Football Soccer Terminology
Comments primarily debate and clarify the meaning of 'football' as soccer (association football) outside the US versus American football, addressing cultural and terminological confusion in the context of a likely tech-related article.
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you mean football, as it's said all around the world outside of US, right?
football in this context means association football, aka soccer
European soccer, or American soccer? (there are significant differences)
The author of the piece is referring NOT to American football but football as defined in the rest of the world, i.e., soccer.
Its a [football|soccer] match, not game.
Apparently knowledge about football/soccer is not a prerequisite.
American football or European football? This is like the gallon thing all over again.
Soccer is a huge deal outside of the US.
I don't think many people likely to be interested in an association football API call it "soccer". They're marketing to that audience, not the minority of the world that assumes "football" refers to a gridiron sport.
This is European soccer by the looks of it.