Good day to you. Don't know if I'm the right folks, but Europeans generally see the word 'soccer' as a degrading word word for the ballgame that is played without the use of hands.
( it used to be a typical working class game , some say the idea was to give the factory men a rest for their hands while exercizing the rest of their bodies.)
Soccer is a lousy word. Football is the most logic and evident word for it and we all know that Americans consider football a sport for girls and sissies , so to make that public they gave it this shabby sloppy name. I do not know what the word SOCCER means, but it comes very close to sucker.
To put it straight.
I think Americans don't like team sports where you can't give someone a good bump or bang on the head. That's allright.
But I never understood why they can't use the word the rest of the world gives it. Someone here should be able to give a refined explanation about this matter.
Done.
