Show HN: Football Prediction API

Re:Show HN: Football Prediction API by bostonpete on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:12PM (#16586372)

Because most native English speakers call it soccer.

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Re:Show HN: Football Prediction API by CJefferson on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:26PM (#16586514)

Really? Everyone I know calls the sport football. The second F in FIFA is football.

I know Americans call it soccer, but that is I assume because of American football, a sport no other country seems to play, or care about.

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Re:Show HN: Football Prediction API by geofftrojans on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:45PM (#16586712)

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/wh...

The name soccer came from Britain, not the US. It was used to differentiate Association Football (soccer) from Rugby Football (rugby). Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand all still call the sport soccer. Even in England, it continued to be a popular name for the sport until the 1950s.

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Re:Show HN: Football Prediction API by finnci on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @02:08PM (#16586918)

Pretty mixed in Ireland to be honest, and we have our own sport Gaelic Football which gets confusing.

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Re:Show HN: Football Prediction API by bostonpete on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @03:58PM (#16587768)

> I know Americans call it soccer

Correct, and most native English speakers are American. That doesn't even account for Canada or Australia where it has also traditionally been called soccer.

The fact that the "F" stands for "Football" in the name of an organization with a French name seems irrelevant.

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Re:Show HN: Football Prediction API by notahacker on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @02:21PM (#16587052)

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.

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