Why does American football is named “football” and football is named “soccer” in America ?

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Why does American football is named “football” and football is named “soccer” in America ?

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Because soccer is short for “Association Football” and was what it was commonly known as worldwide to differentiate it from the other footballs like Rugby football. As some point the UK started just referring to it as “football” and the yanks didn’t