AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:Are the names racist like the redskins name? If so, then there may be a reason to kvetch. As is, not liking soccer because of the names of some European towns is stupid.
Good point. Chelsea Ford Samsung BMW Adidas Oracle Heineken Pepsi Nutella Volvo BP Football Club is a much better name.
It's so great. Its fast, slow, powerful, graceful, compelling, boring, relentless, plodding, huge, communal, gives you delayed gratification, instant gratification, rewards patience, punishes patience and most of all, it never has an offseason, it never stops and it can show you the world. It's one giant, wonderful contradiction full of the worst of humanity and the best.
Ireland, they also refer to the sport as soccer, and view the use of the word with anti-British-imperialist pride. Other countries that call it soccer include Word Cup participants, Australia, New Zealand, Japan (called sacca), and World Cup host South Africa. Add Canada (including Quebec where it’s called, not joking, ‘le soccer’), and most Pacific Islands.
The English are just ignorant dicks. They made up the term soccer back when "Football" referred to a sport where you kicked a ball and couldn't use your hands and a sport where you carried the ball and could pass laterally or in reverse. As the two games became less similar, they named them Rugby and Soccer to distinguish between the two.
