“Soccer” or “football”? As an American who loves the beautiful game, this question / debate often comes up.
From my experience, no matter what I say this conversation comes up. Either I say “soccer” and of course the European will say “why don’t you call it football like everyone else!”; or I say “football” and they’ll be confused which football I am refering to due to my American accent!
In the end, I typically stick to “soccer” as it was the original term the British used for the sport and they “invented” it! Or maybe I’m just used to calling it soccer ;)