Armed Forces), which is "FF. AA.", indicating that the abbreviation relates to a plural term.

The English language knows this custom too, albeit in a few cases only. For instance, the abbreviation for "page" in singular is "p.", while "pages" in plural are abbreviated as "pp.".  Sometimes, however, the abbreviation "EUA" (Estados Unidos de Am�rica) for the United States is indeed used in Spanish, but not often.

Answer 2

The are called this for usually the spanish. In spanish usa is called estados unidos. So they just abbreviated it them selves.

Answer 3

EU?  Estados Unidos.  Spanish for United States.