The proper name is actually "association football".
The Fédération internationale de football association (French for 'International Association Football Federation';[3] abbreviated as FIFA and pronounced in English as /ˈfiːfə/ FEE-fə) is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
I was a referee in my teen years here in the US.
"Soccer" is actually a slang name that the US adopted from England because we already have "football", sometimes called "gridiron football" in order to distinguish it for "football" used elsewhere in the world.
The proper name is actually "association football".
The Fédération internationale de football association (French for 'International Association Football Federation';[3] abbreviated as FIFA and pronounced in English as /ˈfiːfə/ FEE-fə) is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
I was a referee in my teen years.
"Soccer" is actually a slang name that the US adopted from England because we already have "football", sometimes called "gridiron football" in order to distinguish it for "football" used elsewhere in the world.
The proper name is actually "association football".
The Fédération internationale de football association (French for 'International Association Football Federation';[3] abbreviated as FIFA and pronounced in English as /ˈfiːfə/ FEE-fə) is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
I was a referee in my teen years.
"Soccer" is actually a slang name that the US adopted because we already have "football", sometimes called "gridiron football" in order to distinguish it for "football" used elsewhere in the world.
The proper name is actually "association football".
The Fédération internationale de football association (French for 'International Association Football Federation';[3] abbreviated as FIFA and pronounced in English as /ˈfiːfə/ FEE-fə) is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
I was a referee in my teen years.
"Soccer" is actually a slang name that the US adopted because we already have "football", sometimes called "gridiron football" in order to distinguish it for "football" used elsewhere in the world.