Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerodynamics of a Champion

Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by animal531 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @03:46AM (#33703530)

People keep complaining about this when it's really not a thing, and it has nothing to do with the USA.

For example in European-ish countries it's called Calcio (to kick) in Italy, Nogomet (leg) in Boznia/Croatia, mappa (ball) in Cyprus, labdarugas officially (ball-kicking) in Hungary.

There's another 8 or so countries where it's called another form of kick/ball/leg/something etc.

Finally it's called soccer in about 15 countries, of which the USA is only 1, where almost none of them have another variant of football.

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Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by ignoramous on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @04:16AM (#33703719)

For the sake of the argument, let's narrow the scope down to English-speaking countries...

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Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by GauntletWizard on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:02AM (#33704026)

Why not count by English-speaking people? Of whom almost half are North American (US+Canada) and would call it "Soccer", and then so do the Australians, Irish, and several others.

https://www.businessinsider.com/football-vs-soccer-map-2013-...

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Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by ignoramous on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @09:01PM (#33714196)

For the sake of the argument, let's also include the Global South for a second: The Indians, the Pakistanis, the Bangladeshis, the Kenyans, and the Nigerians who call it football.

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Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by ChuckNorris89 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @04:04AM (#33703646)

Where do you see people complaining? It was just pointing out a wired naming scheme and asking a question.

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Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by gpderetta on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:27AM (#33704192)

The name "calcio" is ubiquitous in Italy, but the "Football" term is very common, where it is part of the official name of many clubs, e.g. Juventus Football Club.

And in many languages a word directly derived from "Football" is common to refer to the game.

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Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by hdesh on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:56AM (#33704375)

Forza Juve!

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Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by yeeeeeehhhaw on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @01:51PM (#33709484)

And in my town and many in the US. The clubs are named "Football Club" while the majority of society calls it soccer. There's simply no other way to distinguish between the sports other than using the term soccer. I'm open for any suggestions that don't also involve changing the name of the most popular sport here.

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Re:Men’s World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerody... by gpderetta on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:05PM (#33712203)

I'm certainly not suggesting that Americans should change the name of their sport. It is just good natured ribbing :).

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